II. 1874.
2. Edwaud Fitz-Edmond Burke (Roche), Baron Fermoy [I.], 1st s. and h. b., 6. 23 May 1850. He m. 28 May 1877, Cecilia, da. and solo h. of Standish (O'Grady), 3d Viscount Goillamore [I.], by Ada, da. of Arthur Blennerhassett. She was b. 24 June 1855.
Family Estates.—Those, in 1883, consisted of 15,543 acres, co. Cork and 774, co. Waterford, worth (together) £7,001 a year, besides 4,997 acres, co Limerick (the property of Lady Fermoy) worth £4,070 a year. Total 21,314 acres, worth £11,071 a year. Principal Residences. Trabolgan, near Cloyne, co. Cork, and Kochbarton, near Kilinallock, co. Limerick.
FERN HILL.
See "Metcalfe of Fern Hill, co. Berks "Barony (Metcalfe) cr. 1815; ex. 1846.
FERNS.
i.e., "Pollington of Ferns, in Ireland," Viscountcy [I.] (Savile), cr. 1700, with the Earldom of Mexborough [I.], which see.
FERRARD OF BEAULIEU.
Barony [I.] I. 1715 to 1731
Sir Henry Tichborne, Bart., of Beaulieu, co. Louth, s. and h. of William T. of the same, by Judith, da. and coheir of John Bysse, Ld. Ch. Baron of the Exchequer [I.], was b. 1663; suc. his father, 12 March 1693; was cr. a Baronet, 12 July 1697, and subsequently, was cr. 9 Oct. 1715, BARON FERRARD OF BEAULIEU, co. Louth [I]. He m. in 1683, Arabella, da. of Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Bart., of Combermere, by Hester, da. of Sir Thomas Salisbury, Bart. He d., s.p.m.s., of apoplexy, 3 Nov. 1731, when all his honours became extinct.
FERRARD, Viscountcy [I.] I 1797
1. Margaretta Amelia, suo jure Baroness Oriel of Collon [I.] was, on 22 Nov. 1797, cr. VISCOUNTESS FERRARD, co. Louth [1.] She was 1st da. of Thomas Burgh, of Bert, co. Kildare, by Anne, da. of the Rt. Rev. Dives Downes, Bishop of Cork and Ross. She m. 14 Dec. 1704, John Foster who (1785-1800) was Speaker [the last person who held that office] of the Irish House of Commons. In consequence of her husband's political services she was, 5 June 1790, cr. BARONESS ORIEL OF COLLON, co. Louth [I.] and was, seven years later, er. a Viscountess as abovestated, with rem. in each case of the dignity to the heirs male of her body. She d. 20 Jan. 1824. Her husband, the Rt. Hon. John Foster, was cr. 17 July 1821, Baron Oriel of Feiirard, co. Louth. [See that dignity] and d. 16 Aug. 1828, aged 88.
evidently made use of here, an the forerunner for the introduction of a similar use to he made of the many subsequent ones, e.g. Clermont in 1806 ; Oxmantown in 1807, Cremorne in 1813, Glandore in 1815, Ac, &c The matter was brought before the House of Lords, 24 July 1855, Lord Fermoy's claim to vote at the election of Irish Rep. Peers was refused, a majority of judges (8 out of 10) deciding, 19 May 1856, that the extinction of the Earldom of Mountrath was not "an extinction of a Peerage of Ireland according to the true construction of the Act of Union." The extinction (12 Feb. 1855) of the Viscountcy of O'Neill was accordingly substituted for that of Mountrath and another patent, founded thereon, was issued 10 Sep. 1856, for the creation of the Barony of Fermoy. See an article (by "G.E.C ") on the Peerage of Ireland "in "the Genealogist" (new series) vol. v, pp. 1—17, &c, where the matter is more fully discussed.
