Tracy
peerage case
Viscount
and Baron Tracy of Rathcoole and Baronet of the county of Limerick, so created
12th January 1642, Charles the 1st.
The title
was claimed:
(I) in 1835
by Joseph Tracy formerly of Geashill, Kings Co. (b. 7 Mar 1765), s. & H. Of
James Tracy of the same (b. 27 Jan 1729/30 d. 4 Apr 1749) s. & h. of
William Tracy, of Ross, Kings Co. (who d. 15 Oct 1734 at Castlebrack, Queens
Co.) which William was alleged to be identical with William (Bapt 22 Feb 1692/3
at St. Andrews Holborn London), 3rd s. of the Hon. Robert Tracy (one
of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas), who died 11 Sep 1735, aged 80
and who was s. of the 2nd Viscount by his 2nd wife. This
petition was presented 15 May 1836 but the claimant d. 17 Mar 1836
(II) On his
death his s. & h. James Tracy, “of South St Grosvenor Esq” (b. 14 Feb 1800)
presented a petition in Mary 1836 which in consequence of the report of the
Attorney-Gen in aug 1837, was referred to the House of Lords. He again
petitioned in 1842 but the case was dismissed by the House in 1843. In both
these claims the assertation was that William the 3rd s. of the Hon.
Robert Tracy above named, formed an imprudent alliance in Dublin with Mary
O’Brien, and was consequently disinherited by his father and family. The
identity of this William was not established further than (a) an entry in a
prayer book - “married in Dublin April 17th 1728, William, son of
the Honourable Robert Tracy, late one of the English Judges, to Mary, daughter
of Mr. James O’Brien, Merchant” and (b) by parole evidence that there had been
a tombstone at Castlebrack afsd, with an inscription to the said William (said
to have died 1734) by the same description fragments of such a tombstone were
indeed found later at Castlebrack, and exhibited before the Committee for
Privileges in 1847 but it was alleged in evidence that these had been forged in
1843. It appears probable that William, s. of Hon Robert Tracy bap 22 Feb 1692/3
as afsd, d. an infant as he is not mentioned in an entail of his father’s
lands, date 15 Dec 1732
(III) The
case of Martin Tracy of Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
(IV) The
case of Matthew Tracy, claiming the said Viscontancy was printed in London
1862.
(V)
Benjamin Wheatley Tracy Lieut R.N. whose claim thereto was made in 1853, and
was still being asserted in 1866, was yet another candidate.
Ref:
G.E.C. (1959) The Complete Peerage.
Vol XII Part II
The Sudeleys – Lords of Toddington. The Manorial Society of Great
Britain. 1987. pp.196-199
(VI) Another claim to the Tracy Peerage, was put forward by Mr Edward Tracy Turnorelli, whose mother was Margaret Tracy, a claimant to the Tracy peerage who died in 1835.
(I) and (II)
Tracy
Peerage Case
CL &
7 Vol 10 [Legal Reference]
1. William
Tracy of Canelly (Ross), Kings Co. d. 1734 married Mary O’Brien
1.1 James of Gurteen, Kings Co. b. 1729 d. 1794
1.1.1 Joseph
1.1.1.1 James
1.1.2 BLANK
1.1.3 BLANK
1.2 Timothy of Coole, Co. Westmeath. b. 1730 d.
1799 (~~ unreadable)
1.3 Anne m. Casrole of Killoughy, Kings Co.
(The
following was included on the same page but may not be connected to the above)
1. July
1724 Wm Tipper of Tipperstown, Co. Kildare and Edward T. Now of Dublin set to
Benj.Gale of Dublin lands of Tippertown for 3 lives (?).
GO Ms
576 Sadleir Pedigree Notebook, page 206.
(Included
in the index of GO Ms 470 with the following in pencil “JA 2/9/44”)
Tracy
Of Rathcoole, Viscounty And
Barony Of, In The Peerage Of Ireland ; Created By Letters Patent, Dated 12 Jan.
1642.
Claimant—James Tracy, Esq.
Descent of the Dignity.
Sir John Tracy, of Toddington, in Gloucestershire, was advanced by letters patent, dated 12 Jan. 1642, to the dignity of Baron and Viscount Tracy, of Rathcoole, co. Dublin. He m. Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley, of Isfield, in Sussex, and had an only son,
Robert, 2nd viscount; who m. Bridget, dau. of John Lyttelton, Esq. of Frankly Court, in Worcestershire, and had by her an only son,
John, his successor.
