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By Lord Belmont In Northern Ireland on Oct 30, 2023
THE GUMBLETONS OWNED 4,741 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY CORK AND 2,239 ACRES IN COUNTY WATERFORD The name GUMBLETON (also written as Gomeldon, Gumbelton and Gambleton) originates from Gomeldon, Wiltshire. The Irish branch is supposed...
By Lord Belmont In Northern Ireland on Oct 18, 2023
LORD HERBERT LIONEL HENRY VANE-TEMPEST WAS A MAJOR LANDOWNER IN COUNTY ANTRIM, WITH 13,781 ACRES GARRON TOWER is a romantic, castellated, cliff-top Victorian mansion of black basalt, built as a summer retreat by Frances, 3rd Marchioness of Londonderr...
By Lord Belmont In Northern Ireland on Oct 16, 2023
THE JOHNSTONS OWNED 7,157 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY FERMANAGH This family was originally from Scotland. WALTER ROE JOHNSTONE, of Mawlick, County Fermanagh, descended from the family of JOHNSTONE, of Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, High Sheriff of County Fe...
By Lord Belmont In Northern Ireland on Oct 13, 2023 in: Heritage
FOUR CENTURIES AGO, GAWN ROWAN-HAMILTON'S ANCESTOR, JAMES HAMILTON, ARRIVED IN COUNTY DOWN AND SETTLED IN KILLYLEAGH CASTLE IN 2006, GAWN ROWAN-HAMILTON TOLD JUDITH COLE ABOUT LIFE IN A CASTLE When Lieutenant-Colonel Denys Rowan-Hamilton MVO DL...
By Lord Belmont In Northern Ireland on Oct 11, 2023
THOMAS GREER, OF SEA PARK, COUNTY ANTRIM, OWNED 68 ACRES OF LAND This family is descended from the Griers, or Griersons, of Lag Castle, Dumfriesshire, which family springs from Gilbert, second son of Sir Malcolm MacGregor, who took the name of Griers...
By Lord Belmont In Northern Ireland on Oct 4, 2023
THE BARONY OF MAGHERAMORNE WAS CREATED IN 1887 FOR SIR JAMES McGAREL-HOGG, BARONET, KCB WILLIAM HOGG, having moved to Ulster from Scotland towards the latter end of the 17th century, settled in Lisburn, County Antrim. He married Abigail Hamilto...
By Lord Belmont In Northern Ireland on Oct 4, 2023
It is unclear who originally built Mount Panther, near Clough, County Down, or who lived in it prior to 1740, when it was known to be the residence of the Rev Dr Matthews. One theory is that the original owner was the Rev Bernard Walsh, Rector...