John Howley (1789 - 1866)

Born 1789 in Rich Hill, County Limerick, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 13 Feb 1866 at about age 77 in Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

1. Finegan, Francis. Sir John Howley: 1789-1866, Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, Vol. 40, No. 157 (Mar. 1951, pp. 97-107).

Pedigree sketches from the 1808 Limerick Tontine Schedule, p. 8. - (John's parents), John Howley and his wife Amy Bourke moved to Rich Hill early in the 1800’s. Their son, William Howley held it in the 1850’s and died there 7 Oct 1867. William was a brother of Sir John Howley QC the Prime Sargeant of Ireland. Sir John Bourke Howley was an Irish barrister and was Serjeant-at-law (Ireland) for many years; though he never became a judge. ^[1]

The Howleys were a merchant family in Limerick city who purchased Rich Hill in the early 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Howley held land in the parish of Galbally, barony of Coshlea, William Howley held land in the parish of Cahernarry, barony of Clanwilliam and Serjeant Howley held land in the parish of Grean, barony of Coonagh. Serjeant Howley was later Sir John Howley, First Serjeant in Ireland. Sir John (1789-1866) was the second son of John Howley of Rich Hill and his wife, Amy Bourke of Pallas, county Tipperary. On his retirement in 1865 he was made a Knight. In 1828 he married Sarah, daughter of Stephen Roche of Lota Park, county Cork and they had three daughters, the eldest, Maria, married Alexander J. Mansfield of Morristown Lattin, county Kildare. see http://www.limerick.ie/media/Media,8091,en.pdf In the 1870s Major John Howley of Rich Hill, Lisnagry, county Limerick owned 621 acres in county Limerick, 340 acres in county Clare and 61 acres in county Tipperary. The Ordnance Survey Name Books record John Howley, Esq. as the proprietor of townlands in the parish of Emly, county Tipperary, in 1840.

3. The Gentleman's Magazine January-June 1866, p.455. https://books.google.ca/books?id=A_kIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA455&lpg=PA455&dq=Major+John+Howley+of+Rich+Hill&source=bl&ots=fXWLnNMBQs&sig=52Qbw5G8N9CCsQTqKCAmkuAwKls&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiu7Z-8haXXAhUe8YMKHUJMAe0Q6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q&f=true

4. Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1866, p. 336.

5. Modern English Biography: A-H, 1892, p. 1561.

6. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 1882 https://books.google.ca/books?id=WLVCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1365&lpg=PA1365&dq=col.+john+howley+limerick+helen+white&source=bl&ots=4ls4niDwI3&sig=9EVIK1K1R3vxvLbavJuVapGFIFo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjq84Sh24_aAhUQbK0KHSzMDNsQ6AEIRDAF#v=onepage&q=col.%20john%20howley%20limerick%20helen%20white&f=false

STEPHEN ROCHE, b. 5 Dec. 1724 ; s. his father 1760. He m. ist, Margaret, dau. of Richard Meade, and had issue,

1. JOHN, his successor, one of the most eminent merchants in Dublin, who m. Mary, dau. of Thady Grehan, of that city but d.s.p. Sept. 1825.

2. Richard (Rev.), who d. 1805.

3. George, of Granagh Castle, co. Kilkenny, d.s.p.

1. Anne, m. Peter Long, of Waterford.

2. Mary, m. Peter Grehan, of Dublin, and has issue (see GREHAN of Clonmeen).

Stephen Roche m. andly, Sarah, dau. and co-heir of John O'Brien, of Moyvanine and Ckunties, co. Limerick, and by her (who d. 8 Nov. 1786) had issue,

4. STEPHEN, of Moyvanine and Clounties, m. Maria, dau. of John Moylan, of Cork, and had issue,

i. STEPHEN, of Rye Hill. 2. John.

1. Mary, a nun.

2. Sarah, m. Sir John Howley, Serjeant-at-Law, and d. 1856.

3. Anne. 4. Helena. 5. Harriet, m. Daniel Cronin.

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http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_mansfield.html

Alexander and Pauline Mansfield had five sons and a daughter. One of the younger sons Alexander (1825 – 1901) was a barrister in England and married Maria Howley, eldest daughter of Sir John Howley[3], the Queen’s Prime Serjeant in Ireland. When Sir John was laid to rest in Glasnevin Cemetery in 1866, his epitaph bore the words "a sound lawyer and an honest man". A passer by enquired of a friend, "I wonder why two men were buried together."

[3] Sir John presided as Chairman of Quarter Sessions for Tipperary between 1835 to 1865. A contemporary described him as “a most estimable and philanthropic person”. __________________________________________

Portrait of Sir John Howley

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Sources

1. ↑ John Howley (Lawyer)