278 CLERMONT CLERMONT OF DROMISKEN, and CLERMONT OF CLERMONT PARK BARONY [I.] I. Thomas Fortescue, s. and h. of Chichester F., of Dromisken, co. Louth {d. 25 Nov. 1826), by I. 1852, Martha Angel, da. of Samuel Meade Hobson, of Muckridge House, co. Cork, Barrister at Law, b. BARONY [U.K.] 9 Mar. 181 5; sue. his distant cousin (4th cousin once removed), Sir H. J. Goodricke, Bart., 22 Aug. 1833, L 1866 in the estate of Ravensdale Park, i^c, co. Louth;(") to matric. at Oxford (Exeter Coll.), 9 May 1833, B.A. 1887. (Grand Compounder) 1833; Sheriff of co. Louth 1839; M.P. (Liberal) for co. Louth, July 1840, to July 1 841. On 1 1 Feb. 1852, he was cr. BARON CLERMONT OF DROMISKENjC') CO. Louth [L], with a spec, rem.., failing the heirs male of his body, to his br. hereafter mentioned. His claim to vote at the elec- tion of Rep. Peers [L] was admitted 2 Aug. 1853. On 2 May 1 866 he was cr. BARON CLERMONT OF CLERMONT PARK co. Louth [U.K.], without however, any such spec. rem. He W2., 26 Sep. 1840, at Maryle- bone Church, Louisa Grace, 3rd da. of James (Wandesforde-Butler), ist Marquess of Ormonde [I.], by Grace Louisa, da. of the Rt. Hon. John Staples. He d. s.p., 29 July 1887, at Ravensdale Park afsd., and was bur. in Jonesborough Church, aged 72, when the Barony of Clermont [U.K.] became extinct. His widow, who was b. 18 July 18 16, a'. 8 Nov. 1896, at Ravensdale Park. BARONY [I.] 2. Chichester Samuel (Parkinson-Fortescue), Baron Clermont of Dromisken [I. 1852], also Baron n. 1887 Carlingford [U.K. 1874], only br., and h. according to to the spec. rem. abovementioned. He was ^ 18 Jan. 1823, 1898. at Glyde, CO. Louth; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 26 May 1 841, 1st class classics, 1844, B.A. 1845, Chancellor's prize for English essay, 1846, M.A. 1847. M.P. (Liberal) for co. Louth, if) Lord Clermont's grandfather, Thomas Fortescue, was s. and h. of Chichester F., s. and h. of Thomas F., s. and h. of Chichester F., who was s. and h. of Sir Thomas F. (all of Dromisken), who d. 1 7 10 aged 90. William F. of Newrath, co. Louth, the 2nd s. of Sir Thomas F. last named, was father of Thomas F., the father of William Henry Fortescue cr. (1770 to 1777) Baron, Viscount and Earl of Clermont [I.], as above stated. Charlotte, the only sister, who left issue, of the 2nd and last Viscount, ni. 1796, Sir Harry Goodricke, Bart., and left an only s. and h., Sir Henry James Goodricke, Bart., on whose death unm. in 1833, the estates of the Viscounts Clermont came to Thomas Fortescue (afterwards cr. Lord Clermont), as above mentioned. C") The extinctions made use of for this creation, according to the Act of Union, were (i) the Barony of RancliflFe {Parkym); (2) the Barony of Nugent {Grenville); (3) the Earldom of Roscommon (Di/lon), which last had been improperly used before in 1825, but supplemented in 1831.
