CLONCURRY

Valentine Browne Lawle , 2 Baron ( 2 son of 1 Baron Cloncurry 1735–99 ). b. Merrion sq. Dublin 19 Aug. 1773; ed. at Port arlington, Chester and Trin. coll. Dublin; member of Society of United Irish men; member of executive directory of United Irish Society 1797; arrested 31 May 1798, again 14 April 1799, confined in the Tower of London 8 May 1799 to March 1801; succeeded as 2 Baron 28 Aug. 1799; P.C. for Ireland 1831; created a Baron of the United Kingdom 14 Sep. 1831. d. Maretimo, Black rock near Dublin 28 Oct. 1853. W. J. Fitzpatrick’s Life of Lord Cloncurry 1855; G.M. xli , 82–7 (1854); Personal recollections of Lord Cloncurry (1849). CLONCURRY, Edward Lawle , 3 Baron. b. Lyons house, co. Kildare 13 Sep. 1816; ed. at Eton and Ball. coll. Ox., B.A. 1861; succeeded 23 Oct. 1853; killed by falling from a window of Lyons house whilst of unsound mind and unaccountable for his acts 3 April 1869. Morning Post 6 April 1869 p. 5.