page_title: Thomas Marlay
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Marlay / Family
context_page_description: Thomas Marlay was an Irish politician and judge, who ended his career as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. He is remembered chiefly for the rebuilding of Celbridge Abbey, and as the grandfather of the statesman Henry Grattan.
context_section_description: Marlay rebuilt Celbridge Abbey, which   is  chiefly remembered   as the home of Esther Vanhomrigh, the  beloved Vanessa of Jonathan Swift.
  He married Anne de Laune (died 1769), daughter of Charles de Laune,  in 1707,  and had ten children,  of whom  several died young. Their  surviving children included Colonel Thomas Marlay; Richard Marlay, Bishop of Clonfert and later Bishop of Waterford; Anthony, who inherited Celbridge Abbey; and Mary, mother of the statesman Henry Grattan.
caption: Henry Grattan, grandson of  Thomas Marlay
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