Captain
Robert
Oliver
MP
Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Valentina (Hamilton) Blount
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Charles Oliver and Mary (Oliver) Sadleir
Died
in Cloghanodfoy, County Limerick, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Mar 2022
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Biography
He was a soldier for Oliver Cromwell.
In 1658 he settled land in County Limerick where Castle Oliver (also known as Clonodoy) was built.
M.P. for Limerick, 1661, whose arms, with his wife's, are recorded 4 Aug. 1653, in Ulster's Office. He was granted land under the Act of Settlement 1666.
Robert married (1) Bridget Ormsby, a descendant of Philip Ormsby, of Partney, Lincolnshire
Children
- Charles married in 1670, Elizabeth Smyth, daughter of Sir Percy Smyth, Knt., of Ballynatray, co. Waterford
- Mary, married Thomas Sadleir, of Sopwell Hall, co. Tipperary.
Robert married (2) Valentina Hamilton, daughter of Sir Claud Hamilton, of Cocknow, and widow 1st of Col. Charles Blount, and 2ndly of Col. Knight
Children
- Henry.
- Christopher.
- Valentine Blount
- Anne.
He died in 1679. His will, dated 5 Feb. 1678-9, was proved 13 May, 1679. [1]
Sources
- A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke, and Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Publication date 1912, Pg 536, Family: Oliver of Castle Oliver
- Castle Oliver. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Oliver
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