Meredyth family

The Meredyth family (sometimes spelled Meredith) were an Anglo-Irish family descending from Richard Meredith, a Welsh clergyman who went to Ireland in 1584 and became bishop of Leighlin.

Family tree

Richard[1]
(died 1597)
bishop of Leighlin

Sir Robert[1]
(died 1668)
Chancellor of the Exchequer

Sir Thomas[1]
(died 1677)
MP for Old Leighlin

Sir William[2]
(died 1665)
1st Baronet, of Greenhills

Sir Charles[3]
(died 1700)
Chancellor of the Exchequer

Robert[4]

Charles[5]
(died 1710)
MP for Meath and Kells

Arthur[6]
(1639–1732)
MP for Navan

parentage uncertain

Richard[2][4]
(1657–1743)
MP for Athy; de jure 2nd Baronet?

Henry[7]
(1675–1715)
MP for Kells and Navan

Thomas[8]
(died 1732)
MP for Wexford, New Ross and Navan

Thomas[9]
(1665–1719)
MP for Navan, Lismore and Midhurst

Robert[2]
(died 1747)
de jure 3rd Baronet?

Paul[10]
(died 1783)
de jure 5th Baronet?

Moore[10]
(died 1789)
de jure 6th Baronet?

Joshua[10]
(died 1787)

Charles
(died 1747)
dean of Ardfert

Thomas[11]
(died 1773)

Henry[12]
(died 1789)
MP for Armagh

Arthur Francis[13]
(1726–1775)
MP for Meath

Richard[14]
(1733–1777)
de jure 4th Baronet?

Sir Barry Colles[10]
(died 1813)
7th Baronet

Sir John[11]
(1740–1799)
1st Baronet, of Carlandstown

Mary[15]
married Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Baronet

Sir Joshua Colles[10]
(1771–1850)
8th Baronet

Sir Edward Newenham[10]
(1776–1865)
9th Baronet

Sir Thomas[11]
(1770–1815)
2nd Baronet

Sir Henry[11]
(1775–1859)
3rd Baronet

Mary Anne[16]
married Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet

Sir Edward Henry John[10][17]
(1828–1904)
10th Baronet

Sir Henry[11]
(1802–1889)
4th Baronet

William Meredyth Somerville[16]
(1802–1873)
1st Baron Athlumney and Meredyth

Henry William[11]
(died 1878)

James Herbert Gustavus Meredyth Somerville[18]
(1865–1929)
2nd Baron Athlumney and Meredyth

Sir Henry Bayly[19][20]
(1863–1923}
5th Baronet

References

Sidney Lee ed., Dictionary of National Biography, vol. XXXVII (1894) pp. 270–271.
G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. III (1903) p. 306.
Edith Mary Johnston-Liik, The History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) pp. 243–244.
History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 246–247.
History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 244.
History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 242–243.
History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 244–245.
History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 248.
History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 247.
The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, p. 307.
The Complete Baronetage, vol. V (1906) p. 436.
History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 245–246.
History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 243.
The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, pp. 306–307.
The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, p. 424.
The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, p. 358.
Who Was Who, vol. I, p. 488.
Who Was Who, vol. III, p. 43.
The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, pp. 436–437.
Who Was Who, vol. II, p. 724.

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[DNB-1] Sidney Lee ed., Dictionary of National Biography, vol. XXXVII (1894) pp. 270–271.

[TCBp306-2] G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. III (1903) p. 306.

[3] Edith Mary Johnston-Liik, The History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) pp. 243–244.

[HoIPp246-4] History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 246–247.

[5] History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 244.

[6] History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 242–243.

[7] History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 244–245.

[8] History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 248.

[9] History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 247.

[TCBp307-10] The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, p. 307.

[TCBp436-11] The Complete Baronetage, vol. V (1906) p. 436.

[12] History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 245–246.

[13] History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 243.

[14] The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, pp. 306–307.

[15] The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, p. 424.

[TCBp358-16] The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, p. 358.

[17] Who Was Who, vol. I, p. 488.

[18] Who Was Who, vol. III, p. 43.

[19] The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, pp. 436–437.

[20] Who Was Who, vol. II, p. 724.