Thomas Bligh PC (abt. 1654 - 1710)

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1710 at about age 56 in Rathmore, County Meath, Ireland [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas Bligh PC is Notable.

Birth and Origins

Thomas Bligh, born about 1654 was the only son of John Bligh and his wife, Catherine Fuller. ^{[1] [2]}

1673 he was a named executor in the will of Nicholas Greaves Doctor in Divinity and Dean of Dromore and intended to marry his daughter Christian Greaves for which a jointure was provided.^[3]

Marriage and Family

On 9 December 1682 he married Elizabeth Naper, youngest daughter of Col. James Naper (or Napier), of Loughcrew, county of Meath, and his wife, Dorothy Petty. ^{[1] [2] [4] [5]}

Their children (four sons and six daughters):

• John Bligh, the eldest, created Earl of Darnley, b. 28 Dec 1687, Ireland, d. 12 Sep 1728 (aged 40) Epsom, Surrey, England & buried on 25th September 1728, m. lady Theodosia Hyde, baroness Clifton in 1713
• Catherine (Bligh) Le Hunte
• Elizabeth (Bligh) married George St George after 16 Jun 1715, d. 1830
• Lt. Gen. Thomas Bligh (of Brittas, county of Meath b. 1693 d. 1775 (aged 80), without issue, & buried in Rathmore. m. 1 Elizabeth Bury 2. Frances Jones
• Robert Bligh, Dean of Elphin, Ireland m. 1. Catherine (Elliot) Boyle 2. Winthrop
• Lt Anthony Bligh (of Dragoons) d. 1737, unmarried. ^[4]
• Mary Bligh, died unmarried in 1760

Occupation

He was a MP & a member of the Privy Council (Ireland) for Queen Anne.

Thomas Bligh, esq. of Rathmore was knight of the shire for the county of Meath. an MP for Rathboy, 1692-3, County Meath, 1695-1710, and of the Privy Council (Ireland) to Queen Anne ^{[1][4] [5]}

Death

Thomas died 28 August 1710,^[1][2] Bath, England and buried at Rathmore, in Ireland. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892, A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, Publication date 1912, p 56, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Thepeerage.com Rt. Hon Thomas Bligh Cites: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
3. ↑ National Archives PROB 11/347/32 D654897 Will of Nicholas Greaves, Doctor in Divinity and Dean of Dromore
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Cobham', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 (Canterbury, 1797), pp. 404-442. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol3/pp404-442 [accessed 21 November 2021].
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Lord Belmont in Ireland, Friday, 21 DECEMBER 2018, The Darnley Estate , http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-darnley-estate.html

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