DUNSANY 555 4 Mar. 1785, took his seat "upon the death of his grandtather, Randall, Lord Baron of Dunsany." He w., istly, 12 Aug. 1771, Margaret, widow of Edward Mandeville, of Ballydine, co. Tipperary, da. of Edward Archdekin, of CO. Kilkenny. She d. 12 Sep. 1791, at Dunsany Castle. He w., 2ndly, 24 Apr. 1797, or 7 Aug. 1800, Emma Mary, 2nd da. of John Smith, of London, Merchant (father of Sir Drummond Smith, ist Bart.), by Mary, da. of Griffin Ransom, of Westminster, Banker. He d. 4 Apr. 1 82 1, in Brussels, aged 83. Will pr. 1829. His widow d. s.p., 1 June 1828, in Somerset Str., Marylebone. Will pr. July 1828. XIV. 1821. 14. Edward Wadding (Plunkett), Lord Dunsany [L], s. and h., by ist wife; b. 7 Apr. 1773; ed. at West- minster school; served in Holland and in Egypt (where he was severely wounded 8 Mar. 1801); sometime Lieut. Col. Coldstream Guards; proved his right to vote at the election of Rep. Peers [I.] 6 July 1823. Lord Lieut. CO. Meath 1835-48. Rep. Peer [L] 1836-48 (Conservative). Hew., istly, 20 June 1803, Charlotte Louisa, 3rd da. of Nicholas (Lawless), ist Baron Cloncurry [L], by Margaret, da. of Valentine Browne, of Dublin. She, who was b. 21 Jan. 1769, d. 10 June 18 18, at Pisa. He m., 2ndly, 26 Mar. 1823, at St. John's Chapel, Edinburgh, Eliza, ist da. of George (Kinnaird), 7th Lord Kinnaird [S.], by Elizabeth, da. of Griffin Ransom abovenamed. He d. 11 Dec. 1848, aged 75, at Clevedon, Somerset. Will pr. Mar. 1849. His widow, who was b. 13 May 178 1, d. s.p., 30 Apr. 1864, in her 84th year, at 6 Chester Sq., Midx. XV. 1848. 15. Randall Edward (Plunkett), Lord Dunsany, [L], s. and h., by ist wife; b. 5 Sep. 1804, at Rome; ed. at Eton, and at Ch. Ch. Oxford, B.A. and double third class, 1833; M.P. having been restored to him under the articles of Limerick, and the said act of King William was full and irresistible, b'c." A full account of this is in [Lynch's?] Remarks upon the Ancient Baronage of Ireland [1829], pp. I 1 8-1 23, where it is pointed out that the claimant being the heir male, but not the heir general, "the House of Peers [I.] decided a third time in favour of the principle of the male descent of the ancient Baronies of Ireland." That of Kinsale had been so decided in 1 721 and again in 1762. Thus in no single instance, out of the nine ancient Baronies of Ireland [i.e. those existing at the accession of the house of Tudor), has the right of the heir general prevailed over that of the heir male. As to (i) Trimleston such right is secured by the patent, and in all the other cases, where the origin of the peerage dignity is unknown, the succession has taken place as under, viz.. as to (2) Kerry and (3) HowTH, the question has not arisen, the heir male being also the heir general; as to (4) Delvin, the heir male inherited, in 1752, the Earldom of Westmeath, and is generally supposed to have inherited therewith the Barony of Delvin, the claim thereto of the heir general not having been successful; as to (5) Athenry, (6) Slane and (7) Killeen, the right of the heir male, to the exclusion of the heir general, is shown by several sittings in the House of Lords, while as to (8) Kinsale and (9) Dunsany, not only was this the case, but the right of the heir male was asserted by the House of Lords [I.].