His lordship m. 2ndly, Dorothy, dau. of Thomas Cocks, Esq. of Castleditch, in Herefordshire, ancestor to the present Earl Somers, and by that lady had also a son,
Robert, one of
the English judges; m. Ann, dau. of William Dow des well, Esq. of Pull Court,
co. Worcester, and had issue,
Robert, whose son, Robert, d. without
issue, in 1756.
Richard, d. unm.
William, who
early in life settled in Dublin, where he m. 17 April, 1728, Miss O'Brien, dau.
of a merchant of that city. He d. In or about the year
1734, in the King's co., leaving two sons, b. in Dublin, and other
children. The eldest son,
James Tracy, b.
in Dublin, 27 Jan. 1729, who m. in the King's co. in 1764; and d.
in 1794, leaving his eldest son,
Joseph
Tracy, his heir, b. in 1765. This gentleman
petitioned the lords, 15 May, 1835, to be allowed his right, as a peer of Ireland, to vote for the representative peers of that
part of the United Kingdom; but d. before a decision could be had, 17
March, 1836, leaving
James Tracy, his eldest son and heir, and Present Claimant.
The 2nd viscount was s. at his decease by his eldest son,
John, 3rd viscount; who m. Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Thomas, 1st Lord Leigh, of Stonlcigh, iu Warwickshire, and had two sons, viz.,
William, his heir.
Ferdinando, who inherited Sir John Tracy's estate at Stanway. He m. the dau. of Sir Anthony Keck, and left an only son,
John, who m. the dau. of Sir Robert Atkins, and had four
sons, viz., Robert Tracy, John TracyKeck, Anthony Tracy, (who
m. Lady Susan Hamilton, sister of James, Duke of Hamilton,) and Thomas Tracy. The male line of this branch has become Extinct, and the property of Stan way is
In the possession of the Earl of Wemyss, the grandson of Anthony Tracy.
The elder son,
William, 4th viscount, m. 1st, Frances, dau. of Viscount Hereford, by whom he had an only dau., Elizabeth, To. to Sir Robert Burdett, Bart.; and 2ndly, Jane, graiuiau. of Thomas, 2nd Lord Leigh, by whom he had an only son,
ThomAs-charlEs, 5th viscount j who m. 1st, Elizabeth, grandau. of Sir William Keyt, and of this marriage there were two sons and a dau., viz.,
William, d. s. p.
Thomas-charles, his successor.
Jane, m. to Capel Hanbury, Esq. of Pont-y-pooL, co. Monmouth.
His lordship m. 2ndly, Frances, dau. of Sir John Packington, and had by her, with three daus., three sons, viz.,
John, successor to his half-brother as 7th viscount.
Robert-Packington, d. young.
HenrY, an officer in the army, 8th viscount.
The viscount d. in i 756, and was s. by his eldest son,
Thomas-charles, 6th viscount; who m. Harriet, dau. of Peter Bathurst, Esq. of Clarendon Park, co. Wilts; but dying g. p. in 1793, was s. by his half-brother,
John, 7th viscount, warden of All Souls, Oxford; who in 1793, s. p., and was s. by his brother,
Henry, 8th viscount . who m. Miss Weaver, and d. in 1797, leaving an only dau., who m. in 1798, Charles Hanbury, Esq., who assumed, in consequence, the surname of TracY. Upon his lordship's decease the peerage became Dormant. It is now claimed by James TracY as Heir MALE.
A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetageof the British Empire by Hohn Burke 1839
January
21, 1832 (FJ) Viscount Tracy, of Rathcoole
We understand that Mr. Tracy, of the firm of
Cosgrave and Tracy, of this city [Dublin], has presented a petition to his
Majesty, claiming the above ancient title...
17 Apr 1832
Printed document entitled ‘Case of Mr Joseph Tracy:
Claiming the title of Viscount Tracy, of Rathcoole, in Ireland’ as referred to
the Attorney General and Solicitor General; prepared by Williams and Bethel,
agents, 14 Lincolns Inn Fields, London; concerning the claim of Joseph Tracy of
Geashill, King's County [County Offaly], ancestor of Sir John Tracy of
Toddington, Gloucestershire, [England].
1 item; 4pp CSO/RP/1832/6692
12 & 26 Nov
1833 (BL)
...of Tracy of Rathcoole, 'which has been now nearly 37 years in
abeyance, is at present actively prosecuted by a member of a respectable
mercantile house in this city...- Dublin Despatch
1837 Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
Rathcoole…This place formerly gave
the title of Viscount to the family of Tracey, to which James Tracey, Esq., of
Geashill, in King's county, is at present prosecuting his claim before the
House of Lords.
