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Vandeleurs of Kilrush County Clare
by Senan Scanlan

7. Appendices

7.4 Lineage of the Vandeleurs

	Forename		Surname	Birth.	Marriage	Death	Occupation	Comment and Sources Reference
1.	Giles		Vandeleur					Settled at Ralahine, Co Clare. 1660 and was one of the Commissioners for applotting quit-rents in Ireland. He married Martha, dau of Very Rev. John
	married
	Martha		Fitzgerald					Fitzgerald Dean of Cork.
		James	Vandeleur					of Blaine (Blean,Kildysert) who left issue
		John (Rev.)	Vandeleur	(See below)		??/??/1727	Reverend
		Boyle	Vandeleur				High Sheriff	1706 married Spaight of Lodge Co Clare and had the following issue:.
					20/12/1754			1 Thomas who m Elizabeth daughter of Odell Conyers,of Castletown.
					??/??/1754			2 Boyle who married (5/1754) Catherine Arthur and their sons were
								(1) Walter R.N & (2) Lt-Gen William of the 16th Regiment & (3) Thomas.
					??/??/1752	12/06/1752		3 Giles of Ralahine married Alice Fitzgerald of Carrygoran , their son Boyle:
							Colonel	(1) Boyle (in Army) m Diana Scott of Cahircon ,and their son John S:
								((1)) John Scott married Emily Molony their son :
					03/01/1856	??/??/1860	Major	(((1))) Arthur,Royal Artillery,of Ralahine served in Crimea

2	Rev. John		Vandeleur			??/??/1727	Reverend	of Cragg, Co Clare,M.A. Rector of Kilrush,seated himself at Kilrush 1687
	married							Rev John married a second time to Ann Maxwell
	Elizabeth		Crofton			??/??/1703		Daughter of Thomas Crofton of Inchirourke, Co. Limerick
		John	Vandeleur	(See below)		??/??/1754
		Thomas	Vandeleur					married Cophson died without issue.

3	John		Vandeleur			??/??/1754		(On the 7th January 1749 he purchased lands at Kilrush,Monemore,Leadmore Carrownacalla and Cappagh for £9826-0-6½ estimated to be 3381 acres)
	married
	Frances		Ormsby					Daughter of John Ormsby of Cloghans,Co. Mayo.
		Crofton	Vandeleur	(See below)		??/??/1795
		John Ormsby	Vandeleur		??/6/1766	??/??/1777		of Maddenstown, Kildare m Frances Packenham dau Baron Longford sons::
						01/11/1803	Colonel	1 Thomas Pakenham Vandeleur, ka. at Laswaree, India, unmarried
							Lieut-Col	2 John Ormsby,Kildare & Ballinamona Limerick, 5th Dragoon Guards.
								John Ormsby 5th Dragoon Guards married Rosetta Beattie and had issue
				??/??/1798	//?//?1827	??/??/1879	Captain	(1) Thomas Pakenham 21st Regiment m 2ndly 26/05/1834 son:
				26/11/1846	24/07/1875	??/??/1900		((1)) Frank Edward married Emily Conant of Lyndon Hall,Rutland, Eng.
				21/10/1877		08/04/1969	Captain	(((1))) Thomas Pakenham,Royal Fleet Auxiliary ,died unmarried
							Lieut-Col	(2) John of Mannister, Limerick 10th Hussars m cousin Alice Stewart (V).
				??/??/1839	15/11/1870	11/06/1900	Colonel	((1)) Son: John Ormsby 4th Vol Bn Hampshire Regt. of Ballinacourty, Lim.
				??/??/1887		??/11/1914	2nd Lieut	(((1))) Son: John Beauclerk,Durham Light Infantry , ka 1914
						??/??/1876	Lieut-Col	(3) Robert of Springford, Cork .m Penelope Hill
					05/04/1832	13/06/1908	Major-Gen	((1)) John Ormsby,R Sussex Regt.CB (1885).Egypt War & Nile Expdn.
						??/??/1912	Captain	(4) Edward 12th Lancers died 1912
					??/??/1904	??/??/1957		((1)) Edward ,2nd Dragoon Guards
					26/04/1840	??/??/1926	Lieut-Col	((2)) David Roche,30th Regiment
					13/08/1825	19/03/1884	Captain	(5) George of Ballinamona,Co Limerick sometime Inniskilling Dragoons.
		Richard	Vandeleur		22/06/1762	??/??/1772	Captain	of Rutland,Queen's Co., 9th Lancers married Elinor Firman and had issue.
				??/??/1763	??/??/1829	??/??/1849	General	1 Sir John Ormsby GCB 1833,KCB 1815 16th Light Drags.
								2 Elizabeth (m Moore) 3 Ellen (m William Armstrong)
		Mary	Vandeleur		13/05/1771	??/??/1790		married John Meares of Meares Court, and died without issue.

