Standish Grady, of Cappercullen, Co.Limerick
Grady at
Cappercullen
on
p.210
of
[Taylor and Skinner, 1777].
Standish Grady, of Cappercullen, Co.Limerick,
born must be 1717,
of Elton, Co.Limerick.
Described as of Elton and Gormanstown, Co.Limerick.
Gormanstown, Athneasy par, is just W of Elton
(see
old map).
He
mar 17 Aug 1737, by licence, to
Mary Hungerford [born c.1717,
dau of Richard Hungerford and Rachel Knowles].
See HUNGERFORD
in
[Burkes Irish, 1976, p.608].
Marriage settlement in
[Deed, 1737].
He inherited
Elton, but his son Standish settled there.
He settled at
Cappercullen House, Co.Limerick.
[Deed, 1759]
is a
lease of Cappercullen by Grady
from
Evans, Baron Carbery.
[Grady family tree]
says he went to live at Cappercullen after his son Standish married,
though this was not until 1767.
[Deed, 1764]
is a deed between Thomas Maunsell and Standish Grady junior,
confirming the lease of lands near Cappercullen
made by the Hon Francis Burton
to
Standish Grady senior
in
[Deed, 1734].
[Religious Census 1766]
shows "Standish Grady" listed under the Protestants
in Abington parish.
See
image.
From
NAI IHP/1/681.
Shows 8 Protestants (written strangely, but other pages show this is "8")
and 7 Catholics in his family/household.
The Catholics are probably servants.
In
[Deed, 1774]
Thomas Maunsell
again confirms the 1734 lease.
"Standish Grady the elder of Cappercullen" was party to
[Deed, 1789].
He died Limerick, Apr 1793, age must be 76 yrs.
See notice
in Finn's Leinster Journal,
April 24, 1793.
Mary died at Cappercullen 1807, age c.90 yrs.
Think
[Deed, 1808]
is when Grady finally left Cappercullen.
Standish and Mary
had issue:
- Rachel Grady,
eldest dau,
mar 1762
to Edward Fitzgerald of Carrigoran
[MP for Co.Clare]
and had issue.
Marriage settlement in
[Deed, 1762].
- Anne Grady,
mar 1761 to Anthony Parker
and had issue.
- Standish Grady,
[Deed, 1759]
says he is
eldest son,
of Elton and Gormanstown, Co.Limerick.
He mar 1stly to Jane Oliver, no issue.
Marriage settlement dated 16 and 17 Nov 1767
(according to marriage settlement for his 2nd mar).
Jane died 1787 at Elton.
He
mar 2ndly to Mabella Ryves.
Marriage settlement in
[Deed, 1789].
Witnessed by
David Humphrys
and Pryce Peacock.
Lands of Cappanuke, Rusheen and part of Rath,
and lands of Elton and Brittas.
His will dated 1809.
Copy in
[Grady papers, Glenstal].
He died 1812.
He had among other issue by 2nd wife:
- Mary Jane Grady.
She mar, settlement 1806
[Deed, 1806]
to her 1st cousin
Rev. Standish Grady and had issue.
-
Richard Hungerford Grady,
[Deed, 1759]
says he is 2nd son,
died young
[Grady family tree].
Thomas is described as 2nd son in [Deed, 1789]
but this would mean 2nd living son.
- Mary Teresa Grady,
born 1755.
She mar 20 Aug 1772
to
Henry Thomas Fox Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester
[born 9 Aug 1747, him age 25, her age 17].
He was "Lord Stavordale" at marriage, son and heir of the 1st Earl of Ilchester.
For story of their romantic courtship
see
[Le Fanu, 1893].
She wrote to Lord Stavordale from "Cappercullin" on
19 May 1772 (before their marriage), signed "M.T. Grady".
He succ as 2nd Earl 1776.
Seat at
Melbury House, Dorset.
Mary Teresa died 14 June 1790, age 35 yrs, NOT July.
2nd Earl mar 2ndly, 1794, to Juliana Digby and had issue.
He died 5th Sept 1802, age 55 yrs.
Mary Teresa and 2nd Earl
had among other issue:
- Elizabeth Fox Strangways,
mar William Davenport-Talbot
[of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire],
had issue:
- William Henry Fox Talbot,
the pioneer photographer,
born 1800, Lacock Abbey,
his book,
The Pencil of Nature,
1844-46, is the first book to be illustrated entirely with photographs.
- Louisa Fox Strangways,
mar 1808 to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
and had issue.
- Rev. Thomas Grady,
born 1759.
He mar, Adare, Co.Limerick, Apr 1779, to Catherine Quin.
