CARLINGFORD. 149 7. Theobald (Taaffe), Viscount Taaffe of Cokren, Earldom [1.] rn ww 2 g j, mB i 6 r,l, KARL OK CARLINGFOttU(°) co. Loutb 1 10G1 i 1 ' was s. and h. of John, 1st Viscount Taaffe ok Corben [I.], by Anno, da. of Theobald | Dillon), Viscount Dillon [I.], was M.P. for co. Sligo, 1639; »Ha bis father, 1641 ; was Gov. of the Province of Minister, till 1616; Master of the Ordnance, 16 l!l ; and was excepted from Pardon by LYoinwell's Act of Settlement. At the Restoration he obtained the EarUlom of Carlhty- ford, as above-mentioned, and a considerable, pension. He nt. firstly, Mary, da. of Sir Nicholas WlllTK Of I.eixlip, eo. Kildare. He M. .secondly, Ann, da. of Sir William Peh- shaM, of Suggenhill, eo. Stafford, by Frances, da. of Walter (Aston), Loud Aston [S.] He./. Ml Dec. 1677, and wiisinf. at Ballymote. Will dat. 29 Sep. 1677, pr, 8 Aug. 1700 in Dublin. ('•) His widow hi., before 16S7, Randal (Plinkett), Loud Dunsany [I.], but d. s.p. before 1711. [William Taaffe, styM Viscount Taaffe, 1st s. and h, up, by 1st wife, was, apparently, of foil age in 166 )(). He <f. unm. and v.p, Admon. 12 Nov. I6SS and 1 Oct. 3691 at Dublin.] IT. 1 (j 7 7 . x'. Nicholas (Taaffe), Earl of Carlingford, &c, [L], 3rd but 1st surv. s. and b. by 1st wife. P.O. to James II, 1688, for whom, in 1689, bo was Unvoy to the Emperor Leopold; He m. Mary, only child of Humphrey Weld, of Lolworth, Dorset, by flare, da. of Thomas (AuilNDELL), BaROM Ahi ndki.i. ok Warwick. He d. a.p. being slain at the Head of his Hegt. of loot, al the battle of the Boyne, 2 July 1689, on the side of King James. Admou. 1 Oct, 1691, at Dublin. HI. I(JS9. J. Francis (Taaffe), Earl of Cakuxgford, &c, [I.], br. mimI h. Ho was ed. it Olmutz in Germany; became Page of Honour to tin; Kmperor Ferdinand, was above 30 years in the Imperial Service, (as " Count Taaffe ) being Lieut. -Gen of the Horse and Col. of a Regiment of Cuirassiers ; was Chamberlain, Counsellor of the State and Cabinet, and, finally, Marshal to the Kmperor. Knhjht of the Golden fleece of Spain. He was exempted from attainder by a special clause in the Act of Pari., I. Will, and Mary. He d. s.p. Aug. 1701. Will, &c, dat. 23 Feb. 1701 to 16 July 170-1. (") The title was assumed about the middle of the 19th century by a Mr. Swift, f*) Mary, his da. and h, m. Kobert Fielding (of the Court of Charles II.) who squandered all Ucv property. ( c ) See preamble to this patent in " Lodge " iii, p. 295, note. ( J ) His name 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 thenLselvcs with a " humble remonstrances 11 of the Koman Catholic Clergy, praying the Royal Protection. These noblemen, together with 85 uommoneiB of considerable position, are as under, viz. : Carlingford, Theobald (Taaffe), Earl of [so a: 1662.] Castlecounell, William (Bourke), Baron of. Glanc, see " Duvyan of Clane." Clancarty, Donogh (M'Carty), Earl of. Dillon, Thomas (Dillon), Viscount. Dungan of Clane, William (IHvugan), Viscount Fingal, Luke (Pluukett), Earl of, Inchiquin, Morrough (O'Brien), Earl of. Iveagh, Arthur (Magennis), Viscount. Louth, Oliver (Pluukett), Baron of. Mountgarret, Edmund (Butler), Viscount. Muskerry, Charles (M'Carthy), Viscount. Taaffe, William styled Viscount Taaffe, beings, and h. ap. of the Earl of Carlingford. Tyrconnel, Oliver (Fitzwitham), Earl of [so a: 1C63] See " King James' Irish Army List, 1689," by J. D'Alton (Svo Dublin, 1SS5), p. 6.
