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Tylney, Earl (I, 1731 - 1784)

Creation: let.pat. 11 Jun 1731

Extinct: 17 Sep 1784

Family name: Child later Tylney

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Gules a Chevron Ermine between three Eaglets close Argent;  2nd and 3rd, Argent on a Bend Azure three Escallops of the field

Crest:

An Eagle wings expanded Argent entwined around the neck with a Snake whose tail is waved over his back all proper

Supporters:

On either side an Eagle reguardant Argent with a Snake entwined round the neck as in the Crest

Motto:

 Imitari Quam Invidere

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Richard [Child later Tylney], 1st Viscount Castlemaine later 1st Earl Tylney

1st son of Sir Josiah Child, 1st Bt., of Wanstead, co. Essex, Chairman of the Honourable East India Company, by his third wife Emma Willoughby, widow of Francis Willoughby and dau. and cohrss. of Sir Henry Barnard, of London, Turkey Merchant

bapt.

5 Feb 1679/80

mar.

22 Apr 1703 Dorothy Glynne (d. 23 Feb 1743/4; bur. at Wanstead, co. Essex), only surv. dau. and hrss. of John Glynne, of Henley Park, co. Surrey, and Bicester, co. Oxford, by his wife Dorothy Tylney, dau. of Francis Tylney, of Rotherwick, co. Hampshire

children

1. Hon Richard Child later Tylney, styled Viscount Castlemains (dvp. 19 Feb 1733/4)

2. Hon John Child later Tylney, later 2nd Earl Tylney

3. Lieut Hon Josiah Child later Tylney (dsp.), mar. Lady Henrietta Wymondfold, former wife of ..... Wymondfold, of Lockinge, co. Berkshire, and only dau. of Robert [Knight], 1st Earl of Catherlough, by his first wife Hon Henrietta St John, 1st dau. by his second wife of Henry [St John], 1st Viscount St John

1. Lady Emma Child (d. 8 Mar 1758), mar. 29 May 1735 Sir Robert Long, 6th Bt. MP, of Draycot, co. Wiltshire, and had issue

died

Mar 1749/50 (bur. at Wanstead, co. Essex)

created

24 Apr 1718 Baron Newtown, of Newtown in the County of Donegal, and Viscount Castlemaine, of Castlemaine in the County of Kerry

11 Jun 1731 Earl Tylney, of Castlemaine in the County of Kerry

suc. by

son

note

suc. his elder brother as 3rd Baronet, styled "of Wanstead, co. Essex" 20 Jan 1703/4;  Member of Parliament for Maldon 1708-10 and for Essex 1710-22 and 1727-34; he and his sons took the name of Tylney in place of that of Child by Act of Parliament 1734 when his wife inherited the estates of that family

John [Child later Tylney], 2nd Earl Tylney

bapt.

22 Oct 1712

died

17 Dec 1784 (bur. at Wanstead, co. Essex)

note

FRS 1746

On the death of the 2nd Earl Tylney the Earldom of Tylney became extinct.

 First written 13 Oct 2007

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