7 October 1837
(FJ) Tracy Peerage
The Attorney-General, we understand, has reported to her Majesty in this
case, wherein he states that if one document (out of 49 proofs) which has been
laid before him, and which contains handwriting, dated 1730, is genuine, that
the claimant, James Tracy, Esq., has made out of his case. In support of the
document alluded to, we are told there was produced the evidence of some of the
most respectable antiquarians in London, who proved it to be genuine and free
from suspicion, and the writing was of the time and day of which it bears date.
Several other antiquarians had proposed to attend if called on to give similar
evidence. Large estates in England will go with this peerage as they have been
entailed on heirs male.
House of Lords,
Lunae, 23 die Julii, 1838
Tracy Peerage
Petition of James Tracy, of 11 South Street, Grosvenor Square, in the
county of Middlesex, Esquire, to his late Majesty, - claiming to be Viscount
and Baron Tracy of Rathcoole, presented by her Majesty’s command; together with
the Report of the Attorney General thereon. – Read, and referred to the
Committee for Privileges, to consider and report.
The Mirror of Parliament. Sess 1837-38. Vol.
VII
The
Petition of James Tracy, Esquire...7th May and 18 June 1839
House of Lords
Volume X 1841
Tracy Claim of
Peerage.
Minutes of Evidence given before the Committee of Privileges to whom the
Petition of James Tracy Esquire, claiming, as of Right, to be Viscount and
Baron Tracy of Rathcoole, together with Her Majesty's Reference thereof to this
House, was referred, 7th May and 18th June 1839. (46.) 18-74 http://www.traceyclann.com/files/The
House of Lords 1841.pdf
8 Papers relating to
the claims to the Viscount [of Tracy] http://www.traceyclann.com/files/8
papers.pdf
Page 6: Minutes of Evidence...Petition of James Tracy, Esquire...printed
19th March 1841
Page 70: Minutes of Evidence [continued]...Petition of James Tracy,
Esquire...21 March 1843
Page 92: Minutes of Evidence [continued]...Petition of James Tracy,
Esquire...2 March 1843
Page 168: Minutes of Evidence [continued]...Petition of James Tracy,
Esquire...30 March 1843
Page 198: Minutes of Evidence [continued]...Petition of James Tracy,
Esquire...9 June 1843
Page 206: Minutes of Evidence [continued]...Petition of James Tracy,
Esquire...8 March 1843 [Not the Tracy Peerage Case - Evidence on the Marchmont
Claim of Peerage.]
Page 218: Minutes of Evidence...Petition of James Tracy, Esquire [of
No.10 Albemarle Street, Piccadilly]...printed 23d March 1847
Page 268: Minutes of Evidence [continued]...Petition of James Tracy,
Esquire ...4 Maii 1847
Page 352: Minutes of Evidence [continued]...Petition of James Tracy,
Esquire ...15 Junii 1847
Page 406: Tracy Peerage. Case on the part of Matthew Tracy, of No. 40
Kensington Gardens Square...July 1862 [see (IV) below]
Evidence of Patrick Culleton's of Rurie in the Queen's County...lives
near Castlebrack...his mother was a Tracy, a daughter of Bryan Tracy…Thomas
Tracy near Castlebrack… Also buried in Castlebrack, brothers Philip Tracy, Hugh
Tracy and Bryan Tracy…
Evidence of Martin Higany...Joe Tracy, brother of the Claimant
[James]...lives near Maryborough...
Evidence of Barrakia Lowe Tarlton...heard of other claimants...knew old
Patrick Tracy of Tullamore, now dead...William Welden Tracy of Ard
[Geashill]...present claimant was a Wine Merchant in Dublin...my Aunt was
married to William Tracy...
Evidence of Patrick Boyne...I married a daughter of Mr. Wyer [of Dureen
near Portarlington in the Kings County]...my father-in-law's mother was a Tracy
and connected with the Tracys...
Statement of Joseph Tracy made in 1836...formerly of Geashill in the
King's County Ireland now of Chapel Place North, South Audley Street,
London...aged seventy years and upwards...I was principally reared by my uncle,
the late Timothy Tracy of Coole in the County of Westmeath Ireland...that on
the 10th day of August 1796 he gave me a Prayer Book...In 1798 I married the
daughter of Mr. Philip Tracy of Castlebrack in the Queen's County, by whom I
have a family of four sons and two daughters. In the year 1815, I gave the
aforesaid Prayer book to my eldest son James...on his going to reside in
Dublin...
