Viscount Clanmalier
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The titles of Viscount Clanmalier and Baron Phillipstown were created in the Peerage of Ireland
on 22 December 1631 for Terence O'Dempsey
. On the death of the third viscount in 1691, both titles became extinct.
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
on 22 December 1631 for Terence O'Dempsey
Dempsey
-Background:Dempsey is an anglicised form of of Ó Diomasaigh, « descendant of Díomasaigh »; the latter stems from the Irish adjective díomasach « proud ». The family originated in the Kingdom of Uí Failghe.According to John Grenham:...
. On the death of the third viscount in 1691, both titles became extinct.
Viscounts Clanmalier (1631)
- Terence O'Dempsey, 1st Viscount Clanmalier (d. c.1638)
- Lewis O'Dempsey, 2nd Viscount Clanmalier (d. 1683)
- Maximilian O'Dempsey, 3rd Viscount Clanmalier (d. 1691)