Joseph
"1st Earl of Milltown"
Leeson
Born in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Leeson
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Margaret Leeson and Martha (Leeson) Cooke
Husband of
Cecilia (Leigh) Leeson
— married
20 Jan 1729 [location unknown]
Husband of
Anne (Preston) Leeson
— married
20 Oct 1738 (to 1766) [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (French) Leeson
— married
10 Feb 1768 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Leeson MP, Mary (Leeson) Bourke, Brice Leeson, Cecillia (Leeson) La Touche, Robert Leeson and Frances Arabella (Leeson) Beresford
Died
at age 82
in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jun 2012
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Contents |
Biography
Joseph Leeson is Notable.
Joseph Leeson was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
- Joseph Leeson 1st Earl of Milltown (1701-1783) was the son of Joseph Leeson, a brewer in Dublin and Mary Brice, daughter of Alderman Andrew Brice, Sheriff of Dublin.
- Joseph was the grandson of Hugh Leeson of Culworth, Northamptonshire who came to Ireland about 1680.
- He built Russborough House between 1741 and 1755.
- He married, firstly, Cecilia Leigh, daughter of Francis Leigh, on 20 January 1729.
- Children of Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown and Cecilia Leigh
- Joseph Leeson, 2nd Earl of Milltown (1701-1783).
- Brice Leeson, 3rd Earl of Milltown (1735-1807).
- Lady Mary Leeson (1734 - 1794)
- He married, secondly, Anne Preston, (1720 -1766) daughter of Nathaniel Preston and Anne Dawson, on the 20th of October 1738.
- Child of Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown and Anne Preston
- Lady Anne Leeson (1750-?) married Hugh Henry
- He married, thirdly, Elizabeth French, daughter of the Very Rev. William French and Arabella Frances Marsh, on 10 February 1768.
- Children of Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown and Elizabeth French
- William Leeson(1770-1819) m. Mary Buchanan
- Frances Florence Arabella Leeson (1771-1840) m. Marcus Beresford
- Robert Leeson (1773-1850) m. Grace Head - m. Harriet Brooke
- Cecilia (1768-after 1816) m. David LaTouche
- Joseph Leeson was created Baron Russborough, in the County of Wicklow, on 5 May 1756, Viscount Russborough, of Russellstown in the County of Wicklow, on 8 September 1760, and Earl of Milltown, in the County of Dublin, on 10 May 1763.
- He died aged 82 on the 2nd of October 1783. His third wife died on 23 January 1842 having lived 55 years past his death.
Joseph Leeson ... He passed away in 1741. [1]
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Sources
- ↑ Entered by Margaret O'Shea, May 23, 2013
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