Statement of William Carroll made in 1836...will be 72 years of age the
eight day of August next ensuing...[lived at the age of six or seven] in the townland
of Bonatern, Parish of Killoughy, Barony of Ballyboy, in the Kings County in
Ireland...mothers maiden name was Ann Tracy...was born in the Parish of
Lismally [Lynally?] in the King's County...his uncles James Tracy [and] Timothy
Tracy...[grandparents] William Tracy and Mary Tracy...his uncle Timothy, who
was at that period abroad, engaged in the German War...Deponent was about
twelve or Fourteen years of age his Uncle Timothy came home, accompanied by his
wife, an English Woman...gave money to his mother...and was afterwards a Clerk
in the General Post Office in the City of Dublin...became agent to Lord Boyne,
who had an estate in the Parish of Lanelly...employed for many years by Lord
Portarlington, near Spire Hill at Portarlington, but his uncle not considering the salary
sufficient entered into the service of Mr. Smyth of the county of Westmeath,
member of parliament, who gave him a freehold in the townland of Coole, county
Westmeath, where he settled, died and was buried around 1799...Uncle James
living in Gurteen in the Barony of Geashill on Lord Digby's Estate...wife
maiden name was Carrier...had one child named Joseph... Mr. O'Brien, a merchant in Dublin, came to
London on mercantile business with his daughter Mary...William Tracy made his
acquaintance with her there...and came over to Dublin and married her...they
settle in Dublin and Mr. O'Brien took him in as a partner, they failed in
Business and that William Tracy and his wife, with his two sons, went to the
country, to the Parish of Lanelly, in about 1731 and settled on Lord Boyne's
Estate where Ann was born...William Tracy died 1734...James Tracy died 1794 and
was buried in Castlebrack...His children...Joseph the eldest son and two other
sons Andrew and Patrick and one daughter...Timothy was a protestant and James a
catholic - he went with his wife.
Evidence of Samuel Sheane,
magistrate at Mountmelick...I know an old man [named Tracy, not a relation of
the claimant], he is a solicitor, a very old man, upwards of eighty years
old...They pronounce the word Tracy in the same way, but the name is spelt
differently from what it is on this tombstone. How is it spelt? Trecy. In
Ireland e is pronounced like a...There are Three or Four [Tracy] Families at
Mountmellick, there are others within the Parish of Castlebrack or in the
immediate neighbourhood of it...
Evidence of John Delany...A
protestant James Tracy was...There were no other that I know of of the Tracy's
that were Protestant but Doctor Tracy [Mountmellick], but he was not any thing
to that family...That man is dead many years ago...
Evidence of John
Rotherham...I know two [Tracy] families. There is the family of Mountmelick
[catholic] and there is the family at Ard [protestant]...The Claimant's family
do not live any of them about us now...I know the Ard family well; he is a
solicitor and he has done business for me...It is twelve or fourteen years
since I employed him...
Evidence of Digby
Baynham..."Here lyeth the body of William Tracy, Esq., late of Ross in the
King's County, the Third Son of the Honourab e Robert Tracy, late one of the
Judges of the Common Place in ngland who depa ted the 15th October 1734 in 42nd
Year [missing] ving his [missing] Widow Ma [missing] ted"...
Evidence of
J.F.Martin...Mrs. Tracy lodged in Exchequer street...a dozen houses from
Grafton Street...on the first or second floor...business carried on below a
pastrycooks...of the name of Tracy...she had nothing to do with the business...
Superior Courts.
House of Lords reported by W. Finnelly, Esq. Barrister-at-Law
The claim
of Mr. James Tracy to the titles and dignities of Viscount and baron Tracy
of Rathcoole, in the Kingdom of Ireland,
has been before the House of Lords since 1836…that he (the judge) had three
sons, two of whom (before mentioned) died, one without issue, the other leaving
a son, who died without issue; that William, the third son (of the judge), was
baptised in 1692, and in 1728, married Mary O’Brien, daughter of a merchant in
Dublin, of inferior station to himself, and afterwards resided in Ireland, up
to his death in 1734, renouncing, and renounced by his father and connections
in England, and for that reason no mentioned was made of him in the wills of
his father and brothers; that this William Tracy and his said wife had two sons
James and Timothy, and that James had a son Joseph who claimed these titles in
1835, but died in 1836, before his petition was referred to the House of Lords,
leaving the present claimant his only son…
The only
difficulty that claimant had to overcome ultimately was to prove that the said
William was a son of Judge Tracy and he attempted to prove it in two ways, viz.
by entries in an old prayer book, and by an inscription on a tombstone…
The entries
in the prayer book were, (on the title-page) “James O’Brien, Sept. 1st, 1730”,
and (on the back of that page) “Married in Dublin April 17th 1728,
William, son of the Honourable Robert Tracy, late one of the English Judges, to
Mary, daughter of Mr. James O’Brien, Merchant. James Tracy, the eldest son,
born January 27th 1729; Timothy Tracy, the second eldest, born
January 20th, 1730.”…
A suspicion
had existed in the minds of some of the Lords present that the entries…were
forgeries…
It was in
evidence that the William in the claimant’s pedigree died in 1734, and that the
Judge lived till 1735…
His
Lordship then observed at length on the evidence as to the tomb-stone, and
concluded thus:- I am of the opinion that the evidence which has been laid
before your Lordships does not establish the claim; that it is defective, and
that the case is attempted to be supported by forgery. * * * I have therefore
no hesitation in concurring in the motion that the claimant has not made his
case. Resolved accordingly.
