DESMOND 257 Thomas (iith Earl), and John, the 4 eldest sons of Thomas, the 7th Earl, became extinct^{f) and any continuous usage of the title appears to have been abandoned. C") XVI. 1619 I. Richard (Preston), Lord Dingwall [S.J, ~ to having an only da. (his presumptive heir), who was 1628. destined by that all-powerful Court favourite, the Marquess of Buckingham, to be married to that nobleman's nephew, the Hon. George Feilding [mentioned below], was, by the Marquess's influence, cr. by pat. dat. at Westm.C^) II July 1 619, BARON DUNMORE, co. Kilkenny, and EARL OF DESMOND [L]. He d. s.p.m., 28 Oct. 1628, when the peerages so conferred became extinct, the Scottish Barony of Ding- wall descending to his da. and heir of line. Admon. 16 Dec. 1628. His wife, who d. in Wales, 1 8 days before him, was bur. (possibly re-interred) at Westm. Abbey (as " Countess of Desmond ") 1 7 Mar. 1628/9. 3 § XVII. 1622, I. "George Feilding, Esquire, [second] son of in reversion. William, Earl of Denbigh, and nephew of George, 1628, Marquess of Buckingham "("^) [his mother, Susan, being in possesion. da. of Sir George Villiers and sister to the said Marquess (afterwards Duke) of Buckingham], was by the Court (') In 1 60 1, according to the relation of "the Sugan Earl " (placed in the hands of Sir George Carew), there were then, besides himself, but three such existing, viz. (i) his own brother, John [his successor], (2) "The Queen's Earl" [i.e. the Earl who d. s.p. 1 601], and (3) Maurice, only surv. s. of John Oge, the yst. s. of Sir John of Desmond, the 4th s. of the 7th Earl. This Maurice d. s.p. C") The male representation of the Earldom appears after 1632 to be in the descendants of Gerald Oge (slain 1477), 5th and yst. s. of the 7th Earl. The male issue of Gerald's eldest son, James FitzGerald of Macollop, existed in 1663 ; and, in 1687, James Fitzgerald (the great-great-grandson of Thomas FitzGerald of Kilmacow, who was youngest s. of the said Gerald Oge) appears to have been called Earl of Desmond. This James died s.p.m., in 1742 or 1743, at Grange, co. Waterford, being apparently the last male issue of the 7th Earl, and not improbably (the male line of FitzGerald of Decies having ended in 1664) even of the 1st Earl. if) No entry thereof is found in the Patent Rolls, but the date is recorded in the patent of the creation of the Viscountcy of Callan [I.], 7 Nov. 1622. See Creations, 1483-1646, in App., 47th Rep., D.K. Pub. Records. It is to be noted that the wife of the grantee, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas (Butler), Earl of Ossory and Ormond [I.], was granddaughter of James, also Earl of Ossory and Ormond [I.], and Joan, his wife, da. and h. of James, loth Earl 0/ Desmond [l.], who d. s.p.m., 1529. (■*) Creations, 1483-1646, in App., 47th Rep., D.K. Pub. Records. 33
