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Southwell, Viscount (I, 1776)

Creation: let. pat. 18 Jul 1776

Family name: Southwell

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Arms:

Argent three Cinquefoils pierced Gules charged on each leaf with an Annulet of the field

Crest:

A Demi Indian Goat Argent armed and eared Gules ducally gorged Or and charged on the body with three Annulets in bend also Gules

Supporters:

On either side an Indian Goat Argent ducally collared  chained and charged on the body with three Annulets Gules

Motto:

Nec Male Notus Eques (Not an unknown knight)

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Thomas George [Southwell], 3rd Baron Southwell later 1st Viscount Southwell

2nd but only surv. son and heir of Thomas [Southwell], 2nd Baron Southwell, by his wife Mary Coke, Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Orange 1733-36, 1st dau. by his first wife of Thomas Coke, of Melbourne, co. Derby

born

4 May 1721

mar.

18 Jun 1741 Margaret Hamilton (d. 18 Jul 1802), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Arthur Cecil Hamilton, of Castle Hamilton, co. Cavan, by his wife Ann Connor, dau. and hrss. of Thomas Connor, of Dublin

children

1. Hon Thomas Arthur Southwell, later 2nd Viscount Southwell

2. Lt Col Hon Robert Henry Southwell MP, of Castle Hamilton, co. Cavan (b. Oct 1745; d. 29 Aug 1817), mar. 1786 Fridiswede Moore, dau. of Dr John Moore, of Tullyallen, co. Louth, and had issue

3. Thomas George Southwell (dvp. young)

1. Frances Lucia Southwell (dvp. 1762)

died

29 Aug 1780 (bur. at Rathkeale, co. Limerick)

created

18 Jul 1776 Viscount Southwell, of Castle Mattress in the County of Limerick

suc. by

son

note

admitted to Lincoln's Inn, London 1736; an officer in the 2nd Foot Guards 1738; Member of Parliament for Enniscorthy 1747-60 and for co. Limerick 1761-66; Constable of Limerick Castle 1749-80; Grand Master of the Irish Freemasons 1753-57; Governor of co. Limerick 1762-80 and Custos Rotulorum of co. Limerick 1769-80; suc. his father as 3rd Baron Southwell 19 Nov 1766

Thomas Arthur [Southwell], 2nd Viscount Southwell

born

16 Apr 1742

mar.

7 Nov 1774 Countess Sophia Maria Josepha Walsh (d. 27 Jan 1796), 3rd dau. of Francis Joseph Walsh, Count de Serrant, by his wife Mary Harper, dau. of Thomas Harper

children

1. Hon Thomas Anthony Southwell, later 3rd Viscount Southwell

2. Hon Charles Southwell KCH, an Army officer (b. 17 Mar 1779; d. 13 Dec 1851)

3. Lt Col Hon Arthur Francis Southwell (b. 6 Feb 1789; d. 17 Feb 1849), mar. 9 Apr 1834 Mary Anne Agnes Dillon, dau. of Thomas Dillon, of Mount Dillon, co. Dublin, and had issue:

1a. Thomas Arthur Joseph Southwell, later 4th Viscount Southwell

2a. Hon Charles Francis Xavier Southwell, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of a Viscount by Royal Warrant 1860 (b. 9 Dec 1839; d. 8 Aug 1875)

1a. Hon Marcella Maria Agnes Southwell, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Viscount by Royal Warrant 1860 (d. 28 Jan 1901)

2a. Hon Jane Mary Matilda Southwell, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Viscount by Royal Warrant 1860 (b. 7 Feb 1838; d. 26 Feb 1910; bur. in the Franciscan Monastery at Crawley, co. Sussex), mar. 3 May 1860 as his second wife John David [FitzGerald], Baron FitzGerald (Life Peer), and had issue

3a. Hon Mary Paulina Southwell, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Viscount by Royal Warrant 1860 (d. 11 May 1891), mar. 19 Sep 1867 Field Marshal Sir (Henry) Evelyn Wood VC GCB GCMG, Constable of the Tower of London 1911-19 (b. 9 Feb 1838; d. 2 Dec 1919), 5th son of Rev Sir John Page Wood, 2nd Bt., Vicar of Cressing, co. Essex, Rector of St Peter's Cornhill, by his wife Emma Caroline Michell, dau. of Admiral Sampson Michell RN, of Croft West, co. Cornwall, and and had issue