On the
claim to the Tracy Peerage, 2d of May, and 9th of June 1843.
The Legal Observer or Journal of Jurisprudence.
May to October 1843. Vol. XXVI. London 1843. p.443
The Tracy
Peerage.---On Monday, an inquiry was held at Castlebrack
church yard, before Captains Tibeaude and Warburton, George Newcombe, J. W.
Tarleton, and Samuel Sheane, Esqrs., magistrates, relative to the genuineness
of the tombstone, by which James Tracy, Esq,, (sic) proves his title to his
long disputed peerage; and which the
House of Lords decided in his favour, subject to their proving
of this stone. A great number of respectable people attended to give evidence
as well as to hear such a novel inquiry. Mr. John Rafter, a stone-cutter and
builder, proved that the four pieces of stone produced must have originally
been in one--they all corresponding with the grain, breaks, and letters, when
laid together closely to form one stone--and it was his opinion that the said
stone was the original one belonging to the family, placed there as a
tombstone; in which other witnesses also concurred, and signed declarations to
that effect.--Leinster Express.
May 5, 1843 (FJ) The Tracy Peerage [1]
…Mary Atkins sworn
and examined…at the age of 20 [56 years ago] I was acquainted with an old lady
of the name of Tracy, in Exchequer-street, Dublin. She had been a widow for
several years and I used to work for her. Her brother, Mr. O’Brien, a woolen
draper [in Francis street], and her son James Tracey, were also known to me.
The latter married and had a son named Joseph, who is the father of the present
claimant…[eldest son James, and his wife Mary, and their eldest son
Joseph...Mrs. Mary Tracy wife of William...she was in business in a
Pastrycook’s shop in Exchequer Street..died 1787...was buried at the round
protestant church called St. Andrew’s Church, near College Green, nearly
opposite the Commercial Buildings...Burial. On 13th Sep. 1787 - Widow
Tracy...James Tracy and Timothy Tracy,
protestants...]...
September 15, 1843 (FJ) The Tracy Peerage [2]
…[William Tracy]
resided in Fleet street, in the parish of St. Marks, Dublin, in which parish he
married, according to the rites of the Protestant Church on the 17th
April 1728, Mary, daughter of Mr. James O’Brien, a woolen merchant in that
city…and in the same parish his eldest son, James Tracy [eldest son, born
January 27th 1729; and Timothy Tracy, second eldest born January 20th,
1730], the claimants grandfather, was born on the 27th January 1729.
In 1732, he settled at Ross, in the King’s County, where he died on the 15th
October 1734, in the 42d year of his age, and was buried at
Castlebrack, in the Queens county…His eldest son, James Tracy, married in the
parish of Geashill, King’s County, 10th May 1764 and resided at
Gurteen in that parish, where he died 4th April 1794, in the 65th
year of his age and was buried next to his father’s tomb in Castlebrack, burial
ground, leaving Joseph Tracy, of Geashill, his eldest son, born 7th
March 1765, and who married also in that parish a person of his own name, but
in no way related to the Tracys of England. He died, and was buried at St.
George’s, Hanover-square, London, on the 20th March 1836, in the 71st
year of his age, leaving James Tracy, his eldest son, the claimant. [Joseph
Tracy, Chapel Court, buried March 20th 1836, 75 years, St. George's Hanover
Square London.]
October 24, 1844 (FJ) The Tracy Peerage [3]
…William Tracy, came
to Ireland, with his sister [Anne], who married Thomas Wylde, Esq, M.P., for
the city of Worcester, and Chief Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland…he
(claimant) found a judgment in one of the courts in Dublin, dated 1732, against
said William Tracy, from which he was able to prove, that he (William) got an
appointment in a public-office in the north of Ireland…
25 Nov
1844 (CE)
James Tracey, who was struck by Mr. Ashton, of the Watch-office in
Self-defence, at the South Dock station, has since been elevated to the Tracy
Irish peerage.
23
November 1844 Liverpool Mail
.. The police constable 290, James Tracey was struck Ashton, of the
Wateh-office, m iice, at the South Duck Station, has since been elevated to the
title Earl Tracy ...
