Sir, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy William Stewart

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William Stewart, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy (1675 - 10 January 1728), was an Anglo-Irish peer.

William Stewart was born in 1675, the son of Sir William Stewart, later 1st Viscount Mountjoy. He married on 23 November 1696 Anne Boyle, the daughter of Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington. They had five sons and four daughters.

He was given command of a regiment of foot and was made successively a brigadier-general, a major-general and a lieutenant-general. In 1714 he was made Master-General of the Ordnance, colonel of a regiment of dragoons and soon after one of the Keepers of the Great Seal.

On his death on 10 January 1728 his title passed to his son Sir William Stewart, 3rd Viscount Mountjoy, later (1745) William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stewart,_2nd_Viscount_Mountjoy

William married Anne Boyle about 1700. Anne (daughter of 1st Viscount Blesington Murrough Boyle and Lady Mary (or Ann) Coote) was born in abt1680; died after 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. 1st Earl of Blessington William Stewart was born on 7 Apr 1709; died on 14 Aug 1769 in London, England; was buried in Silchester, Hampshire, England.

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William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy (1653 ? 24 August 1692), was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.

Stewart was born in 1653, the son of Sir Alexander Stewart, 2nd Baronet, of Ramelton. He married the Honourable Mary Coote, daughter of Richard Coote, 1st Lord Coote, Baron Coloony. They had six sons and two daughters.

He was appointed Master-General of the Ordnance and colonel of a regiment of foot and in 1682 was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Mountjoy and Baron Stewart for services during the Irish Rebellion. In 1686 he served in Hungary at the siege of Buda, where he was twice dangerously wounded, and on his return to Ireland was made a brigadier-general. Macaulay styled him "a brave soldier, an accomplished scholar." In Dublin he was the centre of a small circle of learned and ingenious men, who had, under his presidency, formed themselves into a Royal Society.[1]

In 1688 he commanded a portion of the royal army of the Catholic King James II stationed at Londonderry. But as he was a Protestant, the Duke of Tyrconnell, Lieutenant Governor of the Irish Army, feared he might be influenced in favour of the Protestant William of Orange and sent him at the outbreak of Irish hostilities on a diplomatic mission to France, secretly intimating that his detention would be desirable. He was accordingly thrown into the Bastille, and kept confined there until 1692. During his period of confinement, the Parliament of Ireland passed a bill of attainder requiring Stewart and two to three thousand others to report to Dublin for sentencing; Stewart in particular was directed to break out of the Bastille in order to report, under pain of being drawn and quartered.[2]

On his release, he did indeed switch loyalties and joined William's army in Flanders as a General, losing his life at the battle of Steenkerque on 24 August 1692, aged about 39.

On his death in 1692 his title passed to his eldest son Sir William Stewart, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy. His fifth son, Charles became an officer in the Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stewart,_1st_Viscount_Mountjoy

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Hon. Mary Stewart was born circa 1677.[2] She was the daughter of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy and Hon. Mary Coote.[1],[2]

Citations

1. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1628. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
2. [S2664] Liberty unknown, "re: Preston Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 5 February 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Preston."

http://www.geni.com/people/Hon-Mary-Forbes-Stewart-Countess-of-Granard/6000000002979384193

William* married Hon. Mary* Coote about 1675. Mary* (daughter of Col, Hon, 1st Lord Coote, Baron Coloony Richard* Coote and Penelope* Hill) was born about 1650; died after 1678. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Colonel Hon. Richard Coote was born in February 1643.2 He was the son of Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath and Jane Hannay.3 He married Penelope Hill, daughter of Rt. Hon. Arthur Hill and Mary Parsons, before 1663.1 He died in 1700.2
He was Collector and Register-General for all taxes and cessed in Thomand and Connaught in 1660.2 In 1673 he was granted 23,000 acres in Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, Kerry and Roscommon, under the Acts of Settlement.2 He held the office of Commissioner of Appeals in 1675.2 He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of County Kilkenny in 1675.2 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Kilkenny between October 1692 and 5 September 1693.2 He lived at Tullaghmain, County Kilkenny, Ireland.1
Children of Colonel Hon. Richard Coote and Penelope Hill

Penelope Rose Coote3
Charles Coote2
Jane Coote+4 d. 25 Jun 1729
unknown daughter Coote5
unknown daughter Coote5
unknown daughter Coote5

Citations

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 892. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
[S1322] David Arathoon, "re: Acheson Family and Campbell Family," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 8 April 2005 - 14 July 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Acheson Family and Campbell Family."
[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
[S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume IV, page 218. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 891.

