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400 KINGSALE— KINGSBOROUGLT. during the War of Secession : was Stipendary Magistrate at San Juan, Vaucouvers Island, during the Harvey disturbances. He m. 10 Jlay 1864, Elia Elmibeth, widow of lions. 0. du Bosque df Beaumont, of Airel, da. of Mons. C. des Francois DE roNCHALON, of Aleneona, Knight of the Legion of Honour in France. He d. s.p. 20 Nov. 1890, at Florence, aged 09. His widow living 1891. XXXI, or XXXII.(») SI or Michael William (de Courcy). 1 Baron Ki.vosale and KiNORoNE( b ) [I.], premier Baron of Ircland( c ), cousin and 1l male, being s. and h. of the Rev. Michael De Couecv, D.D., Rector of Drum- cree, co. Westmeath (d. 15 May 1860, aged 72) by his first wife, Emily, da. of William Smyth, of Drumcrce afsd., which Michael was s. and h. of Admiral the Hon. Michael de CouncT 22 Feb. 1S24), yr. br. of John, 25th or 26th Baron, being 3d son of John, the 24th or 25th Baron. He was J. 29 Sep. 1822. He m. firstly, 26 May 1852, Esther Eleanor, yst. da. of Thomas Williams. Sherf. 27 Dec. 1864. He m. secondly, 16 July 1874, Jessie Maud, da. of the Rev. Edward Polwhele, Rector of Pillaton, co. Cornwall. Family estates. — Those that in 1883 were in possession of Adelaide, the Dow. Baroness, consisted of 3,473 acres in co. Cork, worth £2,180 a year, besides (her own property of) 1,019 acres in Worcestershire, pertaining to Lea Castle, near Kidder- minster. Total, 4,492 acres, worth £4,226 a year. The Jtetuletice of the present Baron is at Stoketon, near Saltasb, co. Cornwall. i.e., " KINGSALE, co. Cork," Viscounty [[.] (Sarsfu-hl), cr. 8 May 1025, but relinquished for the Viuovntry of Sarifitld of Kdmalhek [[.] in 1027, with the former precedency. See that title ; forfeited 1691. KINGSBOROUGH. Barony [I.] Sir Robert King, Bart. [I], of Rockingham, co. Ros- I 1748 common, s. and h. of Sir Henry Kino, 3d Bart. [I.], by Isabella, ! ' sister of Richard, 1st Viscount Fowkhscodrt [I.], da. of Edward . Wingfield, of Fowerscourt, co. Wieklow, was bap. 18 Feb. 1724 ; J,3y - sue. his father in the Baronetcy [I.], 1 Jan. 1740 ; was M.P. for Boyle, 1745-48, and was a-., 13 June 1748,( d ) BAKON OF KINGS- BOBOUGH 1 1.], taking his scat 8 Nov. 1749. lie was Cmlo* Rot. for co. Roscommon. He d. unm. 22 May 1755, aged 31, when his peerage became txtinct.C) i.e., "Kingston of Kingseorougii, co. Sligo," Viscounty [I.] (King), cr. 1766 ; see Kingston " Earldom [I.], eft 1768. (*) See p. 393, note " d," as to this double numbering, in which, probably, the earliest number is the correct one. ( b ) The title of " Lord Baron of Kingsalc and Baron Coiirey and Bivgront," was allowed in 1721 to Gerald, the then lord ; while that of " Lord Ccnirsie, Bai ■on Kivg- sale and Baron oj Ringrohc" was allowed in 1761 to John, the then lord, but see p. 393, note b," as to the various designations of this peerage. ( c ) By the death of the Earl of Louth [I.] on 11 Jan. 1799, and the consequent extinction or dormancy of the Barony of Athenry [I.], the Barons of Kingsale became the premier Barons of Ireland. ( a ) The preamble is given in " Lodge," vol. iii, p. 236. ( e ) The Baronetcy [I.] and estates devolved on his br. and h., Edward King, who was cr. in 17S4 Baron Kingston of Rockingham [1.] ; in 1766 Viscount Kingston of Kingsborough jl] and in 1768 Earl of Kingston [I.]