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See also:TYRONE, EARLS OF . The earldom of Tyrone was first conferred by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. in 1542 on See also:Conn Bacach O'See also:Neill, and was forfeited in 1614 when an See also:act of See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder was passed against his See also:grandson See also:Hugh, 2nd See also:earl (more strictly 3rd earl, for his See also:brother Brien was for some years de jure holder of the See also:title though never recognized as such), the famous See also:rebel who fled from See also:Ireland with the earl of See also:Tyrconnell in 1607 (see O'NEILL). Descendants of the 1st earl in See also:Spain continued to See also:style themselves earls of Tyrone till the'See also:death See also:early in the 18th See also:century of See also:Owen O'Neill, grandson of Owen See also:Roe O'Neill. In 1673 See also:Richard See also:Power, 6th See also:Baron Le Power and Coroghmore, See also:governor of See also:Waterford, was created See also:viscount of Decies and earl of Tyrone, being succeeded in these titles by his two sons successively, on the death of the younger of whom in 1704 they became See also:extinct. A daughter of this last earl married See also:Sir See also:Marcus See also:Beresford, See also:Bart., of See also:Coleraine, Co. Derry, in 1717; and in 1720 Beresford was created Baron Beresford and Viscount of Tyrone. In 1746 he was further created earl of Tyrone, and after his death in 1763 his widow became in 1767 Baroness La Poer in her own right. The only surviving son of this See also:marriage inherited the titles of both his parents, all of which were in the See also:peerage of Ireland, and in 1786 he was created a peer of See also:Great See also:Britain as Baron Tyrone of See also:Haverfordwest in the See also:county of See also:Pembroke; three years later he was created See also:marquess of Waterford, with which dignity the earldom of Tyrone has remained conjoined.
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