CAREW, 7th Baron (1938-2024)
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- Hon PATRICK EDWARD b 12 Nov 2002 heir apparent
- Hon Poppy Josephine b 2001
- Hon Georgina Daisy b 2003
- Hon Daisy Celia b 2005
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The Conolly's estates had once been huge, but had been reduced over time. Thomas Conolly, of Castletown, figures in a list as the single largest landowner in Ireland in the late 1700s.
William Conolly, of Castletown (d.3 Jan 1754); m.28 APr 1733 Lady Anne Wentworth (1713-1797)
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1.Thomas Conolly, of Castletown (1738-27 Apr 1803 [21 Apr 1803, per Leinster Correspondence]); m.30 Dec 1758 Lady Louisa Augusta Lennox (London 24 Nov 1743 [per Collins; 5 Dec 1743, per the editor of the Correspondence of the Dss of Leinster]-Aug 1821)
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2.Harriet, d.31 May 1771; m.14 Jun 1764 Rt. Hon. John Staples, of Lyssan (1 Mar 1736-22 Dec 1820), grandson of Sir Robert Staples, 4th Bt.; on the death of Lady Louisa Conolly, the Castletown estates went to this Harriet’s grandson, Edward Michael Pakenham, later Conolly
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Louisa Anne STAPLES, d.1833; m.24 Jun 1785 Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham (d.2 Feb 1836)
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Edward Michael PAKENHAM, took surname CONOLLY, of Castletown (23 Aug 1786-4 Jan 1848); m.25 May 1819 Catherine Jane Ponsonby-Barker (d.Jul 1861)
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Thomas, of Castletown and Cliff (23 Feb 1823-10 Aug 1876); m.1 Sep 1868 Sarah Shaw
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Catherine (20 Oct 1871-20 Mar 1947); m.21 Apr 1904 Gerald Shapland Carew, 5th Lord Carew (26 Apr 1860-3 Oct 1927)
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William Francis CAREW, 1938 CONOLLY-CAREW, 6th Lord Carew (23 Apr 1905-1994); m.3 Jun 1937 Lady Sylvia Gwendoline Eva Maitland (d.1991)
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Patrick Thomas, 7th Lord Carew (6 Mar 1938-2024)
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Volume 4 of the 1916 edition of Complete Peerage has the list of "The Greatest Estates in Ireland in 1799", taken from "Sketches of Irish Political Character, 1799".
The list is in the following order, by which I assume that it is ranked by number of acres. The number following is the monetary value of the annual rent-roll, and it can be seen that those amounts are not in order of size:
Mr Conolly 25,000
Earl of Ormond 22,000
Duke of Leinster 20,000
Lord Darnley 16,000
Lord Dillon 20,000
Lord Caledon 12,000
Lord Cremorn 8,000
Lord Shannon 16,000
Lord Altamont 16,000
Lord Kingston 18,000
Lord Clanwilliam 14,000
Lord Tyrone 8,000
Lord Belmore 12,000
Mr Rowley 12,000
Mr R Stewart 12,000
Sir R Deane 9,000
Lord Bandon 18,000
Mr Brownlow 9,000
Lord Longueville 14,000
Lord Tyrawley 8,000
Lord Clonbrock 10,000
Mr Browne, of Castle McGarrett 11,000
James Daley, of Dunsandle 16,000
Rt. Hon. Mr. Cooper 10,000
Sir Lawrence Parsons 9,000
Col. Brewen 12,000
Earl Clonmell 20,000
Lord Cloncurry 12,000
Lord O’Neil 14,000
Lord Mountjoy 14,000
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Just in case anyone is interested, here is the last generation:
William Conolly, of Castletown (d.3 Jan 1754); m.28 Apr 1733 Lady Anne Wentworth (1713-1797), dau of Thomas Wentworth, Earl [and Jacobite Duke] of Strafford
1.Thomas, of Castletown (1738-27 Apr 1803 [21 Apr 1803, per Leinster Correspondence]); m.30 Dec 1758 Lady Louisa Augusta Lennox (London 24 Nov 1743 [per Collins; 5 Dec 1743, per the editor of the Correspondence of the Dss of Leinster]-Aug 1821)
2.Catharine, d.4 May 1771; m.23 Feb 1754 Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Bt., cr 1764 Baron Gore of Manor Gore, cr 1768 Viscount Bellisle of Bellisle, cr 1772 Earl of Ross (23 Nov 1725-1802)
3.Anne, d.1806; m.5 Mar 1761 George Byng, of Wrotham Park (1735-27 Oct 1789); their son was cr Earl of Strafford in 1847, the name of her maternal grandfather's earldom
4.Harriet, d.31 May 1771; m.14 Jun 1764 Rt. Hon. John Staples, of Lyssan (1 Mar 1736-22 Dec 1820), grandson of Sir Robert Staples, 4th Bt.; on the death of Lady Louisa Conolly, the Castletown estates went to this Harriet’s grandson, Edward Michael Pakenham, later Conolly
5.Frances, d.31 Aug 1817; m.2 Jun 1765 Hon. William Howe, who suc 1799 as 5th Viscount Howe (10 Aug 1729-12 Jul 1814)
