28 CARLINGFORD Eupheme, da. of James Seton, of Tonch. He d. abroad, s.p.m.,(^) 28 Jan. 1634/5, aged 28, when his Peerage became extinct.^) Caveat against proof of his will at York, i May 1635, unless the widow be summoned, ^Pc. His widow d. 24 Aug. 1674, and was bur. at Sandal-Parva, co. York. Will dat. 26 July 1672, pr. 19 Oct. 1675, at York. EARLDOM [I.] I. Theobald Taaffe, s. and h. of John, ist Viscount Taaffe of Corren [I.], by Anne, da. of I. 1661. Theobald (Dillon), Viscount Dillon [I.], was M.P. for CO. Sligo, 1639; sue. his father as Viscount Taaffe 1642. He was in command of the rebel Rom. Cath. Irish in Connaught in 1 644, and in Munster (of which province he was Gov. till 1 646) in 1 647, being severely defeated by Lord Inchiquin at Mallow 13 Nov. 1 647. Master of the Ordnance, 1649. He actively supported the Royal cause in Ireland, and was excepted from pardon by Cromwell's Act of Settlement. At the Restoration he obtained a considerable pension, and was, 26 June 1661, cr. EARL OF CARLINGFORDC^) co. Louth [I.], his lands being restored to him in Mar. 1 660/1. A sign manual warrant for his being cr. Earl of Limerick is dat. 1661, and another 17 June 1661 for his creation as in the text. He m., istly, Mary, ist da. of Sir Nicholas White, of Leixlip, CO. Kildare, by Ursula, ist da. of Garrett, ist Viscount Moore of Dro- gheda. He m.y 2ndly, Ann, da. of Sir William Pershall, of Suggenhill, CO. Stafford, by Frances, da. of Walter (Aston), Lord Aston [S.]. He d. 31 Dec. 1677, and was bur. at Ballymote. Will dat. 29 Sep. 1677, pr. 8 Aug. 1700, in Dublin. C) His widow m., before 1681, Randal (Plun- kett), Lord Dunsany [I.], but d. s.p. before May 17 11. (*) Mary, his da. and h., m. Robert Feilding (of the Court of Charles II), who squandered all her property. () The title was assumed about the middle of the 19th century by Godwin Meade Pratt Swifte, of Swiftesheath, co. Kilkenny, who was descended from Thomas Swift, eldest brother of the half blood to William Swift of Rotherham, grandfather of Viscount Carlingford. {^) See preamble to this patent in Lodge^ vol. iii, p. 295, note. As to the previous warrant to create him Earl of Limerick, see Cal. of State Papers [I.], 1660-62, P- 356. () Queen Henrietta Maria writes in 1650 to the Duke of Lorraine, "Mon cousin le Viscount deTaafe . . . vous le pourrez croire entierement, et en faire estime comme d'une personne d'un grand merite, et qui a servi le feu roi . . . avec affection et fide- lit6 singulicre." Carte calls him "a bold and forward undertaker." His name, with that of his ist son, William, appears in the "Faithful and humble remonstrance of the Roman Catholic Nobility and Gentry of Ireland" — presented to the King in 1663, setting forth "the prodigious afflictions under which the Monarchy had groaned these 20 years," and identifying themselves with a "humble remonstrance" of the Roman Catholic Clergy, praying the Royal Protection. These noblemen, together with 85 commoners of considerable position, are as under, viz.: Carlingford, Theobald (Taaffe), Earl of [so cr. 1661]. Castleconnell, William (Bourke), Baron of.
