De Montmorency Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for members of the Morres, later de Montmorency family, both in the Baronetage of Ireland. Both creations are extinct.
The Morres, later de Montmorency Baronetcy, of Knockagh in the County of Tipperary, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 28 March 1631 for John Morres. For more information on this creation, see Viscount Mountmorres
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The Morres, later de Montmorency Baronetcy, of Upper Wood in the County of Kilkenny, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 24 April 1758 for William Morres, who represented Kilkenny and Newtownards
in the Irish House of Commons
. He was the grandson of Hervey Morres, younger son of the second Baronet of the 1631 creation, as well as the brother of Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres and the uncle of Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency
. His son from his first marriage, the second Baronet, was a member of the Irish Parliament for Kilkenny. The latter was childless and was succeeded by his half-brother, the third Baronet. He represented Newtownards in the Irish House of Commons. In 1815 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of de Montmorency in lieu of Morres. He never married and the title became extinct on his death in 1829.
The Morres, later de Montmorency Baronetcy, of Knockagh in the County of Tipperary, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 28 March 1631 for John Morres. For more information on this creation, see Viscount Mountmorres
Viscount Mountmorres
Viscount Mountmorres was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 29 June 1763 for Hervey Morres, 1st Baron Mountmorres, who had previously represented St Canice in the Irish House of Commons. He had been created Baron Mountmorres, of Castlemorres in the County of Kilkenny, on 4 May...
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The Morres, later de Montmorency Baronetcy, of Upper Wood in the County of Kilkenny, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 24 April 1758 for William Morres, who represented Kilkenny and Newtownards
Newtownards (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Newtownards was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:...
in the Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
. He was the grandson of Hervey Morres, younger son of the second Baronet of the 1631 creation, as well as the brother of Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres and the uncle of Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency
Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency
Lodge Evans de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency PC , known as Lodge Morres until 1800 and as The Lord Frankfort between 1800 and 1816, was an Irish politician.-Background:...
. His son from his first marriage, the second Baronet, was a member of the Irish Parliament for Kilkenny. The latter was childless and was succeeded by his half-brother, the third Baronet. He represented Newtownards in the Irish House of Commons. In 1815 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of de Montmorency in lieu of Morres. He never married and the title became extinct on his death in 1829.
Morres, later de Montmorency Baronets, of Upper Wood (1758)
- Sir William Evans Morres, 1st Baronet (1710-1774)
- Sir Haydock Evans Morres, 2nd Baronet (1743-1776)
- Sir William Evans Ryves de Montmorency, 3rd Baronet (1763-1829)