Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass

Vere Essex Cromwell was born at Throwleigh, Staffordshire and was educated at Stone School, Staffordshire, and at Finstock, Oxfordshire. He succeeded his nephew Thomas Cromwell as Earl of Ardglass and Viscount Lecale in the Peerage of Ireland in 1682, as well as Baron Cromwell in the Peerage of England. He died 26 November 1687 at his home in Booncastle, County Down and was buried 29 November at Downpatrick Abbey, County Down. On his death without male issue, all of his titles became extinct.[2][3]

He married in 1672 Catherine Hamilton, widow of Richard Price, of, Greencastle, Kilkeel, County Down, daughter of James Hamilton, of Newcastle Kilcoo, County Down and Margaret Kynaston, of Saul, County Down, and by her, had an only daughter:[2]

• Elizabeth Cromwell (c. 3 December 1674 – 31 March 1709) married Edward Southwell, (c. 1667 - 4 Dec 1730) and had a son, Edward (1 Jun 1705 - 16 Mar 1755)[2][4]

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• Ardglass, Earl of (I, 1645 - 1687) Cracroft's Peerage
• Portraits of Elizabeth Southwell (née Cromwell), Lady Cromwell at the National Portrait Gallery, London