LOUTH. 157 P.C. to James IL, Col. of a Reg. of Foot in his army (1087), and Lord Lieut, of the Counties of Louth and Drogheda. He m. firstly (Articles 4 Feb. 1664) Jane, da. of Sir Luke Fitzgerald, of Tecroghan, co. Kildare. He m. secondly, Anne, widow of George Holmes, da. of William Hamilton, of Lisclony, Kings County. He was outlawed iu 16S9 by the Government very shortly before his death, which was in Sept. (before 3 Oct.) 1691, at which date his estate in laud was £2,000 a year and his personalty £10,000. His widow m. (thirdly) John Eyre, of Eyre Court, co. Galway. VIII. 1689. 8. Oliver (Plunkett), Baron Louth [I.], s. and h. by first wife ; b. 1668. He delivered his writ of summons to the House of Lords [I.] on 29 Oct. 1692 (the first Pari, after the revolution) and again 12 Oct. 1695, but was informed, ( ;l ) 19 Oct. 1698, that the outlawry [1642] of his grand- father (the 6th Lord) was not reversed, and "that such Lords who stand outlawed on record shall not have privilege to sit in this House, but ought to be struck out of the rolls of the Houso."( b ) He m. Mabella, da. of Henry (Bahnewall), 2d Viscount Barnewall of Kinosland [I.], by his second wife Mary, da. of Richard (Nugent), 1st Earl of Westmeatii [I.] He d. (of consumption) 1707, aged 38. His widow m. (as his second wife) Stephen Taaffe, and d. Oct. 1710, aged 37. IX. ( h ) 1707. 9.( b ) Matthew (Plunkett), Baron Louth 1 1.], only s. and h.,( b ) b. 1698. He Rt. in 1716, Susanua, sister of Christopher Mason, of Blackheath, co. Kent. He d. 20 June 1754, aged 56. Hia widow d. 21 Feb. 1767. X. {*>) 1754. 10.{ b ) Oliver (Plunkett), Baron Louth [I.], s. and h. ;(!>) bap. 2 April 1727. He m. about 1750, Margaret, da. of the Hon. Luke Nettervillb (3d s. of Nicholas, 3d Viscount Nettekville of Douth [I.]), by Aune, da. of ( — ) Stanley, of Drogheda. He d. 4 March 1763. His widow d, 1787.
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Earldom [I.] 1. Thomas (Bermingham), Lord Athenry [I.], who t y 17*q sue to his father in that dignity, 4 March 1749, was cr., 23 April ' ' 1759. EARL OF LOUTH, (°) co. Louth [I.], taking his seat, as such, 23 Nov. following. He d. s.p.m.s., 11 Jan. 1799, aged 81, when the Earldom of Louth [I.] became extinct. See fuller particulars under " Athenry " Barony [I.], cr. 1172, sub the 18th holder. 1799. Barony [I.] 11. Thomas Oliver (Plunkett), Baron Louth [I.], XI 1763 s ' auc ^ u k J ^ U H- 1'57 at Louth Hall, Co. Louth ; sue his father, 4 March 1763, ( b ) in the peerage [I.], but owing to the resolution of the y House of Lords [I.] iu 1698, whereby it was held that the peerage 1 1 JO. j 1(u i Deen forfeited in 1642, made formal claim to the same in 1798,(") which was allowed the same year. He m., 7 July 1808, Margaret, 1st da. of Randall (Plunkett), 13th Lord Dunsany [1.1 by his first wife ( a ) Lords Jour. [I.], I, 690, as quoted in " Lodge," vol. vi, p. 173. ( b ) It is by no means clear that their Lordships' decision in 1698, as to the outlawry of 1642 causing a forfeiture of the peerage (see p. 156, note " c ") was the correct view. The peerage was, at all events, allowed in 1798 to the heir. (°) His ancestor, Richard, Lord Athenry [I.], was second cousin of John Bermingham, cr. Earl of Louth [I.], iu 1319. See tab. ped. in vol. i, p. 176, note "b." ( d ) The claim of this Barony in 1798 is among the claims to Irish Peerages (preserved in the Record office iu Dublin Castle) of which a list is giveu in" Lynch," p. 277. They are, chronologically, as under. 1709, Barony of Slane; 1717, Earldom of Tyrone; 1721, Barony of Kiugsale ; 1749, Barony of Upper Ossory ; 1767, Barony of Le Poer ; 1771-72, Viscountcy of Valentia, &c. : 1772, Viscountcy of Boyue, &c. ; 1774, Barony of Castlestewart ; 1782, Barony of Dunsany ; 1788, Viscountcy of Costellogallen [i.e., Dillon of Costello- gallenl ; 1791, Earldom of Ormond and Ossory with the Viscountcy of Thurles and the Baronies of Butler and Arklow ; 1792, Earldom of Roscommon, &c. ; 1795 Barony of Trimblestown ; 1795, Earldom of Fingall, &e. ; 1798, liarony of Louth ; 1800, Viscountcy of Gormanstown.
