Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Andrew Knox MP
and Mary McCausland
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Charles Galwey
— married
9 Apr 1822 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Galwey) Desart, William Galwey CE, Honoria Tomkins Galwey, Isabella Frances Galwey, Andrew Knox Galwey I, Caroline Jane Benjamina (Galwey) Bennett, Charles Richard Galwey CE and John Galwey
Died
at about age 81
in Fairy Mount, Londonderry
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Dec 2014
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Biography
Honoria was born in 1799. Honoria Knox ... She passed away in 1881. [1]
1. She was dau of Col Andrew Knox of Prehen, Co Derry, MP in the last Irish Parliament at the Union, by Honoria, dau and heiress of Andrew Tomkins of Prehen. Knox of Prehen was the senior line of the ancient Scottish house of Knox (Refs 1 & 2).
2. After moving to Derry she had a "stroke of paralysis but she lingered for six years" (Ref 3).
3. She d. at age 81, hence birth date estimated as 1800.
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by John Gibb, Wednesday, December 10, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
1. Blackall, H., Galweys of Munster, Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Vol. LXXII No. 215 (Jan-Jun 1967) p. 38.
2. Burke’s LGI, 1904, ‘Knox of Prehen’. The claim of the earls of Ranfurly, which formerly appeared in Burke’s Peerage, has been withdrawn from recent editions: cf 1949 and 1963 eds (Quoted in Ref 1).
3. Bennett, CJB, The Galweysof Lota, Hodges Figgis, Dublin 1909, p. 166.
4. Death: Entry No 234 in Register for Kildessy district, Londonderry, Cos Derry & Donegal, Ireland
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