Richard St George (died 1726)

Sir Richard St George (1657 – 28 September 1726[1]) was an Irish landowner.

He was the only surviving son of Sir George St George of Dunmore, and first cousin of George St George, 1st Baron St George.[2][3] In June 1686 he married Anne, daughter of Colonel John Eyre of Eyre Court; they had no children and she died in November 1719.[3][4]

He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Clogher in September 1703, sitting until his death.[1] In October 1711 he succeeded to his father's estates in County Galway[3] and on 23 November 1715 he was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland.[5]

He died without heirs in September 1726, and his four surviving sisters became co-heiresses to the Dunmore property. Eventually his niece Elizabeth became sole heiress; she was the wife of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet and the estate thus passed to the family of the Gore baronets.[3][6]

He left a natural daughter Mary St George, who married James Mansergh in 1749, as his second wife. Their son Richard St George Mansergh-St George was the ancestor of the St Georges of Headford.[2][7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 "commons/irelandcommons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 John Burke and John Bernard Burke, A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, London 1838, p. 461 (online at google books)
  3. 1 2 3 4 John Lodge and Mervyn Archdall, The Peerage of Ireland, Dublin 1789, vol. III, p. 284 (online at google books)
  4. ↑ "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "pcouncil/pcouncilI". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Estate Record: St George (Dunmore)". landedestates.ie. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Local History of Headford". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "history.html". Archived from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2016.


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