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January 10, 1845 Vermont
Phoenix A Constable made an Earl. A Liverpool police man, named James Tracy, has been elevated to the
Irish Peerage, as Earl Tracy. His history is curious. He was born in a
peasant's cot in King's county, Ireland. There was a large family of little
Tracvs, and a gentleman taking fancy to the boy, gave him a liberal
education. He subsequently married a lady of beauty and considerable fortune;
but reduced himself by prosecuting the peerage claim, until he. was obliged
to seek employment as a policeman. The claim has been decided in his favor,
and he is now a peer. His story certain ly contains in abundance the raw
materials for a romance. [see Tracy
Peerage Case] |
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25
January 1845 Wexford Conservative
Mr. Tracy, of the Liverpool police, will be now Lord Tracy (revived) with
£80,000 a year.
7 May 1845 The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
The Peasant, Policeman, and Peer.-
We last week recorded the
circumstance of a Liverpool policeman having been elevated to the Irish peerage
by the title of Earl Tracy. A correspondent, who says he has an "intimate
knowledge of the family," forwarded us the following:- "James Tracy,
the policeman, who has recently been elevated to the peerage, was born in
Geashill, a small village in the King's County, Ireland. He is the eldest of a
large family, who was a tolerably good specimen of what O'Connell would call
'the finest pisantry in the world.' When a boy he was noticed by a gentleman of
the neighbourhood, who took him into his house, where he acquitted himself so
much to the gentleman's satisfaction, that he bestowed on him a liberal
education, and procured him a situation in a counting-house. He subsequently
married a lady of great beauty, with a fortune of about £2000. He then embarked
in the wine and spirit business, and for some years had an establishment on
Summerhill, Dublin. Under these circumstances of affluence he did not forgot
his parents' humble roof, and his brothers were appointed to minor offices in
his establishment. His long-pending case in the Lords, however, drained his
resources, and we next find him exercising the functions of a policeman in
Liverpool. This might be said to be a 'step from the sublime to the ridiculous,
but lo! again the scene is changed, and we behold him a peer of the realm!
possessing a fine, portly frame, that would not disgrace a monarch, added to a
good and generous disposition and an extensive knowledge of human nature."
-Bristol Mercury.
3 April
1847 (N) The Tracy Peerage Case
...The evidence was not very material, consisting chiefly of a letter
from Mr. Justice Tracy, dated "Coscomhe[?] Jan. 20, 1732-3" addressed
to his daughter, who married Thomas Wylde, Esq., of the Excise-office,
Dublin...
1847 Case of
James Tracy, esq. in support of his claim to
dignities of Viscount Tracy and Baron Tracy in the
Peerage of Ireland. (2 copies). [Gloucestershire Archives,
SUDELEY Manuscripts]
Information
relating to document ref. no. D2153/1064, 1065
27 March 1847 The Spectator
In the House of Lords, on Tuesday, a Committee of Privileges assembled to consider the claim of Mr. James Tracy, of Gresshill in Queen's County, to the Barony and Viscounty of Tracy. Thepeerage has been dormant since 1797. The. claimant's father petitioned the Crown in 1836, bat died before the proceedings had made any way. The present claimant then petitioned; but failed in establishing his claim, both in 1839 and also in 1843. By the evidence given in 1843 it was proved, that the right to the title rested in the male descend- ants, if any, of the Honourable Robert Tracy, a Judge of the Common Pleas in. England between 1700 and 1726, the only surviving son of the second Viscount.. It was also shown that the claimant was the descendent and heir of a William Tracy, who married one Mary O'Brien, in Dublin, about the year 1714. The difficulty in the claimant's case was, to show that this William Tracy was of the family of the English Judge Tracy. His statement for that purpose was, that the Judge had three sons,—first, Robert, who died without issue; second, Richard, who left an only son, who died without issue•' all of which WAS clearly proved; and, third, William, who was the same William Tracy that went to Ireland and married Mary O'Brien, and was claimant's ancestor. It was said that this marriage displeased the family; who refused to recognize either William Tracy or his descendants. The relationship of William Tracy to the Judge was sought to he "roved by certain entries in a Prayer-book, and by an inscription on a tombstone in the parish-church of Castlebrook, in Queen's County. The tomb- stone bad, however, disappeared from the church for many years. This evidence was not deemed sufficient; and the claimant having amended his case, now sought to prove, by the evidence of Mrs. Elizabeth Lambe, a direct descendant of Judge Tracy, the identity of the William Tracy who went to Dublin and married Miss O'Brien with the William Tracy who was related to the English Judge. Fragments of the tombstone with the inscription on it would also be produced. After the examination of Mrs. Lambe and several other witnesses, the farther hearing of the case was adjourned.