Marriage settlement
[Deed, 1779]
references
lands of
"Garranebane, Scartvaryouge"
and other lands.
He was educ (after marriage) at
Hertford College, Oxford,
and at
St Alban Hall, Oxford.
In
[Deed, 1802]
Rev. Thomas Grady and his wife and children
grant unto Price Peacock
lands of
"Garranbane, Scartovyvoge"
and other lands.
In
[Deed, 1808]
he seems to transfer Cappercullen and other lands
to his brother Standish and to his cousin Henry Deane Grady
to pay off debts.
He died 1826, age 67 yrs.
Rev. Thomas and Catherine had among other issue:
- Rev. Standish Grady.
He mar, settlement 1806
[Deed, 1806]
to his 1st cousin
Mary Jane Grady and had issue.
[Deed, 1828]
is a transfer from Rev. Standish Grady and his wife to
Matthew Barrington
of lands of Cappanuke, Rusheen and part of Rath,
referred to in
[Deed, 1789].
He died 1828 or 1829.
In 1829, Barrington's account book starts dealing with "Mrs. Grady"
[Glenstal Abbey papers].
She is described as "Mary Jane Grady, widow, of Elton"
in
[Deed, 1831].
- Catherine Grady,
Kitty,
mar 1stly, 1784, to Rev.John Quin, no issue,
Rev. John died 1789,
mar 2ndly, c.1790, to George Gumbleton,
George died c.1796,
mar 3rdly, post-1797, to Walter Giles.
- Margaret Grady,
mar 1788
to Henry Harrison
and had issue.
Grady listed at
Cappercullen in
[The Post-chaise Companion, 1786, p.202].
The marriage of Mary Teresa Grady and Lord Stavordale, 20 Aug 1772.
From
p.158
of
The Annual Register, 1772.
Mary Teresa Grady, Countess of Ilchester, and children.
1868 engraving.
From a 1779 portrait by
Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Engraving from NPG.
Creative Commons.
Story about Humphrys of Glenstal, Co.Limerick
There is a story
in the family of
Humphrys
of Glenstal, Co.Limerick,
that they descend from a marriage between a Humphrys son
and a daughter of Grady of Cappercullen.
No evidence for this has been found,
and it seems unlikely.
References
- Memorials in [LR].
Full copies in
[Glenstal Abbey papers].
- Deed, 11 Aug 1737,
Grady to Hungerford, [LR] Book 90, p.366, no.64892.
- Deed, 16 Aug 1759,
Lord Carbery to Grady, [LR] book 204, p.68, no.134378.
Full deed with map in
[Grady papers, Glenstal].
- Deed of 28 Aug 1762, Fitzgerald to Grady,
[LR] Book 220, p.238, no.144722.
- Deed of 11 Oct 1764,
Maunsell and Grady,
[LR] Book 258, p.99, no.167986.
- Deed of 20 Mar 1774,
Maunsell,
[LR] Book 304, p.74, no.200318.
- Deed of 26 Mar 1779,
marriage settlement of Thomas Grady and Catherine Quin,
[LR] Book 320, p.398, no.219370.
- Deed of 5 July 1789,
marriage settlement of Standish Grady and Mabella Ryves,
[LR] Book 404, p.491, no.269864.
- Deed of 1802,
Grady and Peacock,
[LR] Book 546, p.247, no.359804.
- Deed of 5 July 1806,
Grady to Grady,
[LR] Book 583, p.190, no.395969.
- Deed of 15 Sept 1808,
Grady to Grady,
[LR] Book 605, p.118, no.412787.
- Deed of 23 Oct 1828,
Grady to Barrington,
[LR] Book 839, p.412, no.563412.
- Deed of 21 Mar 1831,
Mary Jane Grady to Matthew Barrington,
[LR] Book 884, p.489, no.585548.
- O'Grady of Cappercullen, L.J. Bardwick,
North Munster Antiquarian Journal, 1957, pp.20-22,
issued by Thomond Archaeological Society,
[NLI] IR 794105
- The romantic story of Mary Teresa Grady and Lord Stavordale is told in:
-
Seventy Years of Irish Life,
William R. Le Fanu,
1893 (and reprints).
See "The Ilchester Oak",
p.24.
Le Fanu is inaccurate about a "widower" and an "only daughter".
- This was re-printed in
The Life and Letters of Lady Sarah Lennox,
London, 1901.
See Appendix C
in
Vol.2.
- Joanna Martin
describes this story as "largely apocryphal".
Sources yet to be consulted
- Don Munroe
had Hungerford history.
-
Gumbleton family tree
by Steve West
-
A similar plot to the romantic story of Mary Teresa Grady and Lord Stavordale
is told in:
