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Lanesborough, Viscount (I, 1676 - 1724)

Creation: let.pat. 31 Jul 1676

Extinct: 2 Aug 1724

Family name: Lane

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Argent a Lion rampant Sable a Bordure of the second on a Canton Azure a Crown Or

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George [Lane], 1st Viscount Lanesborough

1st son and heir of Sir Richard Lane, 1st Bt., of Tulske, co. Roscommon. by his first wife Mabel FitzGerald, dau. and hrss. of Gerald FitzGerald, of Clonbolg and Rathaman

born

c. 1621

mar. (1)

21 Mar 1644 Dorcas Brabazon, 2nd dau. of Sir Anthony Brabazon, of Tallaghstown, co. Louth (by his wife Margaret Hovenden, dau. of Christopher Hovenden, of Chinnor, co. Oxford), brother of William [Brabazon], 1st Earl of Meath

children by first wife

1. Anthony Lane (d. young and v.p.)

2. Richard Lane (d. young and v.p.)

3. Brabazon Lane (d. young and v.p.)

4. Hon James Lane, later 2nd Viscount Lanesborough

5. Thomas Lane (d. young and v.p.)

1. Hon Charlotte Lane

2. Hon Mary Lane

mar. (2)

betw. Jan 1653/4 and 4 Jun 1655 Susan Nicholas (bur. 18 Jul 1671), dau. of Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State, by his wife Jane Jay, dau. of Henry Jay

children by second wife

6. Ormond Lane (d. young and v.p.)

7. Edward Lane (d. young and v.p.)

8. Ormond Lane (d. young and v.p.)

mar. (3)

11 Dec 1673 Lady Frances Sackville (b. 6 Feb 1655; mar. (2) bef. 1698 as his second wife Denny Mischamp, of East Horsley, co. Surrey, Muster Master General of Ireland; d. 21 Jan 1721/2), 6th dau. of Richard [Sackville], 5th Earl of Dorset, by his wife Lady Frances Cranfield, only dau. by his second wife of Lionel [Cranfield], 1st Earl of Middlesex

only child by third wife

3. Hon Frances Lane, mar. 1691 as his second wife Henry Fox (d. 1791), only son of Joseph Fox, of Grete, co. Worcester, by his wife Hon Thomasine Pierce, widow of Sir Henry Pierce, Bt., of Shercock, and 1st dau. of Henry [Blayney], 2nd Baron Blayney, and had issue:

1a. George Fox later Lane-Fox, later 1st Baron Bingley

2a. James Fox, inherited the Surrey estates of his maternal grandmother (d.1753)

3a. Sackville Fox, mar. Anne Holloway, and had issue

1a. Denny Henrietta Fox

2a. Jane Fox

3a. Frances Fox

4a. Anne Fox

died

11 Dec 1683

created

31 Jul 1676 Viscount Lanesborough, of Lanesborough in the County of Longford

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Secretary to King Charles II 1655; knighted 1657; Member of Parliament for co. Roscommon 1662-66; suc. his father as 2nd Baronet 5 Oct 1668; Clerk to the Privy Council [E] 1656-64; Clerk of the Parliaments [I] 1657-69; Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown [I] 1658-71; Secretary of War and Keeper of the Records [I] 1663-69; Privy Councillor [I] 1664; Joint Secretary of State for Ireland 1672-83; Private Secretary to the Duke of Ormonde when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

James [Lane], 2nd Viscount Lanesborough

born

7 Jan 1649/50

mar.

15 May 1676 Mary Compton (b. c. 1645; d. 24 May 1738), dau. of Hon Sir Charles Compton (by his wife Mary Fermor, dau. of Sir Hatton Fermor), 2nd son of Spencer [Compton], 2nd Earl of Northampton

died

s.p. 2 Aug 1724

note

Joint Clerk of the Parliaments [I] 1669-83

On the death of the 2nd Viscount Lanesborough the Viscountcy of Lanesborough became extinct.

 Last updated 31 Jan 2004

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