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See also:WESTMEATH, See also:EARL OF , a See also:title held in the Irish See also:family of See also:Nugent since 1621. During the reign of 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 II. See also:Sir See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert Nugent received the lordship or See also:barony of Delvin in See also:Meath, which soon passed by See also:marriage from the Nugents to the family of Fitzjohn. About two See also:hundred years later the barony returned to the Nugent family, Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Nugent (d. c. 1415) marrying See also:Catherine, daughter of See also:John Fitzjohn. The barony, however, is considered to date from the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of Sir William Nugent and not from that of Sir Gilbert, 1389 being generally regarded as the date of its creation.
Sir William Nugent, who is generally called the 1st, but sometimes the 9th, See also:baron Delvin, was succeeded by his son Sir See also:Richard (d. c. 146o) as and baron. In 1444 and 1449 Sir Richard was See also:lord See also:deputy of See also:Ireland. His See also:grandson, Richard, the 4th baron (d. c. 1538), was summoned to the Irish See also:parliament in 1486. During his whole See also:life he was loyal to the See also:English See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, and both before and after the years 1527 and 1528 when he was lord deputy, he took a vigorous See also:part in the warfare against the Irish rebels. Among his descendants was See also:Robert Nugent, Earl Nugent (q.v.). Richard's grandson, See also:Christopher, the 6th baron (c. 1544-1602), also served See also:England well, but about 1J76 he See also:fell under the displeasure of See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth and he was several times imprisoned, being in the intervals employed in Ireland. He was a prisoner in See also:Dublin See also:Castle when he died. Delvin wrote A Primer of the Irish See also:Language, compiled at the See also:request and for the use of Queen Elizabeth.
His son, Richard, the 7th baron (1583-1642), took part in 16o6 in a See also:plot against the English See also:government and was imprisoned, but he soon escaped from captivity and secured a See also:pardon from See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. In 1621 he was created earl of Westmeath. Having refused in 1641 to join the Irish See also:rebellion, he was attacked by a party of rebels and was so seriously injured that he died shortly afterwards. His grandson, Richard, the and earl (d. 1684), served See also:Charles II. against See also:Cromwell in Ireland and afterwards raised some troops for service in See also:Spain. His grandson See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, the 4th earl (1656-1952), served James II. in Ireland. Thomas's See also:brother, John, the 5th earl (1672-1754), See also:left Ireland after the final defeat of James II. and took service in See also:France. He fought against England at the battles of See also:Ramillies, Oudenarde and See also:Malplaquet and remained on active service until 1748. He died in See also:Brabant on the 3rd of See also:July 1754. His son Thomas, the 6th earl (d. 1792), also served in the See also:French See also:army; later he conformed to the established See also:religion, being the first See also:Protestant of his See also:house, and took his seat in the Irish House of Lords in 1755. His son See also:George See also:Frederick, the 7th earl (176o-1814), a member of the Irish House of See also:Commons before 1792, was succeeded by his son George Thomas John (1785-1871), who was created See also:marquess of Westmeath in 1822 and who was an Irish representative peer from 1831 to 1871. He died without legitimate sons on the 5th of May 1871, when the marquessate became See also:extinct.
The earldom of Westmeath now passed to a distant See also:cousin, See also:Anthony See also:Francis Nugent (1805-1879), a descendant of Thomas Nugent (d. 1715) Of See also:Pallas, See also:Galway, who was a son of the and earl. Thomas was See also:chief See also:justice of Ireland from 1687 until he was outlawed by the government of William III. In 1689 he was created by James II. baron of Riverston, but the validity of this title has never been admitted. In 1883 his descendant, Anthony Francis (b. 1870), became the 11th earl.
Cadets of the Nugent family were See also:Nicholas Nugent (d. 1582), chief justice of the See also:common See also:bench in Ireland, who was hanged for See also:treason on the 6th of See also:April 1582; William Nugent (d. 1625) an Irish See also:rebel during the reign of Elizabeth; Sir George Nugent, See also:Bart. (1757-1849), who, after seeing service in See also:America and in the See also:Netherlands, was See also:commander-in-chief in See also:India from 1811 to 1813 and became a See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field-See also:marshal in 1846; and Sir Charles See also:Edmund Nugent (c. 1759-1844), an See also:admiral of the See also:fleet. More famous perhaps was Lavall, See also:Count Nugent (1777-1862), who See also:rose to the See also:rank of field-marshal in the See also:Austrian army and was made a See also:prince of the See also:empire. His See also:long and See also:honourable military career began in 1793 and sixty-six years later he was See also:present at the See also:battle of See also:Solferino. His most distinguished services to See also:Austria were during the See also:war with France in 1813 and 1814, and he was also useful during the revolution in See also:Hungary in 1849.
See D'See also:Alton, See also:Pedigree of the Nugent Family; and See also:Historical See also:Sketch of the Nugent Family, printed by J. C. See also:Lyons (1853).
End of Article: WESTMEATH, EARL OF
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