CLANDEBOYE 223 Weshiels. He and his brothers appear to have gone to Ireland with Sir James Fullerton, in 1587, in order to hold correspondence with the English of that Kingdom, and to inform the King of Scotland of the state, condition, and designs of the Irish, in the event of Queen Elizabeth's death. He became a Fellow of Trin. Coll. Dublin, 1593, M.A., 1595; knighted at Royston 14 Nov. 1609; M.P. for co. Down, 1613-15; one of the Commis- sioners for the plantation of Longford, 16 19. On 4 May i622,() he was cr. "VISCOUNT CLANEBOYE, co. Down" [I.]. P.C. [I.] 14 July 1634. He was commanding a troop of horse against the Irish rebels Apr. 1642. He m.y istly, Ursula, sister of William, ist Earl of Meath [1.], da. of Edward (Brabazon), ist Baron Brabazon of Ardee [I.], by Mary, da. of Edward Smith. He m., 2ndly, Penelope Cook. He w., 3rdly, Jane, da. of Sir John Philipps, Bart., of Picton, by Anne, da. of Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland. He d. Jan. i643/4,() and was bur. at Bangor, CO. Down, aged 84. His widow was living Mar. 1644. II. 1644. 2. James (Hamilton), Viscount Claneboye [I.], s. and h. On 7 June 1647, he was cr. EARL OF CLAN- BRASSILL, CO. Armagh [I.]. See " Clanbrassill," Earldom of [I.], cr. 1 647 ; both Peerages becoming extinct in 1675. i.e. "Claneboye, co. Down," Barony [I.] {Hamilton), cr. 1719, with the ViscouNTCY OF LiMERiCK [I.]. See "Clanbrassill," Earldom of [I.], cr. 1756; all these Peerages becoming extinct in 1798. See" DuFFERiN," Mar- See "DuFFERiN and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh, CO. Down," Barony [I.] {Blackwood)^ cr. 1800. i.e. "Clandeboye of Clandeboye, co. Down,' Barony {Blackwood), cr. 1850. i.e. "Clandeboye of Clandeboye, co. Down,"| quessate, under the Viscountcy {Blackwood), cr. i 8 7 1 , with the Earldom ^^^ Marquess. OF Dufferin. CLANDON See "Onslow of Onslow, co. Salop, and of Clandon, co. Surrey," Barony {Onslow), cr. 1716. (^) Creations, 1483-1646, in App., 47th Rep., D.K. Pub. Records. The preamble of this patent is in Lodge, vol. iii, p. 3. (*") On 13 Jan. 1 630/1, John Pory, writing to Sir Thomas Puckering, speaks of him as " now one of the greatest subjects in that Kingdom (was formerly) School- master of the Free School in Dublin." He and James Fullerton abovenamed opened a Latin school in Great Ship Street, Dublin, in order "to mask their purpose" in coming to Ireland. V.G.
