Judkin-Fitzgerald Baronets
The Baronetcy of Lisheen, in the County of Tipperary, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 August 1801 for Col. Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald (Uniacke), who had adopted the surname of Judkin in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle Judge John Lapp Judkin, of Cashel. The title was a reward for suppressing the United Irish Rebellion of 1798 as High Sheriff of Tipperary.[1] On his death in 1810, in a "criminatory obituary" and in reference to his excessive use of the cat o' nine tails at this time, it was said that "The history of his life and loyalty is written in legible characters on the backs of his fellow countrymen."[2]
He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet[3][4] and then by his grandson the third Baronet.[5][6] With the death of the fourth Baronet in 1917, the baronetcy became apparently extinct or dormant. The Crown Office Baronetcy Register Official Roll mentions Capel Gerald Judkin-Fitzgerald (1872-1898) and Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald (born 1873) as his heirs. The Roll shows also the latter as the fifth Baronet, but it is doubtful as the entry appears incomplete. The further entry considers the baronetcy extinct or dormant and gives no date of death for Thomas, nor does it say what relationship he was to the fourth Baronet. The Late Linda Gullette Hudson, a possible descendant had done considerable genealogical research into her thus this FitzGerald family relationship with the result that it seemed her 1st cousin FitzGerald may in actual fact be the current Heir male of the body but due to unclear circumstances leaving Ireland for the USA (perhaps related to the infamous notoriety of the Baronetcy Creation), their ancestor did not prove Claim to the Title hence it became dormant.
Judkin-Fitzgerald Baronets, of Lisheen (1801)
- Sir Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet (1754–1810) High Sheriff of Tipperary 1798
- Sir John Judkin-Fitzgerald, 2nd Baronet (1787–1860) High Sheriff of Tipperary, Mayor of Cashel
- Sir Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald, 3rd Baronet (1820–1864) 1864: April 27th Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald. Golden Hills, Relickmurray, Clanwilliam. Dr. Matthew S. Kennedy. Death from temporary insanity. Reported by Thomas Mack. Source: A return of inquisitions held by the coroner for the South Riding of the County of Tipperary commencing 1st Feb. 1864 and ending June 1864.
- Sir Joseph Capel Judkin-Fitzgerald, 4th Baronet (1853–1917)
Heraldic insignia
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Coat of arms
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- Shield: The heraldic badges of Sir John Judkin-Fitzgerald 2nd Bt & grandson Sir Joseph Capel 4th Bt were derived from the
- Arms: quarterly: 1st and 4th, ermine, a saltire, gules St Patrick's Cross [representing Ireland] (FitzGerald dynasty); and 2d and 3d, argent, a chevron, gules, between three boars' heads, sable, langued, gules of (Judkin).
- Crest
- The crest represents a chevalier in complete armour, on horseback, at full speed, with his sword drawn, and his beaver up.
- Seat: The Seat of baronets was Lisheen Castle.
- Motto: unknown - see also Uniacke Unicus est & faithful and brave Fitzgerald Black & Green Knights of Glyn or Glin & Kerry Shanit a boo [7]
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References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Baronetage Page which has further dates on it, not shown above.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Robert Dunlop, ‘Fitzgerald, Sir Thomas Judkin-, first baronet (1754–1810)’, rev. Thomas P. Power, first published September 2004, 670 words
- An Historical Review of the State of Ireland from the Invasion of that ... By Francis Plowden (1806) Printed and published by W. F. McLaughlin and Bartholomew Graves, Ireland v.5
- A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors Compiled by Thomas Bayly Howell (1820) Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown v. 27 (1798-1800)
- The History of Ireland: From Its Invasion Under Henry II. to Its Union with ... By Francis Plowden (1812) v.2 p452 incl Judkin-Fitzgerald's visits to Dublin Castle and subsequent capitulation by Francis Arthur Esq on board Minerva Captd & witnessed by Joseph Salkeld, Mate Henry Harrison which also transported United Irish Wicklow General Joseph Holt (rebel) Holt Fellowship