April 7, 1848 (FJ) Died
At Geashill, in the
King's County, of Fever, Mary Anne, daughter of James Tracy, Esq, the claimant
to the Tracy Peerage.
April 24, 1849 (FJ) The Tracy Peerage
We have learned with
regret that Mr. Tracy, the claimant to the Tracy Peerage, died this (Monday)
morning in this city [Dublin], where he had only arrived within the last few
days from England. - Press
27 Apr
1849 (BL) The Tracy Peerage
Mr. Tracy, the claimant to the Tracy Peerage, died on Monday morning, in
Dublin, where he had only arrived within the last few days from England.
28th April 1849 The Tablet
Mr. James Tracy, who had been so long prosecuting his claim to the Tracy Peerage, died in this city on Monday.-Dublin Evening Post.
April 1849 The London
Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettre
James Tracy, Esq.-The claimant for the Tracy peerage, whose claims are
thought so likely to revive that ancient title, died suddenly on Monday, at
Dublin, aged forty-nine. He has left two sons; the eldest of whom, if finally
successful, will succeed to immense property.
27 April
1849 Cork Examiner
The Tracy Peerage.—The debt of nature has been paid James Tracy, the
claimant to the title of Viscount and Baron Tracy, of Rathcoole, in Ireland,
and of Toddington, Gloucestershire, in England. He died on the 23d instant in
Great George's ...
31 March 1860 Pilot (Boston)
Death of a
Centenarian. —On the 16th of February, in Ballinderry, parish of Kilbeggan,
County of Westmeath, David M‘Donald, aged 112, being born in 1748 ; he was of
temperate habits, an early riser, and strictly moral in every sense. In his
early days he was very fond of field sports. He said one of the best shots of
the last century was Mr. William Tracy, son of the Hon. William Tracy, and
grandson of Yiscount Tracy, of Rathcoole, whom he often saw shooting on the
bog of Donore.
17 May
1950 The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
BEFORE THE COURT.-IV This is the fourth of a series of articles on
sensational British court cases.
PEERAGE CLAIM BASED ON BOGUS TOMBSTONE
By RICHARD SINGER
Even an Irishman has been known to love a lord. This is the story of
Irishmen who strove mightily to acquire that title.
The fact was that they had no claim to either the title or the far more
important estates that went with it. The case proved to be founded upon a mass
of perjury, fraud and forgery.
The title of Viscount and Baron Tracy of Rathcoole in the County of
Dublin in the Kingdom of Ireland has long been forgotten. It was created by
King Charles the First in 1642. It became dormant when the eighth Baron died in
1797, and has remained dormant ever since.
It was not until 1835 that one Joseph Tracy made a claim to the title and
honours and to the estates of Baron Tracy. The monstrous piece of litigation
continued spasmodically for fourteen years.
Just as in those other fraudulent claims, the Tichborne case and the
Druce claim to the Portland millions, there were numerous gullible persons who
speculated thousands of pounds in the hope of sharing in the spoils of the
fight for the title.
Joseph Tracy asserted that he was the eldest grandson of a certain William
Tracy, who died in 1735, and that on the death of the eighth Baron in 1797 he
became entitled to the Peerage. It was put that William Tracy's father, who was
an English Judge, had cut Joseph's grandfather out of his will because this
son, William, had married in Dublin a mere Irish tradesman's daughter named
Mary O'Brien. Joseph Tracy took so long getting his witnesses and presenting
his case to the House of Lords that he died before it could be heard. Then his
son, James Tracy, took up the cudgels, which turned out to be more like
boomerangs. In the year 1843, eight years after its first launching, the claim
was solemnly presented to their Lordships. The main pieces of evidence were
two: firstly an alleged old Family Prayer Book containing significant written
entries; and secondly the inscription on the lost tombstone of William Tracy,
the son of Mr. Justice Tracy. The Prayer Book entries read as follows:
"James O'Brien, September 1st, 1730.
