Hewitt/Douglas-Home engagement

[Michael Rhodes]

The engagement was announced 29 Nov 2007, between the Hon (James)
Thomas Wingield Hewitt (b 29 September, 1979), son and heir of the 9th
Viscount Lifford (b 27 Jan 1949), of Field House, Hursley, Hampshire,
and Viscountess Lifford, and Th Lady Iona Katherine Douglas-Home (b
1980), elder daughter of the 15th Earl of Home (b 20 Jan 1943), of The
Hirsel, Coldstream, Berwickshire, by his wife the former Jane Margaret
Williams-Wynn scion of the Williams-Wynn Baronets.

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Michael Rhodes
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[Shinjinee]

Any information on the groom, please? One of the rare examples of the
daughter of a peer marrying the eldest son and heir of another peer!

Shinjinee

On Nov 29, 6:25 am, Michael Rhodes <migx73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

[Shinjinee]

Viscounts Lifford information from
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1_____ENXX251&q=%22Viscount+Lifford%22&btnG=Google+Search

From peerage.com and wikipedia

Viscount Lifford

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Category: Viscountcies

Viscount Lifford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created
in 1781 for James Hewitt, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He had
already been created Baron Lifford, of Lifford in the County of
Donegall, in 1768, also in the Peerage of Ireland. His great-grandson,
the fourth Viscount, sat in the House of Lords as an Irish
Representative Peer from 1856 to 1887. As of 2006 the titles are held
by the latter's great-grandson, the ninth Viscount, who succeeded his
father in 1987.

[edit] Viscounts Lifford (1781)

* James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford (1709-1789)
* James Hewitt, 2nd Viscount Lifford (1751-1830)
* James Hewitt, 3rd Viscount Lifford (1783-1855)
* James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford (1811-1887)
* James Wilfred Hewitt, 5th Viscount Lifford (1837-1913)
* Archibald Robert Hewitt, 6th Viscount Lifford (1844-1925)
(Shinjinee - apparently a cousin, descended from yr son of 2nd
Viscount)
* Evelyn James Hewitt, 7th Viscount Lifford (1880-1954)
* Alan William Wingfield Hewitt, 8th Viscount Lifford (1900-1987)
* Edward James Wingfield Hewitt, 9th Viscount Lifford (b. 1949)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. James Thomas
Wingfield Hewitt (b. 1979)

FIRST VISCOUNT (edited)

James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford
M, #148181, b. 1709, d. 28 April 1789

Last Edited=8 Apr 2007
James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford was born in 1709 at Coventry,
Warwickshire, England.2 He was the son of William Hewitt and Hannah
Lewis.2 He married Mary Rhys Williams, daughter of Rice Williams,
circa 1749 at Essex, England. He married Ambrosia Bayley on 15
December 1766 at St. Giles Fields, Holborn, London, England.2 He died
on 28 April 1789 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.
James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford gained the title of 1st
Viscount Lifford.
Children of James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford and Mary Rhys Williams

* James Hewitt, 2nd Viscount Lifford+ b. 27 Oct 1750, d. 15 Apr
1830
* William Hewitt b. c 17522
* Joseph Hewitt b. c 17542
* Very Rev. Hon. John Hewitt+ b. c 1756, d. 14 May 18041




SECOND VISCOUNT (edited)

James Hewitt, 2nd Viscount Lifford
#181742, b. 27 October 1750, d. 15 April 1830
James Hewitt, 2nd Viscount Lifford was born on 27 October 1750 at
Coventry, Warwickshire, England. He was the son of James Hewitt, 1st
Viscount Lifford and Mary Rhys Williams. He married Henrietta Judith
Pomeroy, daughter of Arthur Pomeroy and Mary Colley, on 25 July 1776
at Newberry, County Kildare, Ireland.2 He married Alicia Oliver,
daughter of John Oliver and Elizabeth Ryder, on 23 December 1781.2 He
died on 15 April 1830 at age 79 at Ranfurly House, County Down,
Ireland.
James Hewitt, 2nd Viscount Lifford gained the title of 2nd
Viscount Lifford.
Child of James Hewitt, 2nd Viscount Lifford and Alicia Oliver

* James Hewitt, 3rd Viscount Lifford+ b. 29 Aug 1783, d. 22 Apr
1855

Child of James Hewitt, 2nd Viscount Lifford

* Rev. Hon. James John Pratt Hewitt+ b. 26 May 1796, d. 5 Jan 1880



THIRD VISCOUNT (edited)

James Hewitt, 3rd Viscount Lifford
M, #68213, b. 29 August 1783, d. 22 April 1855

James Hewitt, 3rd Viscount Lifford was born on 29 August 1783 at
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of James Hewitt, 2nd
Viscount Lifford and Alicia Oliver. He married Mary Ann Maude,
daughter of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden and Anne Isabella
Monck, on 15 April 1809 at Clifton, Gloucestershire, England. He died
on 22 April 1855 at age 71 at Brighton, Sussex, England.
James Hewitt, 3rd Viscount Lifford gained the title of 3rd
Viscount Lifford.
Children of James Hewitt, 3rd Viscount Lifford and Mary Ann Maude

* Alicia Anne Hewitt d. 8 Mar 1895
* James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford+ b. 31 Mar 1811, d. 20 Nov
1887




FOURTH VISCOUNT (edited)
James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford
M, #32314, b. 31 March 1811, d. 20 November 1887
James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford was born on 31 March 1811 at
Merrion Square, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.1 He was the son of
James Hewitt, 3rd Viscount Lifford and Mary Ann Maude. He married,
firstly, Mary Acheson, daughter of Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of
Gosford and Mary Sparrow, on 9 July 1835. He married, secondly, Lydia
Lucy Wingfield-Digby, daughter of Reverend John Digby Wingfield-Digby,
on 9 December 1851. He died on 20 November 1887 at age 76 at Meen Glas
Halt, County Donegal, Ireland.1
James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford gained the title of 4th
Viscount Lifford.
Child of James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford and Mary Acheson

* James Wilfrid Hewitt b. 12 Oct 1837, d. 20 Mar 19131



FIFTH VISCOUNT (edited)

James Wilfrid Hewitt
M, #222701, b. 12 October 1837, d. 20 March 1913
James Wilfrid Hewitt was born on 12 October 1837 at Astley,
Coventry, Warwickshire, England.1 He was the son of James Hewitt, 4th
Viscount Lifford and Mary Acheson.1 He died on 20 March 1913 at age 75
at Austin House, Broadway, Worcestershire, England.1


SIXTH-NINTH VISCOUNT
Archibald Robert Hewitt, 6th Viscount Lifford (1844-1925) apparently
younger son of the 4th Viscount.
Evelyn James Hewitt, 7th Viscount Lifford (1880-1954)
Alan William Wingfield Hewitt, 8th Viscount Lifford (1900-1987)
apparently younger brother of the 7th Viscount
Edward James Wingfield Hewitt, 9th Viscount Lifford (b. 1949), a great-
grandson of the 4th Viscount.

On Nov 29, 6:25 am, Michael Rhodes <migx73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote: