Arthur Annesley, 10th Viscount Valentia (30 November 1785 – 30 December 1863) was an English-born land-owner, an Irish peer and the Premier Baronet of Ireland.

Family

Arthur Annesley was born on 30 November 1785, the eldest son of Arthur Annesley, MP for Oxford between 1790 and 1796, and his wife, Catherine Hardy, a daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Hardy. He was a male-line, paternal descendant of the first Viscount Valentia.Cokayne (1898), p. 16; the descent being thus: this Arthur Annesley, born 1785, was the son of Arthur Annesley, son of Francis Annesley, Rector of Winwick, son of Francis Annesley, son of the Francis Annesley, sixth son of Arthur Annesley, first Viscount Valentia.

He married, on 12 August 1808, Eleanor O'Brien, the daughter of Henry O'Brien (later Stafford-O'Brien) of Blatherwycke park, Northamptonshire and his wife Margaret Flenary.Cokayne (1898), p. 16; Lodge (1861), p. 575; Cokayne notes that Miss O'Brien was a "da. (or reputed da.)", implying illegitimacy. Together, they had thirteen children, four sons and nine daughters:

Arthur Annesley (1809–1844). He married, in 1836, Flora-Mary Macdonald, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonald,Lodge (1861), p. 575 and had issue, two daughters and one son: Mary Annesley (1836–1879), who married, on 24 February 1855, Captain Walter Chidiock Nangle, and had issue.Lodge (1861), p. 575; Ruvigny (1907), p. 239 Flora Annesley (born 1841), who married, on 23 June 1863, Colonel Francis Lyon, and had issue.Lodge (1861), p. 575; Ruvigny (1907), p. 239 Lieutenant Arthur Annesley, eleventh Viscount Annesley (1843–1927), who inherited the title from his grandfather, and who served as High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1874, as MP for Oxford from 1895 to 1917, and Comptroller of the Household from 1898 to 1905.Lodge (1861), p. 575; Who Was Who, 1929 (St Martin's Press), p. 1066 Temple Arthur Francis Annesley (1813–1838).Lodge (1861), p. 575 Charles Arthur James George Annesley (born 1820).Lodge (1861), p. 575 Captain Algernon Sydney Arthur Annesley (born 1829), became Colonel of the Oxfordshire Militia, and married, on 11 October 1864, Helen Sydney Richards, a daughter of Griffiths Richards ., and had issueLodge (1861), p. 575; Ruvigny (1907), p. 239 Ellen Arthur Frances Annesley (died 1811), a twin with her sister,Lodge (1861), p. 575 Catherine Arthur Letitia Annesley (died 1811).Lodge (1861), p. 575 Elearnor Arthur Catherine Annesley.Lodge (1861), p. 575 Frances Arthur Charlotte Annesley, who married, on 17 October 1853, Captain William Linskill of Tynemouth Lodge, Northumberland, and had issue.Lodge (1861), p. 575; Ruvigny (1907), p. 238 Matilda Arthur Marina Annesley, who married, on 10 July 1845, John Kent Egerton Holmes, and had issue.Lodge (1861), p. 575; Ruvigny (1907), p. 239 Eva Arthur Henry Medora Annesley, who married, on 12 January 1853, Sir Henry Robinson. They were the parents of Henry Robinson, first Baronet,, sometime Vice-President of the Local Government Board of Ireland, and had issue.,Lodge (1861), p. 575; Ruvigny (1907), p. 239 great-grandchildren included stained glass artist Evie Hone. Nea Arthur Ada Rose d'Amour Annesley, who married, on 24 April 1846, Hercules George Robert Robinson, first Baron Rosmead, , a Governor of Hong Kong, and had issue.Lodge (1861), p. 575; Ruvigny (1907), p. 239 Augusta Arthur Constantia Annesley.Lodge (1861), p. 575 Altisidora Arthur Victoria Annesley.Lodge (1861), p. 575

Titles

On the death of the ninth Viscount Valentia, who had no immediate relatives, Annesley, being a very distant cousin, assumed the peerage, which had been created in 1642,Cokayne (1898), p. 13; this was the second creation, the first, to Sir Henry Power became extinct upon his death in 1642, as Cokayne shows. without attempting to establish this right in the House of Lords. Cokayne points out that he was "probably correct" in assuming the peerage.Cokayne (1898), p. 16 He also assumed the title of Baron Mountnorris, another Irish peerage, which was also held by the ninth Viscount,Cokayne (1898), p. 16 and was the Premier Baronet of Ireland, inheriting also the Annesley Baronetcy, of Newport Pagnell.Lodge (1861), p. 575

Ancestry

Later life

Lord Valentia died on 30 December 1863 at Bletchingdon park, aged 78. His wife had predeceased him, having died on 10 June 1843.Cokayne (1898), p. 16

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Citations

Bibliography

Burke, J. (1834), vol. 1 Cokayne, G.E. (1898), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, first edition, volume 8 (U to Z). Davies, J.D. (2004) "Hardy, Sir Charles, the younger (bap. 1717, d. 1780)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Gwyn, J. (1979). "Hardy, Sir Charles", Dictionary of Canadian Biography (volume iv). Lodge, E. (1861). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Ruvigny (Marquess de) (1907). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, "Exeter" volume