4	Crofton		Vandeleur		28/03/1765	??/??/1795		M P for Ennis in 1768 (of Kilrush)
	married
	Alice		Burton		28/03/1765			Dau of Thomas Burton by his wife Dorothy (dau of J Foster Ch. Justice/Pleas)
		John Ormsby	Vandeleur	(See below)		09/11//1828
		Thomas Burton	Vandeleur			??/06/1835	Judge	A Judge of King's Bench in Ireland (Died unmarried)
		Crofton	Vandeleur		??/??/1803	??/10/1806	Major-Gen	married Elizabeth Croasdaile, of Rynn ,Queen's Co. Died at Antigua,his son:
					11/11/1835		Captain	1 Crofton Thomas Croasdaile 14th Regt m Eliz Fitzgerald son:
				20/02/1842	07/10/1868	13/06/1881	Captain	(1) Crofton Thomas Burton,12th Lancers,High Sheriff,Co Westmeath.
		Richard	Vandeleur				Major	88th Regiment died at Campo Mayo, Portugal.
		Frederick	Vandeleur			??/??/1813	Captain	87th Regiment killed at the Battle of Vitoria.
		William Richard	Vandeleur	??/??/1787	??/??/1827	??/08/1843	Reverend	Rector , Julianstown m his cousin Mary Diana V. of Ralahine, and had issue:
				01/04/1836		26/08/1880	Major	1 Thomas Burton, 7th Fusiliers,killed in action,Kandahar,Afghanistan.
				13/03/1837	08/02/1876	12/04/1898	Colonel	2 Boyle,5th Lancers of Moyville,Athenry ,Galway. died without issue
				26/08/1841	10/06/1868	30/04/1918	Colonel	3 William Richard, 9th & 48th Regts Moyville, m Emma S H Williams son:
				26/05/1870		26/08/1914	Captain	(1) William Mount Charles Crofton, 2nd Essex Regt,ka. Unmarried
				07/05/1843	12/11/1869	10/05/1926	J P	4 Ormsby,of Ralahine & Greystones J P m Georgina Tallan and had issue:
				23/07/1875		16/01/1965	Reverend	(1) William Elder George Ormsby,ordained 1900, died unmarried
				27/07/1877	20/04/1927	21/10/1967	Lieut-Col	(2) Thomas Boyle,Royal Irish Regt D S O 1918.
								(3) Dorothy (4) Alice (5) Emily (6) Frances all died unmarried
		Frances	Vandeleur			??/??/1840		Interred in St Mary's Church, Dublin.

5	John Ormsby	Vandeleur		??/??/1765	17/11/1800	09/11//1828	P C & M P	The RT Hon. John Ormsby, PC, of Kilrush, Commr. of Customs for Ireland M P for Ennis 1797?,1800 and 1802
		married
	Lady Frances		Moore	??/??/1776	17/11/1800	05/10/1833		Daughter of 1st Marquess of Drogheda. (03/10/1833 ?)
	Crofton Moore		Vandeleur	(See below)		09/11/1881
	Henry S Moore		Vandeleur	??/??/1812		19/03/1875		Died unmarried.
	Anna Frances		Vandeleur	21/05/1802	c1836?	??/??/1875		Born in Marylebone, London. ( http://vandeleurcreagh.org)
		Alice	Vandeleur			21/12/1884?		m 1st Rev. Charles Moore Stewart & 2nd to Lt-Col John Vandeleur 10th Hussars.

6	Crofton Moore		Vandeleur	09/12/1808	23/04/1832	09/11/1881	DL, JP MP	High Sheriff 1832, MP for Co. Clare 1859-74, Colonel Clare Militia Educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.
	married
	Lady Grace		Toler		23/04/1832	02/06/1872		2nd daughter of 2nd Earl of Norbury.
	Hector Stewart		Vandeleur	(See below)		03/10/1909	Captain	Rifle Brigade
*		Crofton Toler	Vandeleur	07/03/1840	08/10/1864	08/05/1884	Captain	R Hus. & 7th Drag Guards m Charlotte M Bury,Co. Cork. Interred in Brussels
		John Ormsby Moore	Vandeleur	05/07/1841		26/02/1901	Lieut-Col	Gordon Highlanders. Died unmarried
		Elizabeth Frances	Vandeleur		??/??/1855			married St John Blacker Douglas JP of Elm Park,Co. Armagh/Kerry & Down.
	Frances Letitia		Vandeleur	??/03/1834		??/10/1870		Died unmarried. Interred at Buxton
	Grace Dorothea		Vandeleur		19/07/1866			married Robert William Carey Reeves,DL, JP of Besborough & Burrane, Clare.
		John Toler	Vandeleur	18/01/1836		??/02/1837		A twin of Hector Stewart interred at St. Mary's Church Dublin
		Henry Rebow	Vandeleur	??/12/1848		??/02/1849		Interred at Kilrush

