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3rd Baron Howth

Howth Castle.

Nicholas St.Lawrence, 3rd (16th) Baron Howth,
confirmed by charter 1489 in the lands of Howth,
mar 1stly to Janet Plunkett [descendant of Edward I],
fought with the 8th Earl of Kildare against the Irish at the Battle of Knockdoe, Co.Galway, 1504,
Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1509 (see here),
died 10 July 1526,
had issue by 1st wife:

Christopher St.Lawrence, 4th (17th) Baron Howth,
mar pre-1509 to Anne Bermingham,
died 20 Apr 1542,
had issue:

1. Christopher St.Lawrence, 7th (20th) Baron Howth,
   knighted by Sidney in 1570,
   rebuilt Howth Castle,
   mar 1stly to Elizabeth Plunkett [descendant of Edward I],
   there is a story that in 1576 the pirate Grace O'Malley kidnapped the son of the Lord of Howth,
   Elizabeth died pre-1579,
   he died 24 Oct 1589,
   bur with his 1st wife Elizabeth in large tomb in St.Mary's "Abbey" Church, Howth,
   had issue by 1st wife:

   
   

   1. Nicholas St.Lawrence, 8th (21st) Baron Howth, born 1555,
      mar 1stly to Margaret (or Alison) Barnewall,
      mar 2ndly to Mary Whyte [dau of Sir Nicholas Whyte, of Leixlip],
      died 14 May 1606, age 51 yrs,
      had issue (not sure by which marriage):

      
      

      1. Alison St.Lawrence, Catholic,
         mar 1616 to Thomas Luttrell, MP and had issue.

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• Later the Earls of Howth. Title extinct 1909.

• Howth Castle survives, still in the family (through female line).

• There is a St.Lawrence Hotel and a St.Lawrence Road in Howth.
• The family also own the uninhabited island of Ireland's Eye, off Howth. See also Lambay Island.

• Howth (or here)
  • grave inscriptions at St.Mary's (RC) Cemetery, Howth (or here)