'HZmisc02'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Hort of Castle Strange, Hort of Hortland, Holroyd of Dublin, Holroyd of Sheffield
[The original HZmisc02 was renamed Hoo1 on 13.06.07.]

John Hort of Marshfield, Gloucestershire
1. Josiah Hort, Archbishop of Tuam (d 14.12.1751)
  m. (19.02.1725-6) Elizabeth Fitzmaurice (dau of William Fitzmaurice of Gallane, brother of Thomas, 1st Earl of Kerry)
  A. Josiah George Hort of Hortland, Sheriff of co. Kildare (b 1732, dsp 1786)
  m. (14.06.1766) Jane Maria Hawks (dau/coheir of John Hawks of Pontenive)
  B. Sir John Hort, 1st Bart of Castle Strange (Middlesex) & Hortland (co. Kildare) (b 08.08.1735, d 23.10.1807)
  m. (c10.1789) Margaret Aylmer (d 15.09.1843, dau of Sir Fitzgerald Aylmer, Bart)
  i. Sir Josiah William Hort of Horltand, 2nd Bart of Castle Strange, Sheriff of co. Kildare (b 06.07.1791, d 24.08.1876) had issue
  m. (31.03.1823) Louisa Georgiana Caldwell (d 06.05.1856, dau/coheir of Sir John Caldwell, 5th Bart of Castle Caldwell)
  ii. Fenton Hort of Leopardstown, later in Brecon, Sheriff of Dublin (b 03.08.1794, d 18.03.1873) had issue
  m. (25.04.1825) Anne Collett (d 23.06.1866, dau of Rev. Anthony Collett of Kelsall Hall)
  C. Anne Hort
  D. Elizabeth Hort (d 11.09.1788)
  m. (18.12.1753) Sir James Caldwell, 4th Bart of Castle Caldwell
  E. Frances Hort (dps 1764)
  m. (10.01.1764) John Parker, Lord Boringdon
  F. Mary Hort (d 14.12.1815)
  m. (17.10.1754) Sir John Cramer Coghill, 1st Bart of Coghill

 

 

Isaac Holroyd, Sheriff of Dublin (bur 17.01.1706-7, "the first settler in Ireland")
m. Mary Holroyd
1. John Holroyd of Dublin (b 1680, bur 29.12.1729)
  m. Sarah Elwood (dau of William Elwood, sister/coheir of John)
A. Isaac Holroyd of Dunamore, co. Meath (b 07.1708, d 11.07.1778)
  m. Dorothy Baker (d 29.08.1777, dau of Daniel Baker of Penn)
  i. John Holroyd, later Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (b 21.12.1735, d 30.05.1821, 2nd son)
  m1. (26.04.1767) Abigail Way (d 03.04.1793, dau of Lewis Way of Richmond by Abigail, dau/heir of John Lockey of Holmes Hall)
  a. John William Holroyd (d young)
  b. Maria Josepha Holroyd (b c1771, d 01.11.1863)
  m. (11.10.1796) John Thomas Stanley, Lord of Alderley (d 02.10.1850)
  The barony of Sheffield of Roscommon, which Maria's father had obtained, passed into the Stanley family.
  c. Louisa Dorothea Holroyd (d 14.05.1854)
  m. (14.03.1797) Sir William Henry Clinton (d 15.02.1846, Lt. General)
m2. (26.12.1794) Lucy Pelham (dsp 18.01.1797, dau of Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester)
  m3. (30.01.1798) Anne North (d 18.01.1832, dau of Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford)
  d. George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield (b 16.03.1802, d 05.04.1876) had issue
  m. (06.06.1825) Harriet Lascelles (b 19.06.1802, d 01.01.1889, dau of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood)
  e. Anne Frederica Holroyd (d 31.08.1829)
  m. (14.06.1827) Arthur Legge (d 18.05.1890, son of George, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth)
  ii.+ other issue - Isaac (b 1734-5, bur 13.05.1743), Daniel (dvp), Elwood (d young), Sarah Martha, Martha (d young), Dorothy (d unm)
  B. Rev. William Holroyd
  C. Mary Holroyd
  m. (26.07.1735) Thomas Enery of Bawnboy (d 24.04.1758)
2. Isaac Holroyd (bpt 16.04.1684)
3. Mary Holroyd
  m1. _ Christian
  m2. (05.02.1701-2) Isaac Ambrose
  A. Elizabeth Ambrose apparently of this generation
  m. Hugh Eccles of Cronroe

Main source(s):
(1) For Hort (uploaded 03.09.08) : BP1934 (Hort)
(2) For Holroyd (uploaded 10.09.08) : BP1934 (Stanley of Alderley)
Back to top of page