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Viscount Gormanston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1478 and held by the head of the Preston family, which hailed from Lancashire. It is the oldest vicomital title in the British Isles; the holder is Premier Viscount of Ireland.
Jul 29, 2020 · When the 14th viscount died in 1907, the castle and titles passed to his son, also Jenico Preston, as 15th Viscount Gormanston. He too was a Justice for the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Co Meath. During World War I, he was a captain in the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Hon Jenico Preston, later 3rd Viscount Gormanston. 1. Hon Margaret Preston (d. after 21 May 1527), mar. before 1523 as his first wife John [Plunkett], 4th Baron Killeen, and had issue. mar. (2) Eleanor Nangle (widow of John Nangle, of Navan), dau. and hrss. of Sir Thomas Dowdall, of Newtown and Termonfeighan. died.
Jan 1, 2014 · Jenico Preston (1879–1925), 15th Viscount Gormanston, was just such a person, in that his story cuts across the traditional trajectories that emerged in both Irish states.
Nicholas Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston. (Jenico) Nicholas Dudley Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston (born 19 November 1939), is an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and British hereditary peer, who sat in the House of Lords (as Baron Gormanston) until 1999. [1]
Aug 8, 2022 · In 1478, his lordship was advanced to a viscountcy, by the title of VISCOUNT GORMANSTON. His lordship sat in the parliament of 1490, and in that of 1493. He was succeeded by his eldest son, WILLIAM, 2nd Viscount, who filled the office of deputy to Sir James Ormonde, Lord Treasurer of Ireland in 1493.
May 3, 2022 · Genealogy for Jenico Edward Joseph Preston, 15th Viscount Gormanston (1879 - 1925) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
