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He was [[High Sheriff of Kildare]] in 1523 and was knighted, but little else is known of him until about 1534. |
He was [[High Sheriff of Kildare]] in 1523 and was knighted, but little else is known of him until about 1534. |
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During the [[Silken Thomas]] rebellion, when the Eustace family were deeply divided, due to the close family tie between the Eustace and Fitzgerald families, he remained loyal to [[Henry VIII]] and was duly rewarded for his assistance in putting down the rebellion by being created 1st Baron Kilcullen, [[County Kildare|County Kildare, Ireland]] in September 1535. He is said to have possessed one half of [[County Wicklow]], together with his family's existing possessions in KIldare and [[County Meath]], and benefitted from the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]]. As a reward for further actions in putting down rebellion,he was created 1st Viscount Baltinglass, [[County Wicklow]], [[Ireland]] on 29 June 1541. His principal residence was [[Harristown]], County Kildare, Ireland. |
During the [[Silken Thomas]] rebellion, when the Eustace family were deeply divided, due to the close family tie between the Eustace and Fitzgerald families, he remained loyal to [[Henry VIII]] and was duly rewarded for his assistance in putting down the rebellion by being created 1st Baron Kilcullen, [[County Kildare|County Kildare, Ireland]] in September 1535. He is said to have possessed one half of [[County Wicklow]], together with his family's existing possessions in KIldare and [[County Meath]], and benefitted from the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]]. |
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He played a prominent part in the [[Irish Parliament]] of 1541. |
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As a reward for further actions in putting down rebellion,he was created 1st Viscount Baltinglass, [[County Wicklow]], [[Ireland]] on 29 June 1541. His principal residence was [[Harristown]], County Kildare, Ireland. |
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Children of Sir Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass and Margaret Talbot |
Children of Sir Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass and Margaret Talbot |
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Revision as of 08:25, 3 July 2013
Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass was born circa 1480 at Caslemartin, County Kildare. He was the son of Richard Eustace, younger son of Sir Edward FitzEustace, and Anne, daughter of Robert Eustace of Ballyloughrane. He married Margaret Talbot, daughter of Sir Peter Talbot ofMalahide Castle and Catherine FitzGerald. He died on 31 July 1549.
On 14 December 1496 he succeeded his uncle, Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester, in the family estates. Portlester's daughter Alison married Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and was the grandmother of Silken Thomas, hence the strong pressure on the Eustace clan to join his rebellion.
He was High Sheriff of Kildare in 1523 and was knighted, but little else is known of him until about 1534.
During the Silken Thomas rebellion, when the Eustace family were deeply divided, due to the close family tie between the Eustace and Fitzgerald families, he remained loyal to Henry VIII and was duly rewarded for his assistance in putting down the rebellion by being created 1st Baron Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland in September 1535. He is said to have possessed one half of County Wicklow, together with his family's existing possessions in KIldare and County Meath, and benefitted from the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
He played a prominent part in the Irish Parliament of 1541.
As a reward for further actions in putting down rebellion,he was created 1st Viscount Baltinglass, County Wicklow, Ireland on 29 June 1541. His principal residence was Harristown, County Kildare, Ireland.
Children of Sir Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass and Margaret Talbot
- Richard Eustace
- Alexander Eustace
- Robert Eustace
- John Eustace, High Sheriff of Kildare
- Rowland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass+ b. c 1505, d. 31 Mar 1578
- Anne Eustace, who married firstly an O'Toole and secondly Nicholas Eustace
- Janet Eustace, who married firstly Gerald Sutton and secondly Maurice Fitzgerald
- Margaret Eustace who married George Burnell
- Catherine Eustace who married firstly James FitzGerald and secondly Gerald Plunkett, younger son of Robert Plunkett, 5th Baron of Dunsany.
References
G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 395. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.