John Pomeroy (1758 - 1833)

Born 19 Dec 1758 in Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Spencer) Pomeroy — married 31 Oct 1785 in Rathangan House, Rathangan, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1833 at age 74 in Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

Rev. John Pomeroy was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

John was born in 1758, the son of Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Viscount Harberton and Mary Colley (1723-1794).

He was educated by Dr Benson and entered at Trinity College, Dublin on 6 March 1775, aged 15, from where he graduated B.A. 1778 and MA in 1783. ^[1]

He was admitted Prebendary of Yagoe (St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin) on 12 September 1783 (FF.) and installed on 1 May 1784. In 1787 he was made Treasurer of Christ Church. He was presented as Treasurer on 3 March 1787 and admitted and installed on 11 March. He resigned on the 22nd of November following; and in the next year became rector of Urney in the diocese of Derry. He was installed as Prebendary of Monmohenock (St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin) on 18 June 1794. In the year 1817 he was elected Dean of St. Patrick's; but on an appeal to the Court of Delegates his election was set aside as invalid. He resigned his prebend in 1822.

John married Esther Spencer, daughter of James Spencer, on 31 Oct 1785.

Children

1. John James b. 20 September 1790, 5th Viscount
2. Arthur William b. 1796 married 20 December 1837, Frances Letitia Knox, daughter of the Right Rev. William Knox, D.D., Bishop of Derry
3. George Francis b. 1797. In 1830 his name was legally changed to George Francis Pomeroy Colley by Royal Licence.
4. Spencer Stewart, b. 9 March 1803; d. 23 June 1812.
5. Henry, b. 20 September 1805; married 7 February 1829, Elizabeth Truell, 3rd daughter of the Rev. Robert Holt-Truell, D.D., of Clonmannon, co Wicklow.
6. William Knox, b. 15 June 1813.
7. Elizalieth Esther, married 26 April 1842, the Rev. Cecil Russell, vicar of Drumcree, co. Meath.

After the death of his father-in-law, James Spencer, he made Rathangan House his principal residence, as did his son, the 5th Viscount, until he sold the lease of the property to the Duke of Leinster in 1858.

He died in 1833.

Death Notice - Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail July 13, 1833

The Rev. John Pomeroy, A. M., Viscount Harberton, who died his residence, at Merrion, only last week, had been seriously indisposed for some months previous with a paralytic attack. His Lordship was for many years Vicar of St Anne's Parish, Dublin.

Sources

1. ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.

• www.thepeerage,com/p31885.htm
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• Harberton, Viscount (I, 1791) Cracroft's Peerage
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• Vol 2 - The Province of Leinster, Pg 63, 140, 175
• A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire by Sir Bernard Burke, Publication date 1869, Pg 543