KILDARE— KILLARD. 375 XX. 1744. / and 20. James (Fitz Gerald), Earl of Kildare, Marquessate [I.] !5i B *,T^ ° F '"n' T Qjnu* ^ fST'* «f n 1 on ? 7 L J 1/22, s?i/'«t LOUD Ofi'.u.y till he .«/■-. to the karldr.ni [I.], 20 Feb. L 17GI. 174§/4.(») H« was ri, 21 Feb. 1746/7, VISCOUNT LEINSTER OF TAPLOW, co. Buckingham [O.B.]. and was also cr., 3 March 1761, EARL OF OFFALY and MARQUESS OF KILDARE and finally, 26 Nov. 1766, DUKE OF LEINSTER [I.], which last named dignity sec. " KILDARE of Kildare, co Kiltlare," Baiony [U.K.] Fit?. Gerald), cr. 1870 ; see " Lbinstf.r," Dukedom [I.], cr. 1766, under the 4th Duke. KILDRUMMIE. " The dominical lands of Kildrummie were heritably granted by James IV. [S.] on 10 Dec. 1507, to Alexander, 1st Lord Elphinstone [S.j They thus uniformly descen<led in his line, without any challenge of exception— nay, even constituted, as it would seem, a territorial Peernfie [S ] in their favour — until 1 July 1626, when they were found, by a decision of the Court of Session, upon an action of reduction and declarator, at the instance of John, Earl of Man- [S.] [agaiDBt Alexander Lord Elphiustone [S.], the direct heir of the noble acquirer in 1507) to vest in the Earl as a parcel of the Earldom of Man"( b ) KILKENNY. i.e., "Kilkenny" Earldom [L] (Butler), cr. 1797; ex. 1846. See " MountuaRRET," Viscouutcy [I.], cr. 1550, under the 12th Viscount. KILKENNY WEST. i.e., "Kilkenny West, co. Wcstnieath," Barony [I.] (Dillon), cr. 1619. See " Roscommon," Earldom cr. 1622 ; ex., or dormant, 1850. KILKHAMPTON. i.e., '-Granyile of Kilkhaiifton and Bideforu," Barony (Gran- ville), cr. 1661, with the Earldom ok Bath, which see; ex. 1711. KILLAGHLY. Sec "Carpenter of Killaght.y, co. Kilkenny," Baiony [I.] (Carpenter), cr, 1719 ; ex. (with the Earldom ok Tyhconnel fl.]) 1853. KILLARD. See " Alington of Killard, co. Cork," Barony [I.] (Alington), cr. 1642; ral723. i.e., "Killard, co. Clare," Barony [I.], cr. 1727 with the Viscountcy of Galway [I.], which see. He was, at that date, the only male representative of the Kildare branch of the Geraldines. ( b ) " lliddcll," p. 134, where it is added (in a note) that these lauds had been settled in fee on Alexander, Master of Elphinstone (s, and h. ap. of Alexander, the 4th Lord) who (accordingly ?) in a decree 27 March 1621, as also in other documents about that dak' is styled " Alexander. Lord Ki/drummte."
