Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass

Viscount Baltinglass

The title of Viscount Baltinglass was created twice in the Peerage of Ireland.The first creation was made on 29 June 1541 for Sir Thomas Eustace, who had been created Baron Kilcullen in September 1535. Both titles became extinct in 1585 on the death of the third viscount.The second creation was...

 was born circa 1480. He was the son of Richard Eustace and Anne Eustace.1 He married Margaret Talbot, daughter of Peter Talbot and Catherine FitzGerald. He died on 31 July 1549.

On 14 December 1496 he succeeded his uncle, Rowland Eustace, Lord Portlester

Lord Portlester

Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester was an Irish peer and judge.FitzEustace was the son of Sir Edward FitzEustace of Castlemartin, Lord Deputy of Ireland. He was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Lord Treasurer of Ireland by Henry VI of England in 1474 and was elevated to the Irish...

, in the family estates. He was created 1st Baron Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland

County Kildare

County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...

 in September 1535.1 He is said to have possessed one half of County Wicklow

County Wicklow

County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...

. He was created 1st Viscount Baltinglass, County Wicklow Ireland on 29 June 1541.1 He lived at Harristown, County Kildare, Ireland.
Children of Sir Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass and Margaret Talbot
1) Richard Eustace
2) Alexander Eustace
3) Robert Eustace
4) Rowland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass

Rowland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass

Roland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass of Harristown, County Kildare, Ireland, was born in 1505 and died in 1578. He was the son of Sir Thomas Eustace , 1st Viscount Baltinglass and Margaret Talbot, daughter of Sir Peter Talbot of Malahide Castle, County Dublin.-Early life:Little is known of his...

+ b. c 1505, d. 31 Mar 1578

Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden

Baron Howard de Walden

Baron Howard de Walden is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ of summons, by Queen Elizabeth I for Admiral Lord Thomas Howard, a younger son of the 4th Duke of Norfolk, in 1597. The title was reportedly granted for the Admiral's role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588...

, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 395. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 396.