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Richard* married Penelope* Hill about 1645. Penelope* (daughter of Rt. Hon/Col. Arthur* Hill and Mary* Parsons) was born about 1643; died after 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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enelope Hill was the daughter of Rt. Hon. Arthur Hill and Mary Parsons.1,2 She married Colonel Hon. Richard Coote, son of Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath and Jane Hannay, before 1663.3
From before 1663, her married name became Coote.
Children of Penelope Hill and Colonel Hon. Richard Coote

Penelope Rose Coote1
Charles Coote4
Jane Coote+5 d. 25 Jun 1729
unknown daughter Coote6
unknown daughter Coote6
unknown daughter Coote6

Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 191. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1176. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 892.
[S1322] David Arathoon, "re: Acheson Family and Campbell Family," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 8 April 2005 - 14 July 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Acheson Family and Campbell Family."
[S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume IV, page 218. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 891.

http://thepeerage.com/p13360.htm#i133600

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1626, Ireland; Knighted

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He married firstly Mary Rushe, daughter of Sir Francis Rushe and secondly Jane Hannay, daughter of Sir Robert Hannay and had issue by both wives including Charles who succeeded as 2nd Earl.

The younger Coote became an MP for Leitrim in the Irish Parliament between 1634 and 1635 and again in 1640, a year before the outbreak of the Irish rebellion of 1641. The elder Charles Coote was active in the suppression of the Irish insurgents in 1642, launching attacks on Clontarf and County Wicklow in late 1641 in which many civilians died; he was killed in action defending Trim in May 1642.

After the death of his father, Charles Coote also led some of the King's forces under Ormonde against the Confederate army, but was captured defending a stronghold in the Curragh of Kildare by an Irish army led by Castlehaven. He was released during the 1643 cessation of arms.

At this time Coote travelled to England with a number of Protestants to agitate for harsh anti-Catholic measures and an end to the cessation. In Dublin Archbishop Ussher condemned the extremism of Coote and his fellows, but Coote was unbending. The King, however, ignored these demands and so Coote joined the Parliamentarians.[1] Coote was appointed commander of Connaught by the Parliamentarians in 1645. Operating from west Ulster, he temporarily overran the north-west of the province over the next two years.

The Cromwellian Conquest

The execution of Charles I in 1649 led local Protestant and Scottish forces in Ulster to join the Duke of Ormond?s royalist coalition, thus isolating Coote. He defended Derry against a protracted siege (March?August 1649) with the unlikely assistance of the Ulster army under Owen Roe O'Neill. After the New Model Army under Cromwell captured Drogheda, a force of several thousand Parliamentarians under Robert Venables headed north into Ulster, where Coote joined Venables to destroy the Scottish Ulster Royalists at the Battle of Lisnagarvey. By early 1650, however, the Irish Ulster army (now under Heber MacMahon, as O'Neill had died a few months earlier) became active once more, and Coote was again forced onto the defensive. After being reinforced, he advanced on the Irish army at Scarrifholis and routed them, killing over 2,000 soldiers and taking no prisoners. After this, Coote's army attempted to take the formidable fortress of Charlemont, which was defended by the remnants of the Ulster army, but his soldiers suffered heavy casualties before the stronghold surrendered. Having largely cleared Ulster, in June 1651 he advanced on Athlone from the North-West, evading a blocking force. Through this movement the town was gained; the town contained a stone bridge over the Shannon and this action thus opened up Connaught to the Parliamentarian army for the first time. He besieged Galway in the winter of 1651 and it surrendered in April 1652.