4a. Hon Margaret Mary Southwell, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Viscount by Royal Warrant 1860 (d. 9 Apr 1916), mar. 5 Aug 1869 Charles Standish Barry, of Leamlara, co. Cork (d. 10 Nov 1897), and had issue

1. Hon Margaret Southwell (b. 1 Sep 1775; d. 26 Jan 1820), mar. 19 Dec 1794 Jenico [Preston], 12th Viscount Gormanston, and had issue

2. Hon Paulina Southwell (d. 5 May 1856), mar. 1806 Richard O'Ferrall-Caddell, of Harbourstown, co. Meath, and had issue

died

15 Feb 1796

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for co. Limerick 1767-68

Thomas Anthony [Southwell], 3rd Viscount Southwell, KP

born

25 Feb 1777

mar.

7 May 1799 Jane Berkeley (b. c. 1776; d. 26 Oct 1853), 2nd dau. (and cohrss. of her mother) of John Berkeley, of Hindlip, co. Worcester, by his second wife Jane Compton, sister and cohrss. of Sir Walter Compton, 5th Bt., of Hartbury, co. Gloucester, and 1st dau. of Sir William Compton, 3rd Bt., of Hartbury, co. Gloucester

children

1. Hon Thomas Arthur Southwell (b. 22 Oct 1801; dvp. 31 Dec 1829)

2. Hon Charles Henry Robert Southwell (b. 26 Nov 1807; dvp. unm.)

1. Hon Sophia Catherina Maria Southwell, mar. 7 Jun 1830 Charles Auguste, Marquis de Choiseul Beaupré

2. Hon Laura Maria Helena Southwell (d. 1 Mar 1864)

3. Hon Paulina Maria Madelina Southwell (d. unm.)

4. Hon Matilda Maria Southwell (d. 25 May 1882), mar. 28 Sep 1829 Rt Hon Richard More O'Ferrall MP, of Balyna, Governor of Malta (d. 27 Oct 1880), and had issue

5. Hon Paulina Eliza Maria Southwell, mar. 17 jun 1844 Count Henri Carlevaris di San Damiano, an officer in the Sardinian Royal Guard

died

s.p.m.s. 29 Feb 1860

suc. by

nephew

note

Knight of St Patrick 1837

Thomas Arthur Joseph [Southwell], 4th Viscount Southwell, KP

born

6 Apr 1836

mar.

24 Aug 1871 Charlotte Mary Barbara Mostyn (b. 14 Sep 1849; d. 4 Feb 1929), 1st dau. of Sir Pyers Mostyn, 8th Bt., of Talacre, co. Flint, by his wife Hon Frances Georgiana Fraser, 2nd dau. of Thomas Alexander [Fraser], 12th Lord Lovat

children

1. Hon Arthur Robert Pyers Southwell, later 5th Viscount Southwell

1. Hon Frances Mary Winifred Southwell (b. 4 Apr 1874; d. 7 Mar 1950), mar. 8 Jun 1898 Maj Herbert Marmaduke Joseph Stourton OBE (b. 30 Dec 1873; d. 20 Aug 1932), 2nd son of Hon Albert Joseph Stourton (by his wife Elizabeth Laura Caroline Throckmorton, yst. dau. of Sir Robert George Throckmorton, 8th Bt.), 3rd son of Charles [Stourton], 19th Baron Stourton, and had issue

died

26 Apr 1878 (bur. in the Metropolitan Church, Marlborough Street, Dublin)

suc. by

son

note

Cornet, 13th Hussars 1855 and Lieut 1857-58' Lieut, Lancashire Yeoman Hussars; Knight of St Patrick 1871; Lord Lieutenant of co. Leitrim 1872

Arthur Robert Pyers [Southwell], 5th Viscount Southwell

born

16 Nov 1872

mar.

