Luttrellstown Castle
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Luttrellstown Castle, dating from the early 15th century (circa 1420), is located near Clonsilla
on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland
. It has been owned variously by the eponymous and notorious Luttrell
family, by the bookseller Luke White
and his descendants Baron Annaly
, by the Guinness family
, the Primwest Group, and since 2006, by JP McManus, John Magnier
and Aidan Brooks.
The castle has hosted visits by Queen Victoria in 1844 and 1900, and its media profile was raised when Victoria Adams
married David Beckham
there on 4 July 1999. American rock band R.E.M. recorded part of the their album Monster there also. Luttrellstown and its remaining 560 acres (2.3 km²) demesne currently form a 5-star resort, with a golf course, country club and unique location within the city boundaries of Dublin, but it has been announced that at least the golf course will close at the end of 2009.
. Sir Geoffrey served as King John's minister on many missions of state to Ireland from 1204 to 1216, and was the ancestor of the Luttrells of Dunster Castle
in Somerset
shire, England. The family became the biggest landowners in the district by the 17th century.
Robert Luttrell was treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral
and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
from (1235-1246).
The castle was started by Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, the 5th Lord Luttrell, who was born circa 1385.
Sir Thomas Luttrell
was Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas
1534-1554.
Colonel Henry Luttrell, (born circa 1655, died 22 October 1717) was an Irish soldier, the second son of Thomas Luttrell of Luttrellstown. He was assassinated in his sedan chair outside his town house in Wolfstone Street, Dublin in 1717. He had created enemies by supposedly betraying Irish leader, Patrick Sarsfield, either by his precipitate withdrawal of his Jacobite
troops, and/or by giving strategic information about a ford crossing
a river to the army of King William III of England
, leading to the loss of the Battle of Aughrim
in 1691.
Colonel Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton
(1713–14 January 1787) was a British politician and Irish nobleman. He was the second son of Colonel Henry Luttrell, of Luttrellstown and became Lord Lieutenant of the County Dublin.
Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton (born 1743, died 1821) was the son of Simon, 6th Lord Luttrell of Luttrellstown. He served as M.P. for Bossiney in 1768, and subsequently as Adjutant General of Ireland where he was notorious for his role in suppressing the Irish Rebellion
of 1798. He was so hated that he sold Luttrellstown Castle in 1800, but in a revenge attack his grandfather's grave was opened and the skull smashed (Colonel Henry Luttrell d.1717). His 'popularity' in Ireland is encapsulated by an incident in which the Dublin Post of 2 May 1811 reported his death, he demanded a retraction which they printed under the headline Public Disappointment . He owned an estate in West Indies and lived in Painshill Park
in Surrey, England.
His sister Anne Luttrell (1742-1808 ), one of the great beauties of the age , married as her second husband Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Stathearn, brother of King George III.
, described as one of the most remarkable men that Ireland produced and ancestor of Lord Annaly
. Luke White changed the name to Woodlands to eradicate the name of Luttrell, but his great grandson, 3rd Lord Annaly, reverted it to Luttrell Castle.
In 1778 Luke White started as an impecunious book dealer, buying in Dublin and reselling around the country. By 1798, during the rebellion, he helped the Irish government with a loan of 1 million pounds (at £65 per £100 share at 5%). He became M.P. for Leitrim, and died in 1824 leaving properties worth £175,000 per annum.
at Carton House
. In 1900, en route to the Viceregal Lodge
she drank a cup of tea near the waterfall
, an event commemorated by Lord Annaly with an obelisk made of six granite
blocks from the Dublin mountains.
and Aidan Brooks. In 2007, more than €20 million was spent on major upgrade work, including improvements to the Steel- and Mackenzie-designed championship golf course and the "alpine style" clubhouse. But late in 2008, it was announced that with under 400 members, the golf course and club would close at the end of 2009. No intention to close the hotel or sell the estate were announced. Golf club members, who said they had been given assurances about the club facilities and continuity, were reported to be "extremely angry and disappointed."