Coote inherited the substantial plantation lands of his father in the midlands of Ireland.
Restoration

In December 1659 Coote took part in a coup against the government, seizing Dublin Castle. In February 1660 he sent a representative to Charles II, inviting him to make an attempt on Ireland.[2] Coote was a central figure in the Convention Parliament.[3] Following the Restoration Charles II ennobled him Earl of Mountrath in 1660 as a reward for his support. Coote died of smallpox the following year and was buried in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin. He built Rush Hall near Mountrath, which was the family's main residence for several generations.



^ Meehan, Confederation of Kilkenny,pg 101
^ Dictionary of National Biography 1887 volume 12 page 157
^ Patrick Little, "Coote, Charles, first earl of Mountrath (c.1610?1661)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, January 2008 accessed 3 July 2010


see Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coote,_1st_Earl_of_Mountrath

also see British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and protectorate 1638-80
http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/coote2.htm

Charles* married Jane* Hannay before May 1643. Jane* (daughter of 1st Baronette of Mochrum Robert* Hannay and Jane* Stewart) was born about 1620; died in Nov 1684; was buried on 18 Nov 1684 in Westminister Abbey, Westminster, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jane Hannay was the daughter of Sir Robert Hannay of Mochrum, 1st Bt. and Jane Stewart.1,2 She married, firstly, Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath, son of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Bt. and Dorothea Cuffe, before May 1645.3 She married, secondly, Sir Robert Reading, 1st and last Bt. circa 1662.3 She died circa November 1684.3 She was buried on 18 November 1684 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.3
From before May 1645, her married name became Coote.3 As a result of her marriage, Jane Hannay was styled as Countess of Mountrath before May 1645.1 From circa 1662, her married name became Reading.3
Children of Jane Hannay and Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath

unknown son Coote4
unknown daughter Coote4
unknown daughter Coote4
Colonel Hon. Richard Coote+2 b. Feb 1643, d. 1700

Child of Jane Hannay and Sir Robert Reading, 1st and last Bt.

Hon. Elizabeth Reading+5 b. c 1669, d. 19 Mar 1754

Citations

[S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 335. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003). Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IX, page 359. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 891.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 6.

http://thepeerage.com/p11027.htm#i110265

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Rt. Hon. Arthur Hill was born circa 1601.2 He was the son of Sir Moyses Hill and Alice MacDonnel.3,2 He married, secondly, Mary Parsons, daughter of Sir William Parsons, 1st Bt..4 He married, firstly, Anne Bolton, daughter of Sir Richard Bolton.4 He died in April 1663.4
He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Royalist Regiment.4 He fought in the English Civil War.4 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.).4 He held the office of Constable of Hillsborough Fort in 1660.4 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.).4 He lived at Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland.1 He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.2
He had two other sons by his first wife.4
Child of Rt. Hon. Arthur Hill and Anne Bolton

Lt.-Col. Moyses Hill4 d. 19 Apr 1664

Children of Rt. Hon. Arthur Hill and Mary Parsons

Rt. Hon. William Hill+4 d. bt 7 Jul 1692 - 20 Nov 1693
Penelope Hill+1

Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 191. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.
[S382] Sir Bernard Burke, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 54th edition (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1892), page 434. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Peerage and Baronetage, 53rd ed.
[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1176. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

http://thepeerage.com/p13361.htm#i133601

Arthur* married Mary* Parsons. Mary* (daughter of Sir, 1st Baronet of Bellamont William* Parsons and Elizabeth* Lany) was born in 1606 in Hillsborough, Co Down, Ireland; died in 1651 in Hillsborough, Co Down, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Parsons is the daughter of Sir William Parsons, 1st Bt.1 She married Rt. Hon. Arthur Hill, son of Sir Moyses Hill and Alice MacDonnel.1
Her married name became Hill.1
Children of Mary Parsons and Rt. Hon. Arthur Hill

Rt. Hon. William Hill+1 d. bt 7 Jul 1692 - 20 Nov 1693
Penelope Hill+1

Citations

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1176. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

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