Sir
Richard
St George
Born in Dunmore, County Galway, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of George St George
and Elizabeth (Hannay) St George
Brother of
Elizabeth (St George) Parsons, Jane (St George) Ashe, Lettice (St George) Mills, Emilia (St George) Carleton and Catherine (St George) Crow
Husband of
Anne (Eyre) St George
— married
Jun 1686 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Richard St George and Mary (St. George) Mansergh
Died
at about age 69
in Headford, County Galway, Ireland [uncertain]
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Biography
Not to be confused with his cousin Lt Gen Richard St George of Kilrush, 1670-1755, married Elizabeth Coote.
Sir[1] Richard St George was born Dunmore 1657[1] to Sir George St George[1][2] & Elizabeth Hanney[2].
He married Anne Eyre, daughter of Colonel John Eyre of Eyre Court, in 1686. [1]
He inherited Headford Castle[3] in 1711[1].
He had no legitimate children with his wives. [1]
He had an illegitimate ("natural") daughter, Mary (St George) Mansergh. [3]
He also had an illegitimate ("natural") son, Richard St George, who received the estate of Carrick on Shannon, county Leitrim. Richard died in 1757 and he and his children are mentioned in the 1770 will of James Mansergh, the husband of Mary (St George) Mansergh.
Richard's niece Elizabeth married Sir Ralph Gore. [1]
He was Member of Parliament for Clougher from 1703 until 1726. [1]
He was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in 1715. [1]
Richard died 28 September 1726. [1][4]
Daughter Mary inherited Headford Castle upon Richard's death, though this was challenged in a court case by cousins. [4]
Sources
- Burke's EXTINCT PEERAGE (1883), p. 193
- WILTSHIRE NOTES & QUERIES, Vol. 5 (1908), p. 151
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Wikipedia contributors, "Richard St George (died 1726)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_St_George_(died_1726)&oldid=790643340 (accessed September 2, 2017).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies", 1841, by John Burke, page 461, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HKpfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA461&lpg=PA461&dq=judith+usher+lowther&source=bl&ots=44eYKvJFn2&sig=bhZX31hCtbCDoMNVixDcEsX_O-A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDoQ6AEwB2oVChMI2vb_yLntxgIVKiPbCh1pngzR#v=onepage&q=judith%20usher%20lowther&f=false
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain", 1846, by John Burke, page 1176, https://books.google.es/books?id=FlI4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1176&lpg=PA1176&dq=St+George+Headford+genealogy&source=bl&ots=UjTWCbdaS9&sig=hdx6t7Ac647yA1uGV_hdElQ7C68&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Usher St George v St George", 1734, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10407538
Plaintiffs: Usher St George, Olivia Usher and Judith Usher (children of John Usher, esq of Headford and Mary Usher his wife, niece of Oliver St George, esq of St George Hanover Square, Middlesex) infants (by George [St George] Lord St George, their grandfather, brother of said Oliver St George), said John Usher and Mary Usher his wife. Defendants: Mary St George, Archibald Hutchinson, George Gore, Marmaduke Coghill, Thomas Marley, Oliver Mills, Oliver Gallagher, Richard Johnson and David Findlay.
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