6.Caroline, d.26 Jan 1817; m.London 24 Sep 1770 John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (Greenwich 17 Aug 1723-Blickling 3 Sep 1793)
7.Lucy (10 Jun 1740- )
8.Jane, d.1780; m.10 Feb 1770 George Robert Fitzgerald, of Turlough (1748-executed 12 Jun 1786 after conviction for Conspiracy to Murder), son of Lady Mary Hervey
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Source: The Telegraph, 2 January 2025
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Lord Carew, Irish aristocrat and equestrian who twice competed in the Olympics
He also faced the terrifying West Indian bowling line-up as 12th man in a 1969 cricket match in Dublin
The 7th Baron Carew, who has died aged 86, was a fine horseman who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games in Ireland’s three-day event team on his horse Tawny Port, and won the team eventing silver medal in the 1962 European Championships at Burghley.
Pat Conolly-Carew was also Ireland’s 12th man in a cricket match held in the grounds of Trinity College Dublin in 1969 against West Indies, with their terrifyingly fast bowlers. Conolly-Carew recalled that he had never been so glad to be out in his life: “I faced six balls and didn’t see one of them.”
Patrick Thomas Conolly-Carew was born in London on March 6 1938 to William (Bill), the 6th Baron Carew – a title in both the British and Irish peerages – and his wife Lady Sylvia, née Maitland, daughter of the 15th Earl of Lauderdale of Thirlestane Castle in the Scottish Borders. Pat and his two sisters and brother were raised at Castletown House in Kildare, widely considered to be Ireland’s finest Palladian house, built in the 1720s by his ancestor William Conolly, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.
Ponies and horses were a ruling passion for all four siblings at Castletown. The magnificent house, with its colonnaded wings, rang out with a constant round of entertaining, from parties for the Dublin Horse Show to hunt balls of 400 guests in white tie, ball gowns and swallow-tail hunt coats.
Pat was educated at Elstree in Berkshire and then Harrow, where he opened the bowling for the first XI with his lifelong friend Robin Butler, later the distinguished civil servant and crossbench peer, Lord Butler of Brockwell. Robin Butler spent many Easter holidays at Castletown.
In 1958 Conolly-Carew was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards, The Blues. He served at Combermere Barracks, Windsor, followed by Cyprus during the EOKA emergency, then with BAOR at Herford Barracks, Germany, and finally a spell in the Mounted Squadron at Knightsbridge.
While at Sandhurst, Conolly-Carew took up eventing with his brilliant mare Ballyhoo, who had begun life as a Dublin barge horse. Later, at Knightsbridge, he took five months’ leave to train for the Olympics.
By then he had met Celia Cubitt, granddaughter of the 2nd Baron Ashcombe. Patrick and Celia married in 1962 at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster; Celia’s cousin, the future Queen Camilla, was a bridesmaid.
When Pat left the Army in 1965 they returned to Ireland with their young daughter, Virginia. That year, Castletown was sold and the Conolly-Carews settled nearby in Co Kildare, where Pat pursued his riding career, buying Tawny Port from the British eventer Chris Collins, showjumping for Ireland and competing at 11 Badminton Horse Trials…………………………………
On inheriting the two peerages from his father in 1994, Carew took a keen interest in sitting on the cross benches in the House of Lords, speaking with authority on his two passions, sport and Ireland.
First and foremost, he was a family man who cherished being the head of an old Irish, aristocratic family and took pride in any of his relations’ endeavours, whether large or small.
“There was never a dull moment with Pat around – he was a hugely kind and fun character who was loved by all,” recalled his younger brother Bunny Maitland-Carew, who took his mother’s maiden name of Maitland when he inherited the Lauderdale seat of Thirlestane Castle.
Patrick Carew was also field master of the Kildare Foxhounds for a number of seasons, and an accomplished shot, a member of several syndicates in Ireland.
He is survived by his wife Celia, their three daughters, Virginia, Nicola and Camilla, and their son William, who succeeds as the 8th Baron Carew.
Lord Carew, born March 6 1938, died December 18 2024
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Source: Irish Times, 14 May 2025