Christopher St.Lawrence, 9th Baron Howth

References:
- 9th Baron in [DNB]
- 9th Baron in [DNB, 1885-1900 edn]. See p.160 (from here) and p.161 (from here) and p.162 (from here).
Sources yet to be consulted:
- 9th Baron in [DIB]

Christopher St.Lawrence, 9th Baron Howth (see here),
born c.1568.
[Complete Peerage] calls him 9th Baron Howth.
Wikipedia currently calls him 10th Baron Howth.
He is also called the 22nd Baron Howth or Lord of Howth.

There is a story that he was abducted as a child by the pirate Grace O'Malley in 1576.
He fought on his father's campaign in 1595.
He married before 1597.
He succ 1607.
He informed on a plot against the Crown by many Irish nobles and chiefs in 1607.
He died 1619, age c.51 yrs.
He was bur St.Mary's "Abbey" Church, Howth.
He had issue:

Christopher was ancestor of Barons Howth and Earls of Howth.
[Complete Peerage] and Wikipedia continue to disagree for the next two generations on the numbering of the Barons Howth, and even on who is son of who.
From William St.Lawrence, 12th Baron Howth (died 1671) onwards, [Complete Peerage] and Wikipedia finally agree on numbering.
William St.Lawrence, 14th Baron Howth rebuilt Howth Castle, finished 1738.
Thomas St.Lawrence, 15th Baron Howth became 1st Earl of Howth in 1767.

Howth Castle.
Painting of around 1740.

Baron Howth and Earl of Howth
Both titles extinct 1909.
Howth Castle continued in the family (through female line). They sold it 2018.
The family also owned the uninhabited island of Ireland's Eye, off Howth. They sold this in 2018 also.
See also Lambay Island.
St.Lawrence placenames:
- There is a St.Lawrence Road and St.Lawrence Terrace in Howth. See map.
- There is a St.Lawrence Road in Clontarf, off the Howth Road. See map.
There was a "St.Lawrence Hotel" on Harbour Rd, Howth:
- The old St.Lawrence Hotel (see old photo) is now apartments. See street view.
- The old St.Lawrence Hotel Lounge Bar beside it is now Wrights Findlater bar and restaurant. See street view.