DE MONTALT 177 9 June 1768; a Gov. of Tipperary 1770. He was cr., 18 July 1776,0 BARON DE MONTALT (") OF HAWARDEN, co. Tipperary [1.], but never took his seat in the House of Lords. He d. unm., 17 May 1777, when his Peerage became extinct,hut the Baronetcy and estates devolved as under. (■=) .-^ X U. 1785. I. Sir CoRNWALLis Maude, 3rd Bart. [I.], yst. and only surv. br. and h. of the above, Lip. 19 Sep. 1729; sue. to the family estates and Baronetcy [L] in 1777. He was, on 29 June 1785, cr. BARON DE MONTALT OF HAWARDEN, co. Tipperary [L], and on 10 June 1791, VISCOUNT HAWARDEN of Hawarden, co. Tipperary [1.]. He J. 23 Aug. 1803. in. 1803. 2. Thomas Ralph (Maude), Viscount Ha- warden and Baron de Montalt of Hawarden [I.], s. and h., b. 16 Apr. 1767. He ^. i.p., 26 Feb. 1807. IV. 1807. 3. Cornwallis (Maude), Viscount Hawar- den and Baron de Montalt of Hawarden [I.], br. and h., h. 28 Mar. 1780. He d. 12 Oct. 1856. V. 1856. 4 and I. Cornwallis (Maude), Viscount Hawarden and Baron de Montalt of Hawar- EARLDOM. den [I.], only s. and h., k 4 Apr. 1 8 1 7 ; Rep. Peer T fifi/; [I.], 1862. He was fr., 9 Sep. 1886, EARL DE 1. i»»o. MONTALT OF DUNDRUM, co. Tipperary. He d. s.p.m.s., 9 Jan. 1905, when the Earldom became extinct. See Hawarden, Viscountcy [I.], cr. 1791, under the 4th Viscount. (^) For the profuse creations and promotions in the Irish Peerage at this time see vol. iii, Appendix H. C") Mold (of which Montalt is a latinized form) is the name of a hill in Flintshire, from which, also, the family of Montalt, Lords of Hawarden Castle (one of wliom is said to have been one of the Barons of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester in 1070), derived their name. Montalt, Monhault, and Maude, are all forms of the same name. {') Sir John Blaquiere writes of him in 1775, "He supports pretty steadily, but upon two occasions, last session, opposed, and affected independence, but seeing his seat in the Council and Peerage in danger, returned to Government." V.G. 23
