Name |
Christopher* Preston |
Title |
Baron Gormanston |
Birth |
Abt 1385 |
of, Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland |
- http://www.britainirelandcastles.com/Ireland/County-Meath/Gormanston-Castle.html
History
Gormanston Castle was the seat of the Preston family (the Viscount Gormanston) from the 14th century until it was sold to the Franciscan Order of Friars in the late 1940s. The castle now standing was built on the site of an earlier castle around 1786 by the Prestons.
The Franciscans established a boarding school for boys on the grounds in 1955, known as Gormanston College. Today, Gormanston College is a co-educational day school and boarding school, run by the Franciscan Province of Ireland.
Legends
According to tradition, the foxes of County Meath gather around the castle when the head of the Preston family is about to die.
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Death |
Aft 1412 |
of, Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland |
Notes |
- Christopher Preston, Baron Gormanston - Jane Dartois
Christopher Preston, Baron Gormanston was born at of Gormanston, Meath, Ireland Abt 1385.
He married Jane Dartois Abt 1415. Jane Dartois was born at of Gormanston, Meath, Ireland Abt 1393.
They were the parents of 2 children:
Robert Preston, Viscount Gormanstown born Abt 1416.
Elizabeth Preston born Abt 1410.
http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=6152:26143&ref2=6152:26199
Christopher Preston, (b.abt.1380) Baron of Naas, in the right of his mother, married Jane D'Artois, daughter of Sir Jenico D'Artois, Knight. Christopher was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Robert Preston
SOURCE: The source for information on the Prestons of Ireland is from "Preston Genealogy" by William Bowker Preston, however, the same information can be found in "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage" under Gormanston Prestons.
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/fpreston/presirel.htm
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Person ID |
I56732 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
29 Jul 2013 |
Family |
Jane* Dartois, b. Abt 1393, of, Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland d. Aft 1411, of, Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland (Age ~ 19 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1409 |
of, Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland |
Children |
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Family ID |
F18661 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
29 Jul 2013 |