AN HONEST MAN WILL RECEIVE NEITHER MONEY NOR PRAISE, THAT IS NOT HIS DUE.
Virginia Mary Festing (nee Fyffe) 1942-2024
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"We know that the term Ulster-Scot is generic, and simply means Scoto-Irish.
I love the Highlanders and I love the Lowlanders, but when I come to the branch of our race that has been grated on the Ulster stem, I take off my hat with veneration and awe.
They are, I believe, the toughest, the most dominant, the most irresistible race that exists in the universe at this moment."The passage is quoted by Sir John Ross in his book Pilgrim Scrip.
Thomas (c1637-1716), dsp;The third son,
William, Colonel in the French Army;
JAMES, of whom presently;
Robert;
Dorothea.
ROBERT, his heir;Mr Orme died in 1707, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
William, of Ballintubber.
Thomas, of Carne;The third son,
James, of Fairfield;
WILLIAM, of whom hereafter;
Robert (Congressman), settled in Jones County, USA;
Mary; Margaret; Lettice.
ROBERT WILLIAM, his heir;The eldest son,
CHRISTOPHER GUY, succeeded his brother;
Albert L'Estrange;
Janet Georgina, m 1882, Claude Brownlow, of Killynether.
ROBERT WILLIAM MARTIN, b 1908;
Lettice Frances; Cicely Dorothea.
John, JP, barrister;The third son,
Henry, a military officer;
WILLIAM, of whom hereafter;
Mary, m WILLIAM BEERS;
Margaret;
Anne, m George Gulliver;
Isabella, m Dr R Boyd.
RICHARD, his heir;Mr Keown assumed the surname of BOYD in 1873, under the will of his grand-uncle, Major David Hamilton Boyd, of Glastry.
Robert;
William;
John Maxwell;
Alfred Henry;
Edmund Walter;
Mary; Matilda Catherine; Hilda Margaret.
Thomas, father of ROBERT, 2nd Baronet.He espoused secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Harvey, of Londonderry, and sister and heir of David Harvey, of London, by whom, with several other children, he had,
ROBERT GRENVILLE, his successor;Charles Bateson (1859-1900);Caroline; Diana Genevieve.
Irene Alice Gertrude;Diana Blanche;Caroline Magdalen.
Towards the end of the 19th Century and early 20th Century, considerable garden projects were undertaken at Langley which focused on three areas; the gardens around the Mansion House, the Pinetum (Arboretum) and the rhododendron collection at Temple Gardens. This included 160 tonnes of peat being brought to the gardens from Scotland by a specially chartered train.At the outbreak of the 1st World War, the cavalry unit, 2nd King Edward’s Horse, was given permission to use Langley Park for training, and later the mansion was used as a hospital and recuperation unit for their officers injured in battle.
HENRY, his heir;Mr Sandford was succeeded by his eldest son,
Robert, major-general, Governor of Galway;
Henrietta.
HENRY MOORE, of whom we treat;Mr Sandford was succeeded by his eldest son,
William (Rev); father of HENRY, 2nd Baron;
GEORGE, 3rd Baron;
Louisa.
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