Anne (Vesey) Knox

Ancestors

Descendants

Hon. Anne Vesey was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Daughter of John Denny Vesey, 1st Baron Knapton and Elizabeth Brownlow.^[1][1] Children

1. Hon Thomas Knox, later 2nd Viscount Northland later 1st Earl of Ranfurly
2. Maj Gen Hon John Knox MP, Governor of Jamaica (b. 9 Oct 1758 ; d. on passage to Jamaica Oct/Nov 1800)
3. Capt Hon Vesey Knox, of Bernagh, co. Tyrone (b. 29 Feb 1760; d. 2 Feb 1830), mar. 8 Oct 1792 Catherine Anne Gisborne (d. 7 Oct 1860), dau. of Gen James Gisborne, and had issue
4. Rt Rev Hon William Knox DD, Bishop of Derry (b. 14 Jun 1762; d. 9 Jul 1831), mar. 10 Sep 1785 Anne Spencer (d. 13 Nov 1834), dau. of James Spencer, of Rathangan, co. Kildare, and had issue
5. Rt Hon George Knox MP (b. 14 Jan 1765; d. 13 Jun 1827), mar. (1) 27 Jan 1805 his first cousin Anne Staples (d. 1 May 1811), 3rd dau. of Sir Robert Staples, 7th Bt., of Lissan, co. Tyrone, by his third wife Hon Jane Vesey, 3rd dau. of John Denny [Vesey], 1st Baron Knapton, and (2) 1812 Harriet Fortescue (d. 20 Jan 1816), dau. of Thomas Fortescue, and had issue by both wives
6. Ven Hon Charles Knox, Archdeacon of Armagh (b. 10 Feb 1770; d. 30 Jan 1825), mar. 20 Dec 1804 Hannah Fletcher (d. 1852), widow of James Fletcher and dau. of Robert Bent MP, and had issue
7. Rt Rev Hon Edmund Knox DD, Bishop of Limerick (b. 6 Jan 1773; d. 5 May 1849), mar. 22 Feb 1796 Anne Charlotte Hesketh (d. 2 Oct 1837), sister of Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, 3rd Bt., of Rufford, co. Lancaster, and 4th dau. of Thomas Hesketh (by his wife Jacintha Dalrymple, dau. of Hugh Dalrymple, Attorney-General of Grenada), 1st son and heir ap. of Sir Robert Hesketh later Juxon, 2nd Bt., of Rufford, co. Lancaster, and had issue

Sources

1. ↑ The peerage ,Person Page - 20604

• "The Peerage", [digital index], http://www.thepeerage.com/p20604.htm#i206035
• Northland, Viscount (I, 1791) Cracroft's Peerage