28 Oct 1897 Hon Dorothy Katharine Walrond (d. 18 Sep 1952), 2nd surv. dau. of William Hood [Walrond], 1st Baron Waleran, by his first wife Elizabeth Katherine Pitman, only dau. and hrss. of James Samuel Pitman, of Dunchideock House, co. Devon

children

1. Hon Robert Arthur William Joseph Southwell, later 6th Viscount Southwell

2. Hon Francis Joseph Southwell (b. 31 Mar 1900; d. 7 Jan 1953), mar. 18 Nov 1924 Agnes Mary Annette Clifford (b. 23 Mar 1899; d. 19...), 1st dau. of Charles William Clifford JP, of the Red House, Market Drayton, co. Shropshire (by his second wife Sicele Agnes de Trafford, 4th dau. of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 2nd Bt., of Trafford Park, co. Lancaster), 3rd son of Sir Charles Clifford, 1st Bt., and has issue:

1a. (Pyers) Anthony Joseph Southwell, later 7th Viscount Southwell

1a. Evelyn Mary Elizabeth Southwell (b. 14 Nov 1926), mar. 1952 Harold Hope, of 19 Mortlake Street, Islington, Christchurch, New Zealand, and has issue

2a. Barbara Frances Magdalene Southwell (b. 29 May 1928), mar. 27 Oct 1949 Peter Fowler, of Beech Tree House, Market Drayton, co. Shropshire, son of Cyril Frederick fowler, of Market Drayton. co. Shropshire, and has issue

3. Lt Cdr Hon John Michael Southwell RN (b. 17 Dec 1901; killed sp. in action in a flying accident Dec 1944), mar. 29 Sep 1932 Daphne Lewen Watson (b. 1 May 1907; dsp. 28 Dec 1998), only child of Sir Geoffrey Lewen Watson, 3rd Bt., of Newport, co. Monmouth, by his wife Gertrude Margaret Mountain, dau. of James Mountain, of Leeds, co. York

1. Hon Elizabeth Katherine Mary Southwell (b. 2 Jun 1904; d. 19...), mar. 19 Apr 1930 Lt Col Donald Robert Grant Cameron MBE (d. 17 Oct 1961), son of Duncan George Cameron, of Surbiton, co. Surrey, and had issue

2. Hon Joan Evelyn Mary Southwell (b. 24 Sep 1909; d. 19...)

died

5 Oct 1944 (bur. at Newbury, co. Berkshire)

suc. by

son

note

Capt, Royal Monmouthshire Engineers Militia, and Major, Shropshire Yeomanry; served in World War I 1914-18 as Lt Col, Machine Gun Corps

Robert Arthur William Joseph [Southwell], 6th Baron Southwell

born

5 Sep 1898

mar. (1)

19 Jan 1926 (div. 1931) Violet Mary Weldon Walshe (d. 1973), only child of Paymaster-Cmdr Francis Weldon Walshe MVO OBE RN

only child by first wife

1. Hon Susan Mary Southwell (b. 19 Dec 1926), mar. 24 Mar 1951 Keith Francis MacRae, and has issue

mar. (2)

1943 Josephine Hardy (former wife of Capt Henry Marryat Hardy; d. 3 Jul 1973), dau. of Denis Joseph de la Mole

died

s.p.m. 18 Nov 1960

suc. by

nephew

note

served in World War I 1914-18 in the Royal Navy; Lt Cmdr 1927; retired 1933, becoming Commander (ret) 1938

(Pyers) Anthony Joseph [Southwell], 7th Viscount Southwell

born

14 Sep 1930

mar.

3 Dec 1955 Barbara Jacqueline Raynes, 2nd dau. of Andrew Raynes, of Harpenden, co. Hertford

children

1. Hon Richard Andrew Pyers Southwell, later 8th Viscount Southwell

2. Hon Charles Anthony John Southwell, heir presumptive to the Viscountcy of Southwell (b. 27 Sep 1962)

died

23 Sep 2019

suc. by

son

Richard Andrew Pyers [Southwell], 8th Viscount Southwell

born

15 Jun 1956

The heir presumptive to the Viscountcy of Southwell is Hon Charles Anthony John Southwell, 2nd son of the 7th Viscount Southwell, and younger brother of the present Viscount.

 Last updated 9 Jan 2020

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Titles:

8th Viscount Southwell, of Castle Mattress in the County of Limerick

(Ireland, let. pat. 18 Jul 1776)

10th Baron Southwell, of Castle Mattress in the County of Limerick

(Ireland, let. pat. 4 Sep 1717)

11th Baronet, styled "of Castle Mattress"

(Ireland, let. pat. 4 Aug 1662)

Address:

PO Box 2211, 8062 Paphos, Cyprus

Tel:  6250227

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