Baron Esmonde

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Baron Esmonde was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 20 May 1632 for Sir Laurence Esmonde. He had earlier renounced the Roman Catholic faith. However, he married a Roman Catholic woman, by whom he had a son, Thomas. Fearing that her son would be raised a Protestant, Esmonde's wife ran away with their son and brought him up s strict Roman Catholic. In 1629, three years before his father's elevation to the peerage, Thomas was created a Baronet, of Ballynastragh in the County of Wexford. However, as he was the child of a mixed marriage he was not allowed to succeeded in the barony, which became extinct on Lord Esmonde's death in 1646. The Esmonde Baronetcy is still extant, however (see Esmonde Baronets).

[edit] Barons Esmond (1632)

• Laurence Esmonde, 1st Baron Esmonde (d. 1646)

[edit] See also

• Esmonde Baronets

[edit] References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page