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314 ILCHESTER — 1NCHIQTJIN. [Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, styled I.oud Stavordale, h. 31 May 1874 ; ed.at Eton.] Family Eatates. These in 1 8 83, consisted of IS, 981 acres in Dorset; 13,169 in Somerset j 2,133 in Wilts and 1,566 ill Devon. Total, 35,8-19 acres, worth £43,4:72 a year. Principal Residences, Mellany House and Abbotsbury Castle, hoth near Dorchester, Dorset ; liedlynch House, near BrutOD, Somerset ; and Holland House, (") in Kensington, Midx. ILMINGTON. i.e. " Hicks of Ilmington, eo. 'Warwick, " Barony (Hicks), er. 1628 (with a spec, rem.) with the Viscouhtcy of Caj:pden, which see ; ex. (together with the Earldom of Gainsborough) 1798. IMANNKY. i.e., "Imanney" Barony [I.] (Bottrke), cr. 1628, with the Vis- countct OF Galway [I.], which Bee ; dormant 1657. IMBERCOURT. i.e., "Carlton of Imbercourt, co. Surrey," Barony (Gar/ton), er. 1626 ; see "Dokchester " Viscountcy, cr. 1628 ; both dignities ex. 163D 1M0KILLY. See "Ponsonby of Imokilly, co. Cork, Barony (Ponsonby), cr. 1806 ; ex. 1866. See " Ponsonby of Imokili.y, co. Cork," Viscountcy (Ponsonby), er. 1836 ; ex. 1855. INCHICRONAX. See "Fitz-Gekald and Yesey of Clare and of Inchichonan, to. Clare," Barony [I.] (Fitz-Gerald), cr. 1826 ; ex. 1860. JNCHIQUIN. Barony [I.] 1, Mubrough 0'BRiEN,( b ) King or Prince, ofThomond I 1543 t^J' ^ son °^ TontOOH Donn, King, or Phince, of Thojiond afsd. [1499-1528], by Kaghnailt, da. of John Mackamaha, of Clancuilen, having been from 1531 (after the death of his elder br., Douogh), " Tavist " (i.e., next in succession) to that dominion, sue. his eldest br., Counor( c ) therein, in 1539, and, tho' at first joining with other Irish chiefs against the English, very shortly afterwards resigned into the King's( d ) hands in June 1543 his " captainship, title, superiority, and country," covenanting " utterly to forsake and (») As to Holland House, see p 240, note " b," sub " Holland." ( b ) The best account of this race is the '.' Historical memoirs of the O'Briens," by John O'Donoghue, 8vo., Dublin, 1860. ( c ) " With Conor O'Brien terminated the regal period of the descendants of Brian Boroimhe. This race which for more than a century after the battle of Clontarf [1014] had given Monarchs to Ireland (with more or less of acquiescence on the part of the other Princes of the island) and had from the 12th to the 16th century (in spite of the utmost efforts of English Governors) maintained substantial authority in the limited district of Thomond was now to descend into the rank of Nobility and lead their turbulent and warlike tribes into the paths of order and obedience to the crown of England." See note " b " next above. ( d ) It is to be observed that in 1541 it was enacted that King Henry VIII. and his successors should have the style and title of King of Ireland.