CLANRICARDE 239 yst., but only surv. s. and h., b. 30 Nov. 1832; ed. at Harrow school; Attach^ at Turin, 1852; Second Sec. there, 1862. By royal lie, 9 July 1862, he took the name of Canning, after that of de Burgh, in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle. Earl Canning. Was M.P. (Liberal) for CO. Galway (as Viscount Bourke) 1 867-71. (") Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 56,826 acres in co. Galway, valued at;^24,358 a year. Principal Residence. — Portumna Castle, co. Galway. CLANRONALD see CLANRANALD CLANWILLIAM VISCOUNTCY [I.] I. John Meade, only s. and h. of Sir Richard T gg Meade, 3rd Bart. [I.], of Ballintobber, co. Cork, by ' ■ Catherine, da. of Henry Prittie, of Kilboy, co. EARLDOM ri 1 Tipperarj', was b. 21 Apr. 1744, sue. his father in the L ■-' Baronetcy 26 May following; ed. at the Univ. of . i']-j6. Dublin, B.A., 1762; was M.P. for Banagher, 1764-66. On 17 Nov. 1766, he was cr. BARON GILLFORD of the Manor of Gillford, co. Down, and VISCOUNT CLANWILLIAM, of co. Tipperary [I.], taking his seat as such 22 Oct. 1767. On 20 July i776() he was cr. EARL OF CLANWILLIAM [I.], taking his seat as such, 10 Nov. 1779. He m., 29 Aug. 1765, Theodosia, da. and h. of Robert Hawkins-Magill, of Gill Hall, co. Down, by his 2nd wife, Anne, da. of John (Bligh), ist Earl of Darnley [I.]. He d. 19 Oct. 1800, at St. Stephen's Green, and was bur. in Dublin, aged S^-(f) His widow, who was b. 5 Sep. 1743, d. 2 Mar. 18 17, at Brighton, in her 74th year. (") He signs himself " Clanri/farde," which spelling of the name he claims to have been adopted by most of his predecessors, though in official and public documents the title appears to have been spelt as in the text. In 1886 he became a Liberal Unionist. His dealings with his tenantry have been singled out for special attack and obloquy by the leaders of the Irish Nationalists. V.G. C") For the profuse creations in the Irish Peerage at this date, see Appendix H to this volume. ("=) "Though no speaker is a voter for administration. He is for the Union. This nobleman has dissipated a noble fortune. His attachment to the ladies and to the TURF and certain anecdotes respecting him are too generally known to justify the relation of them here." {Sketches of Irish political character, 1799). His Irish estates are said to have been worth _|ri 4,000 p.a. in 1799. For a list of the largest resident Irish landlords at that date, see vol. iv, Appendix C. V.G.