7	Hector Stewart		Vandeleur	18/01/1836	18/07/1867	03/10/1909	Captain	Rifle Brigade. Of Kilrush , Clare, HM Lieut for Clare.JP,High Sheriff 1873. Educated at Eton. Age 65 in 1901 census and living at Cahircon
	married
	Charlotte Louise		Foster	??/??/1846	18/07/1867	12/11/1915		Dau of William Orme Foster,MP,of Apley Park,Salop. Age 54 in 1901census
		Cecil Foster Seymour	Vandeleur	11/07/1869		31/08/1901	Lieut-Col	Irish Guards Killed near Waterval, South Africa..DSO (1897) Age 31 in 1901
		Alexander Moore	Vandeleur	(See below)		30/10/1914		Aged 17 in 1901.
		Isabel Grace	Vandeleur	??/??/1873	??/??/1901			m Sir James Denham,MA. .Son Major Vivian Vandeleur G-Denham (ka 1940)
		Evelyn Norah	Vandeleur	??/??/1878	14/07/1904	05/11/1966		married Sydney Richardson Christie-Miller, JP .She was aged 22 in 1901.

8	Alexander Moore		Vandeleur	25/12/1883	03/11/1910	30/10/1914	Captain	2nd Life Guards of Kilrush & Cahircon Co. Clare, JP. served WW1 killed 30/10/1914
	married
	Hon. Violet Ethel		Meysey-Thompson		03/11/1910	14/02/1970
	Giles Alexander Meysey		Vandeleur		(See below)			Educated Eton & RMC Sandhurst
	Pamela Violet		Vandeleur	??/02/1913	04/09/1934			married Lt-Col Lennox John Livingstone-Learmont

9	Giles Alexander Meysey		Vandeleur	02/09/1911	22/08/1946		Lieut-Col.	DSO (1945). Served with Irish Guards in World War 11.
	married 1st
	Jeanne		Baring		22/08/1946			Daughter of Felix Salmond of New York.
	married 2nd
	Pamela Aurore		Eyre		21/09/1955			Formally wife of Major Neil Stewart Patrick Whiteford ,MC.
	married 3rd
	Margarita		de Narvaez		01/12/1960	24/01/1970		Daughter of Pedro Lopez of Bogota
	married 4th
	Esmee Antoinette		Fraser		29/07/1970			Widow of Major Samuel Vandeleur Christie-Miller of Salisbury,Wilts.

Lineage of John Ormsby Evelyn Vandeleur known as “JOE”
	Forename		Surname	Birth.	Marriage	Death	Occupation	Comment and Sources Reference
*	Crofton Toler		Vandeleur	07/03/1840	08/10/1864	08/05/1884	Captain	10th Royal Hussars & 7th Dragoon Guards
	married
	Charlotte Mary		Bury		08/10/1864	31/10/1935		Charlotte Mary Bury,Carrigrenane,Co. Cork,daughter of Rev Robert Bury
		Crofton Bury	Vandeleur	28/03/1867	11/02/1903	27/09/1947	Lt-Col	Cameronians, served in South Africa and WW1 (D.S.O. 1917)
		Robert Seymour	Vandeleur	06/06/1869	07/11/1900	05/05/1940	Brig-Gen	CB 1919,CMG 1915 served in Nile,India,France,Gallipoli,Macedonia & Palestine

	Crofton Bury		Vandeleur	28/03/1867	11/02/1903	27/09/1947	Lt-Col	Cameronians, served in South Africa and WW1 (D.S.O. 1917)
	married
	Evelyn Mary Hamilton O'Leary				11/02/1903	26/01/1960		Daughter of Gen Thomas Conor O'Leary
	John Ormsby Evelyn		Vandeleur	14/11/1903	17/11/1939	??/??/1988	Brigadier	“JOE” Commanded Irish Guards during Operation Market Garden (D.S.O.1944)

							Main Sources	Burke's Peerage, London 1976, Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland ,4th Edition, London ,1958.
								Details from inscriptions on the Vandeleur Mausoleum in Kilrush.
								Details from inscriptions on the Church of Ireland walls in Kilrush.
								Newspapers: Births, Marriages and Death notices.
								http://thepeerage.com/
								http://vandeleurcreagh.org/names25.htm# VANDELEUR

							Note:	The principal Kilrush Vandeleurs are listed above on the left hand side and those detailed on the right column with numbers are descendants usually of the more junior Kilrush Vandeleurs. This numbering system denotes each generation as follows: 1=first. (1) =second. ((1))= third. (((1))) =fourth.

								Details in italics above are noted on the Vandeleur Mausoleum in Kilrush or on the Inscriptions on the walls of the Church. A few dates for deaths are incorrect on the mausoleum and have been corrected.

Vandeleur leases in National Archives
1785 – 1928

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