Clonsilla
Clonsilla is a suburb of Dublin in the district of Fingal, Ireland.-Location and access:Originally a small village in its own right, Clonsilla is now a large residential suburban area, with Ongar and other localities developing their own subsidiary identities...
on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. It has been owned variously by the eponymous and notorious Luttrell
Luttrell
-People:* Christopher Luttrell , Son of Sir Thomas* Erica Luttrell, voice-over actress* Geoffrey de Luterel * Geoffrey Luttrell * Heather Luttrell, musician* Henry Luttrell, several persons* Henry Luttrell -People:* Christopher Luttrell (?-died 1556), Son of Sir Thomas* Erica Luttrell, voice-over...
family, by the bookseller Luke White
Luke White (Irish politician)
Luke White was an Irish bookseller, operator of a lottery and Whig politician.He started as an impecunious book dealer, first in the streets of Belfast, then from 1778 at an auction house in Dublin buying and reselling around the country...
and his descendants Baron Annaly
Baron Annaly
Baron Annaly is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1766 when the lawyer and politician John Gore was made Baron Annaly, of Tenelick in the County of Longford...
, by the Guinness family
Guinness family
The Guinness family is an extensive aristocratic Irish Protestant family noted for their accomplishments in brewing, banking, politics and religious ministry...
, the Primwest Group, and since 2006, by JP McManus, John Magnier
John Magnier
John Magnier is Ireland's leading thoroughbred stud owner and has extensive business interests outside of the horse breeding industry....
and Aidan Brooks.
The castle has hosted visits by Queen Victoria in 1844 and 1900, and its media profile was raised when Victoria Adams
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman. In the late 1990s, Beckham rose to fame with the all-female pop group Spice Girls and was dubbed Posh Spice by the July 1996 issue of the British pop music magazine Top of the Pops...
married David Beckham
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
there on 4 July 1999. American rock band R.E.M. recorded part of the their album Monster there also. Luttrellstown and its remaining 560 acres (2.3 km²) demesne currently form a 5-star resort, with a golf course, country club and unique location within the city boundaries of Dublin, but it has been announced that at least the golf course will close at the end of 2009.
The Luttrell family
The Luttrell family had held Luttrellstown since the land there had been granted to Sir Geoffrey de Luterel in about 1210 by King JohnJohn of England
John , also known as John Lackland , was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death...
. Sir Geoffrey served as King John's minister on many missions of state to Ireland from 1204 to 1216, and was the ancestor of the Luttrells of Dunster Castle
Dunster Castle
Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century,...
in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
shire, England. The family became the biggest landowners in the district by the 17th century.
Robert Luttrell was treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Saint Patrick's Cathedral , or more formally, the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Patrick is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland which was founded in 1191. The Church has designated it as The National Cathedral of Ireland...
and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801 it was also the highest political office of the Irish Parliament.-13th century:...
from (1235-1246).
The castle was started by Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, the 5th Lord Luttrell, who was born circa 1385.
Sir Thomas Luttrell
Thomas Luttrell
Sir Thomas Luttrell was a leading Anglo-Irish nobleman of the sixteenth-century Irish Pale, and was also a distinguished lawyer and judge who held the offices of Solicitor General for Ireland and Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas....
was Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas
Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas
The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland was the senior judge of the Court of Common Pleas ,known in its early stage as the Common Bench or simply Bench, one of the senior courts of common law in Ireland. It was a mirror of the Court of Common Pleas in England...
1534-1554.
Colonel Henry Luttrell, (born circa 1655, died 22 October 1717) was an Irish soldier, the second son of Thomas Luttrell of Luttrellstown. He was assassinated in his sedan chair outside his town house in Wolfstone Street, Dublin in 1717. He had created enemies by supposedly betraying Irish leader, Patrick Sarsfield, either by his precipitate withdrawal of his Jacobite
Jacobitism
Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...
troops, and/or by giving strategic information about a ford crossing
Ford (crossing)
A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading or in a vehicle. A ford is mostly a natural phenomenon, in contrast to a low water crossing, which is an artificial bridge that allows crossing a river or stream when water is low.The names of many towns...
a river to the army of King William III of England
William III of England
William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
, leading to the loss of the Battle of Aughrim
Battle of Aughrim
The Battle of Aughrim was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the Jacobites and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 , near the village of Aughrim in County Galway....
in 1691.
Colonel Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton
Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton
Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton was a British politician and Irish nobleman.He was the second son of Col. Henry Luttrell, of Luttrellstown...
(1713–14 January 1787) was a British politician and Irish nobleman. He was the second son of Colonel Henry Luttrell, of Luttrellstown and became Lord Lieutenant of the County Dublin.
Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton (born 1743, died 1821) was the son of Simon, 6th Lord Luttrell of Luttrellstown. He served as M.P. for Bossiney in 1768, and subsequently as Adjutant General of Ireland where he was notorious for his role in suppressing the Irish Rebellion
Irish Rebellion
Irish Rebellion may refer to:* The Irish Bruce Wars 1315–1318, an attempt by members of the O'Neill clan backed by a Scottish and Irish army to make Edward Bruce the High King of Ireland...
of 1798. He was so hated that he sold Luttrellstown Castle in 1800, but in a revenge attack his grandfather's grave was opened and the skull smashed (Colonel Henry Luttrell d.1717). His 'popularity' in Ireland is encapsulated by an incident in which the Dublin Post of 2 May 1811 reported his death, he demanded a retraction which they printed under the headline Public Disappointment . He owned an estate in West Indies and lived in Painshill Park
Painshill Park
Painshill Park , near Cobham, Surrey, England, is one of the finest remaining examples of an 18th century English landscape park. It was designed and created between 1738 and 1773 by the Hon. Charles Hamilton .Painshill Park is owned by Elmbridge Borough Council and managed by the Painshill Park...
in Surrey, England.
His sister Anne Luttrell (1742-1808 ), one of the great beauties of the age , married as her second husband Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Stathearn, brother of King George III.
Luke White
Henry Lawes Luttrell sold Luttrellstown to publisher Luke WhiteLuke White (Irish politician)
Luke White was an Irish bookseller, operator of a lottery and Whig politician.He started as an impecunious book dealer, first in the streets of Belfast, then from 1778 at an auction house in Dublin buying and reselling around the country...
, described as one of the most remarkable men that Ireland produced and ancestor of Lord Annaly
Baron Annaly
Baron Annaly is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1766 when the lawyer and politician John Gore was made Baron Annaly, of Tenelick in the County of Longford...
. Luke White changed the name to Woodlands to eradicate the name of Luttrell, but his great grandson, 3rd Lord Annaly, reverted it to Luttrell Castle.
In 1778 Luke White started as an impecunious book dealer, buying in Dublin and reselling around the country. By 1798, during the rebellion, he helped the Irish government with a loan of 1 million pounds (at £65 per £100 share at 5%). He became M.P. for Leitrim, and died in 1824 leaving properties worth £175,000 per annum.
Lord Annaly
Eventually the estate devolved to his fourth son who was created Lord Annaly, peer of the United Kingdom.Visits by Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria first visited Luttrellstown in 1844 en route to the Duke of LeinsterDuke of Leinster
Duke of Leinster is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier dukedom in that peerage. The title refers to Leinster, but unlike the province the title is pronounced "Lin-ster"...
at Carton House
Carton House
Carton House was one of Ireland's greatest stately homes and one time ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster. Located west of Dublin, in Maynooth, County Kildare, the Carton demesne runs to 1,100 acres . For two hundred years it possessed the finest example in Ireland of a...
. In 1900, en route to the Viceregal Lodge
Viceregal Lodge
Viceregal Lodge may refer to:Residences of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland:* Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin * Chapelizod House, County Dublin Residences of the Viceroy of India:* Rashtrapati Niwas, Simla...
she drank a cup of tea near the waterfall
Waterfall
A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...
, an event commemorated by Lord Annaly with an obelisk made of six granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
blocks from the Dublin mountains.
Ernest Guinness
In 1927 the estate was bought by Ernest Guinness, as a wedding present for his daughter, Aileen Guinness, the Honourable Mrs Brinsley Plunket.Private consortia
In 1983 it was sold to the private consortium Primwest, and in 2006, it was bought by JP McManus, John MagnierJohn Magnier
John Magnier is Ireland's leading thoroughbred stud owner and has extensive business interests outside of the horse breeding industry....
and Aidan Brooks. In 2007, more than €20 million was spent on major upgrade work, including improvements to the Steel- and Mackenzie-designed championship golf course and the "alpine style" clubhouse. But late in 2008, it was announced that with under 400 members, the golf course and club would close at the end of 2009. No intention to close the hotel or sell the estate were announced. Golf club members, who said they had been given assurances about the club facilities and continuity, were reported to be "extremely angry and disappointed."
External sources
- History of the parish of Clonsilla, Luttrellstown and its Castle
- A History of the County Dublin, by Francis Elrington Ball INDEX
- A History of the County Dublin, Volume 4, Chapter 1, Clonsilla Parish, by Francis Elrington Ball
- Ask About Ireland - Luttrellstown Castle
- About Ireland - "Public Disappointment"
- Guide to Historic Dublin
- Luttrell Genealogy