New-York tribune., 1909-05-05
HEIR SOUGHT HERE
Successor to the BTne7caH Baron
etcv Looked for in America.

- the ancient Houses of Ireland are more
-z,ra1y related on this side Of the AuaIuc'
..isTv in the state OF New NoTk anu ~ - ~
LANA than that Of BarnewaI, whose chlel. 0i1
TseginaId Aylmer Barnewall tenth oaroils1 u u i-,
- tse inst been gathered TO his fathers al an
sre and whose heir must be sought
q .r,s country For the late baronet, posthuliouS
= of +be ninth baronet, a Crimean veteran was
= ,v1,. child and the ninth baronet IN turn was
=. o1,. son Of the eighth baronet. It is among
-. la+ters nephevs and grand-nephe"s that tIe
= - =,7e FSarno7yaI baronetcy must be sought
1,obert Samuel and William BarnewaH' alI 'l
.te-, erand-nephevs Of the eighth Darohe'' 'aiiio
- "a America about seventy years ago dllu So
.,s5 in this country. They are probaoy no IoIee'
= che land of the living. But it Is among uIei
- ,,,s+ will he found the eleventh owner OF the
T,s-nevau baronetcy, which was created by James
7 in l622 ., fl, "a
an sorry 10 ha e u add that the title Will be
. ts-re, one Cor the extensive possessions Whlch
csrsed Sir Patrick Barnewall. grandlalheI -
the f-st baronet and owner of Cricksto"h' 10 oe
-,.sr,as the knight of the Broad Acre, 10
indicate the vast extent Of his landed prope''H'
have now passed into other hands 1hls Is an 'lle
-7ore to he deplored. as CrickstoWn taSIie' ia
~o,n+,- Meath had belonged 20 the BarnewailS
ever since the days Of Strongbow. under whom 'he
.,,-,5ar n the I-lsh Barnewalls. Sir Michael oe
T2s-neOa came to the Emerald Isle as one or the
r-fnciral captains OF his expedition. being men
+,oned in the records Of the Tower OF Loioo" aS
such
This Sir Michael Barnewal. of the Strongbow
.-a was the founder Of the branch Of the Barne-
wall family Of whom Lord Trimlestown Is the
chief the Rarony Of Trinlestown antedating by
nearly two hundred years the haronetcy, having
been created in 1861 by King Edward " in favor
of Sir Robert BaTnewall Of TriTnlestoWn. county
Meath.
The present Lord Trimlestovn. who spent some
tine in the United States at the time Of the last
races for the America Cup. and who was guest
Of Sir Thomas Upton board his steam yacht
Erin experienced some difficulty IN establishing his
rights 10 the Trimlestovn Barony. for the death
without issue Of the sixteenth lord in 1879 ii was
necessary to go back 20 the descendants Of the
younger son Of the seventh baron. who lived in
the reign Of Queen Elizabeth in order 10 find the
heir u the peerage This remote kinsman Of the
sixteenth lord, namely. Christopher Patrick Mary
RarnewaIl. presented 10 the Committee of Privi-
leges of the House Of Lords all the necessary proofs
IN support Of his succession to the Trimlestown
Rarouy. But he died before any decision was rem
dered, and it was not until 1893 that the Commit
Of Privileges finally granted verdict IN favor
a his younger brother and heir. the present peer
n whom the Barony Of Trimlestown was then de-
clared by the Crown TO be vested and who was
recognized possessing the right 10 vote in the
election Of the representatives OF the Irish peer
age I'm the House Of Lords at Westminster. Lord
Trimestovn married an Australian woman, has
five children, two OF them boys. owns about seven
thousand acres Of land in Ireland, chiefly in Couu-
- Meath but makes his home at q place in the
County Of Kent. where he has a country seat
known Buckhurst. near Ramsgate.
Let ne add that the tenth Lord Trinlestovn had
his title attainted by William III for his loyalty
the last Of the Stuart dynasty King James II and
killed in a duel in France. II was until 1875
that the thirteenth lord. his descendant obtained
from the Crown repeal Of the attainder and a
confirmation Of his rights TO the barony, but only
after becoming q convert TO the Established Church
Of Ireland now disestabished) from the Roman
Catholic faith, and. incidentally. sacrificing his
knEhthood Of the illustrious and historic sovereign
Order Of Malta The eleventh de Jure baron, who
had travelled much abroad in the days when
travelling was rare and had studied medicine,
botany and natural history started the practice
Of medicine on his return to his home al Trimes-
tovr. on the banks Of the Boyne. relieving without
charge the us Of his poorer neighbors- He was q
big man, always dressed in scarlet, with fuu pow
dered wig and black velvet hunting cap. He
keen gardener, and introduced into ireland many
eKodcs never before seen there, among them the
aloe and banana. The third Lord Trimestown
was Lord High Chancellor Of Ireland. and some
thing Of Blue Beard. having had no less than
wives.