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- Sir Robert de Preston b.xxxx d.1396 was knighted in the field, 1361, by Lionel, Duke of Clarence, and obtained a grant forever of the Manor of Gormanston in the Counties of Dublin and Meath. He was Lord of Preston in Lancashire and filled the office of Lord High Chancellor of Ireland. Being possessed of Carberry, County Kildare, he made that the chief place of his residence.
Sir Robert married Margaret Birmingham (b.abt 1340), daughter and heir of Walter de Birminghan, Lord of Carberry. Sir Robert was succeeded by his only son:
Sir Christopher Preston, Knight (b.abt.1350).
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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