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Edward Brabazon, 1st Baron Ardee (ca. 1548 – 7 August 1625) was an Anglo-Irish peer.^[1]

Biography

Brabazon was the eldest son of Sir William Brabazon (died 1552), the Lord Justice of the Kingdom of Ireland, and wife Elizabeth Clifford (died 1581). His mother was the daughter and co-heiress of Nicholas Clifford of Holme, Kent, and wife Mary Harper. She was a much married lady, and Edward as a result had numerous half-siblings, including the distinguished soldier Sir William Warren, and Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore.^[2]

He grew up at Thomas Court, near present-day Thomas Street in Dublin city, where his father had built a house out of the lands of the former Abbey of St Thomas, which were granted to him after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Abbey's lands included Killruddery, near Bray, County Wicklow. The building of the original Kilruddery House seems to have begun in Edward's later years: Kilruddery is still the family home, although no trace of the original house survives. He built and occupied Ballinasloe castle in the 1570s or 80s, on land previously held by Seán na Maighe Ó Cellaigh.

He was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1584. In 1585, he held of the office of Member of Parliament for Wicklow County in the Irish House of Commons. He was knighted on 24 August 1595. Brabazon was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1606 and served as MP for Bangor between 1613 and 1615. He was a member of the Council of Munster in 1615. On 19 July 1616, he was created Baron Ardee in the Peerage of Ireland and took his seat in the Irish House of Lords.^[3]

Brabazon married Mary Smythe, daughter of Thomas Smythe, Esq., and together they had five children.^[4] His eldest son predeceased him and his second son, William, was made 1st Earl of Meath in 1627.^[5]

References

^ John Debrett, Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1836), 432.
^ John Debrett, Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1836), 432.
^ William Courthope, Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (J. G. & F. Rivington, 1838), 529.
^ W. Owen, The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of Ireland (1790), 32.
^ W. Owen, The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of Ireland (1790), 32.

Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Baron Ardee 1616–1625	Succeeded by William Brabazon

[1] John Debrett, Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1836), 432.

[2] John Debrett, Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1836), 432.

[3] William Courthope, Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (J. G. & F. Rivington, 1838), 529.

[4] W. Owen, The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of Ireland (1790), 32.

[5] W. Owen, The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of Ireland (1790), 32.

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 Brabazon was the eldest son of [[William Brabazon (Lord Justice of Ireland)|Sir William Brabazon]] (died 1552), the Lord Justice of the [[Kingdom of Ireland]], and wife Elizabeth Clifford (died 1581). His mother was the daughter and co-heiress  of Nicholas Clifford of Holme, [[Kent]], and wife Mary Harper. She was a much married lady, and Edward as a result had numerous half-siblings, including the distinguished soldier [[Sir William Warren (died 1602)|Sir William Warren]], and [[Garret Moore,  1st Viscount Moore]].<ref>John Debrett, ''Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland'' (1836), 432.</ref>
-He grew up at Thomas Court, near present-day Thomas Street in [[Dublin]] city, where his father had built a house out of the lands  of the former Abbey of St Thomas,  which were granted to him after the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]]. The Abbey's lands included Killruddery, near [[Bray, County Wicklow]].   The building of  the original [[Kilruddery House]]  seems to have begun in Edward's  later years: Kilruddery is still the family home, although no trace of the original house survives. He built and occupied [[Ballinasloe]] castle in the 1570s or 80s, on land previously held by [[Seán na Maighe Ó Cellaigh]].
+He grew up at Thomas Court, near present-day Thomas Street in [[Dublin]] city, where his father had built a house out of the lands  of the former Abbey of St Thomas, which were granted to him after the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]]. The Abbey's lands included Killruddery, near [[Bray, County Wicklow]]. The building of the original [[Kilruddery House]] seems to have begun in Edward's later years: Kilruddery is still the family home, although no trace of the original house survives. He built and occupied [[Ballinasloe]] castle in the 1570s or 80s, on land previously held by [[Seán na Maighe Ó Cellaigh]].
 [[Image:Kilruddery.JPG|thumb|right|[[Kilruddery House]], present day]]