ERNE. 269 II. 1772. 2 and 1. Joiin (Creighton), Baron Erne of Crom Viscountoy [I.] Castle [I.], 2rt but 1st surv. a. and hu, 6. about 1738 ; M.P. for [afford] 1761-72; took his seat in the House of Lords [I.], 12 Oct. I. 17S1. 1773. He was cr. 6 Jan. 1781, VISCOUNT ERNE OK CROM _ .. „, CASTLE, co. Fermanagh [I.], and on 18 Aug. 1789, EARL Earldom [I.] ERNE(») OF CROM CASTLE, co. Fermanagh [I.] He was Gov. I 1789 of co " Fermaun S' 1 i Rei> - F eim [!•]> 1801-28, being one of the original 28 so elected. He m. firstly, Feb. 1761, Catharine, sister of Ralph, 1st Viscount Wicklow [I.], da. of Robert Howard, Bishop of Elphin, by Patience, da. and h. of Godfrey Boleynb. She d. 15 June 1775. Ho m. secondly, 22 Feb. 1776, Mary Caroline, 1st da. of Frederick Augustus (Hervey), 4th Ham. op Bristol, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Jercnyu Davers, Bart. He d. 15 Dec. 1828, aged about 90, in Great Denmark street, Dublin, Will pr. April 1829. His widow d. 10 Jan. 1842, at Hampton Court Palace, Midx. i, &c. [I.] 2. ami 3, Abraham (Creighton), Earl Erne op Crom. Castle, Szc [I.], 1st s. aud h., by I 1Qno 1st wife, b. about 1762 ; st ykd Viscount Creighton, Barony [I.] > 1828, 17S9— 182S ; M.P. for Lifford, 1783-97. He d. uum. 10 June 1842, "near London," aged about 80. IV. J Eardom, &c. [I.] ] 3. and 4. John (Crichton), Earl Erne ll of Crom Castle, &c. [I.], nephew and h., being s. and I h. of Lieut. Col. the Hon. John CRlCHTON,( b ) by Barony [I.] > 1842. Jane, 2d da. of Col. Walter Weldon, of Rahinderry, lv Queen's County, which John was 2d s. nf the 1st lV ' I Earl and d. 10 May 1S33, aged 67. He was 6. 30 J July 1802, in Dublin ; High Sheriff of co. Fermanagh, 1831 ; of co. Donegal, 1833 ; Lord Lieut, of co. Fermanagh, 1845 ; Rep. Peer [I.], 1845-S5. BLP. 17 Nov. 1868. He was, 13 Jan. 1876, cr. BARON FERMANAGH OF LISNASKEA,( C ) co. Fermanagh [U.K.] He ■m. 6 July 1837, Seliua Griselda, 2d da. of the Rev. Charles Cobbe Beuesfokd, Rector of Baillieborough, by Anna Maria, da. of the Rev. Frederick FlTzrATRiCK. She who was b, Dec. 1804, d. 6 Sep. 1884, in her SOth year at Red Lodge, Southampton. The Earl d. at Crom Castle, 3 Oct. 1885, in his 84thyear. Will pr. Feb. 1886, in London. Earldom, &c. [I.] ^ 4. aud 5. John Henry (Crichton), Earl IV. Barony [I.] V. Erne of Crom Castle [1789], Viscount Erne of Crom Castle [1781], aud Baron Erne op Crom > 1885. Castle [1768], in Ireland, also Baiion Fermanagh of Linaskea [1876], 1st s. and h., 6. 16 Oct. 1839, in Dublin, styled Viscount Crichton, till 1885; ed. J at Eton and at Ch. Ch., Oxford. B.A., 1861 ; ALA., 1863 ; Sheriff for co. Fermanagh, 1864 ; for co. ( a ) See vol. ii, p. 102, note " a " as to the omission of the word " of " in Beveral Earldoms, more especially in those of Ireland. ( b ) It is presumed that the change of spelling of the name, formerly Creighton, as Crichton took place about this time. (°) This was one of a batch of eight Peerages on which some remarks are made in " N and Q " 5th s. V. 101, and especially on this one. It is always objectionable to use the name of a County as a title of a Barony, and the fact of this title being akes it better; "Baron Suffolk of Ipswich," or " Fermanagh of Lisnaskca " hardly makes it better ; " Baron Suffolk of Ipswich," or " Baron Sussex of Hastings " do not commend themselves to our taste. The title of Fennanagh (the county of which was constituted in 1579) was enjoyed as a Viscountcy and Barony [I.], by the family of Vemey, from 1703 to 1810. There are not now enough counties left to form the titles of Earls or Viscounts, present and future, to admit of one being " potted " in this manner for a submerged Barony. In this case the grantee himself, being an Irish Rep. Peer, continued (even in ike House of Lords, as of course, elsewhere) to be known only as Earl Erne. As to the strange practise of most Scotch and Irish Peers when created Peers [U.K.], taking some unknown designation in lieu of the title by which they are known, see p. 267, note "a," sub " Enniskillen."
