Creation: let. pat. 20 Aug 1841

Family name: Parnell

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Arms:

Gules two Chevronnels and in chief three Escallops Argent

Crest:

A Boar's Head erased Or between two Wings Gules each charged with two Chevronnels Argent

Supporters:

Dexter:  an Angel vested Argent Wings and the Head radiated Gold;  Sinister:  a Hermit vested and hatted proper the exterior hand supporting his Staff also proper the hat ensigned with an Escallop Or

Motto:

Te Digna Sequere (Honours have followed thee)

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Henry Brooke [Parnell], 1st Baron Congleton, PC

2nd son of Rt Hon Sir John Parnell, 2nd Bt., of Rathleague, Queen's County, Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, by his wife Letitia Charlotte Brooke, 2nd dau. and cohrss .of Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st and last Bt., of Colebrooke, co. Fermanagh

born

3 Jul 1776

mar.

17 Feb 1801 Lady Caroline Elizabeth Dawson (d. 16 Feb 1861), 1st dau. of John [Dawson], 1st Earl of Portarlington, by his wife Lady Caroline Stuart, 4th dau. of John [Stuart], 3rd Earl of Bute

died

8 Jun 1842

created

20 Aug 1841 Baron Congleton, of Congleton in the County of Chester

suc. by

son

note

suc. his brother 30 Jul 1812 as 4th Baronet of Rathleague;  Secretary at War 1831-32;  Paymaster-General 1835-41

James Vesey [Parnell], 2nd Baron Congleton

born

16 Jun 1805

mar. (1)

1831 Nancy Cronin (d. 1832), dau. of ..... Cronin, of Cork

mar. (2)

1833 Khatoon Constantine (widow of Yoosoof Constantine, of Bushira;  d. 30 May 1865), 2nd dau. of Ovauness Moscow, of Shiraz

mar. (3)

21 Feb 1867 Margaret Catherine Ormerod, dau. of Charles Ormerod, of the India Board

died

s.p.m.s. 23 Oct 1883

suc. by

brother

Henry William [Parnell], 3rd Baron Congleton

born

23 Mar 1809

mar. (1)

28 May 1835 Sophia Bligh (d. 5 Apr 1846), only dau. and hrss. of Col Hon William Bligh (3rd son of John [Bligh], 3rd Earl of Darnley), by his wife Lady Georgiana Charlotte Sophia Stewart, 7th dau. by his second wife of John [Stewart], 7th Earl of Galloway

mar. (2)

10 Mar 1851 his cousin Caroline Margaret Dawson (d. 17 Jan 1912), 1st dau. of Hon Lionel Charles Dawson (4th son of John [Dawson], 1st Earl of Portarlington), by his wife Lady Elizabeth Emily Nugent, 1st dau. by his second wife of George Frederick [Nugent], 7th Earl of Westmeath

died

10 Oct 1896

suc. by

son by first wife

Henry [Parnell], 4th Baron Congleton, CB

born

10 Jul 1839

mar.

17 Jun 1885 Elizabeth Peter Dove (d. 22 Jan 1931), dau. of Dugald Dove, of Nutshill, co. Renfrew

died

12 Nov 1906

suc. by

son

Henry Bligh Fortescue [Parnell], 5th Baron Congleton

born

6 Sep 1890

died

10 Nov 1914

suc. by

brother

John Brooke Molesworth [Parnell], 6th Baron Congleton

born

16 May 1892

mar.

6 Apr 1918 Hon Edith Mary Palmer Howard MBE (mar. (2) 5 Jul 1946 F/Lt Alfred Eric Rowland Aldridge;  d. 1979), 2nd dau. of Dr Robert Jared Bliss Howard OBE, by his wife Hon Margaret Charlotte Smith later Howard, suo jure Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal, only child of Donald Alexander [Smith], 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

died

21 Dec 1932

suc. by

son

William Jared [Parnell], 7th Baron Congleton

born

18 Aug 1925

died

12 Oct 1967

suc. by

brother

Christopher Patrick [Parnell], 8th Baron Congleton

born

11 Mar 1930

mar.

19 Nov 1955 Anna Hedvig Sommerfelt, 1st dau. of Gustav Adolf Sommerfelt, of Oslo, Norway

children

1. Hon John Patrick Christian Parnell (b. 17 Mar 1959), mar. 1985 Marjorie-Anne Hobdell, only dau. of John Hobdell, of Cobham, co. Surrey, and has issue:

1a. Christopher John Edward Parnell (b. 1987)

2a. Harry Gustav Willem Parnell (b. 1990)

1a. Anna Hedvig Parnell (b. 1992)

2. Hon Thomas David Howard Parnell (b. 6 Jun 1963)

1. Hon Anne Cathrine Parnell (b. 3 Oct 1956), mar. 1980 (Michael) Robin Long, and has issue

2. Hon Elizabeth Dagny Parnell (b. 13 Jun 1960)

3. Hon Mary Clare Parnell (b. 18 Mar 1965)

 Last updated 27 Sep 2003

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Titles:

8th Baron Congleton, of Congleton in the County of Chester

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 20 Aug 1841)

11th Baronet, styled "of Rathleague"

(Ireland, let. pat. 1766)

Address:

West End Lodge, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire SP5 5JR

Tel:  01722 780301

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