"Married in Dublin. April 17th, 1728, William Tracy, son of the Honourable
Robert Tracy (late one of the English Judges), to Mary, daughter of Mr. James
O'Brien, merchant
"James Tracy, their eldest son, born January 27th, 1729
"Timothy Tracy, second eldest, born June 26th, 1730
"This book belonged to my grandfather James O'Brien, afterwards to
my father William Tracy, who was an Englishman, it contains the entry of his
marriage, and the birth of my elder brother James and my own I now give it to
my nephew Joseph Tracy of Geashill
"Coole, August 10th, 1796. "Timothy Tracy"
The principal witness as to the Prayer Book was old Mrs Mary Atkin. This
party was then 76, and she tottered into the witness box and prattled to the
Lords
Old Mrs Atkin swore that she had done sewing in that century in Dublin
for Mrs Mary Tracy, the widow of the all important William Tracy. Mary Tracy
used to talk to her about the neglect of her husband and herself by his family
on account of the misalliance These talks had taken place in 1786 and Mrs Atkin
declared that Mary Tracy died in 1787, when she was 80 years old Mrs Atkin had
seen the Family Prayer Book and its entries 57 years before, and she identified
the old volume then shown to her
The Lords pointed out that it was very strange that it had not been shown
to Mrs Atkin when her supremely important testimony was first disclosed to the
claimant
More calamitous was the evidence of one William Carroll, a cousin of the
claimant, and who was a sworn witness called by the claimant himself For
Carroll swore that Mary Tracy had actually died in 1750, 36 years before the
alleged conversations between Mary Tracy and Mrs Atkin
Law Lords Indignant
One Patrick Culleton swore that he had seen the tombstone of William
Tracy and its inscription 20 years before, but this stone of testimony had
since mysteriously disappeared
The inscription on the alleged tombstone WPS as follows
"Erected by Mary Tracy to the memory of her husband William Tracy
Esq . late of Ross in the Kings County, the third son of the Honourable Robert
Tracy, late one of the Judges of the Common Pleas in England,' who departed
this life the 15th Oct., 1734."
Culleton was a cousin of the claimant and a tenant on the Tracy estates.
He had to admit that he owed eighteen months' rent for his farm and that he
would not account the claimant ungrateful if he became Baron Tracy and excused
Culleton the arrears of rent.
The Lords noted that it was not until 9 years after the launching of the
claim that the tombstone had even been mentioned in the case.
The indignation of the learned Lords who patiently listened to such
testimony may be imagined. They refused to accept it as conclusive proof of the
claim.
Witnesses Disappear
In 1847 the Tracy Peerage claim was revived. A new and far more startling
piece of evidence was now produced. It was none other than the long lost
William Tracy tombstone itself. It was broken into four blocks, but on them,
though much darkened, there was clearly the inscription already deposed to.
But the Law Lords were still gravely suspicious, and they postponed their
formal decision. This was lucky for the holders of the Tracy estates. For the
next year there was presented the shattering testimony of one Patrick Holton.
Holton had only just recently himself engraved this very stone with his own
hands. He had helped to break it into the four blocks and to hold them over a
fire in order to make them look old.
After a naturally necessary adjournment the claim came before the House
again in 1849. Witnesses who were to have been called by the claimant to refute
Patrick Holton had disappeared -the alleged employer of Holton to America, and
the claimant's solicitor, whom the Lords were very anxious to question, to
Belgium.
The Law Lords found it impossible to act upon the "docked"
evidence adduced.
They considered that the Prayer Book entries had all been written at the
same time and in the same hand, and that of a schoolboy and not of an adult.
Since the year 1849 the Tracy Peerage has lain dormant. It must have died
in its sleep.
TO-MORROW: Murder and The Unwritten Law.
Family
Tree
1. William
Tracy of [Ross] Lynally, Kings Co. (d. 1734) married Mary O’Brien (d. 1750) in
Dublin (daughter of Mr. James O’Brien, Merchant, woollen drapers of Francis
street Dublin) April 17th 1728, lived moved to Laneelly [Lynally]
1731, both buried Castlebrack [Laois]. Moved to Ross after the death of
William. Moved from Ross after the death of Mary.
Another
version Widow Tracy had a pastrycook's shop* in Exchequer Street Dublin 1780s,
died 1787, aged 80, buried St. Andrews. St. Andrews: On 13th Sep. 1787 - Widow
Tracy.
Having two
sons and other children
1.1 James Tracy, Roman Catholic from his wife, of Gurteen Geashill,
Kings Co. (b. 27 Jan 1729 Dublin,
married 1764 Kings Co. d. 4 Apr 1794, buried Castlebrack), married Mary?
Carrier, Roman Catholic, lived Gurteen [Gorteen Geashill Offaly] 1771/2 and
possibly 1790s.
1.1.1 Joseph Tracy (b. 7 Mar 1765 d. before 17 Mar 1836) lived Geashill,
Kings Co., Chapel Place North South Audley Street London and St. George's
Hanover Square: Joseph Tracy, Chapel Court, buried March 20 1836, age 75 y.
Reared by his uncle Timothy Tracy of Coole Co. Westmeath. In 1798, he married
the daughter of Mr. Philip Tracy of Castlebrack in the Queens County, by whom
he had four sons and two daughters.
1.1.1.1 James Tracy (b. 1800 d. 1849 Dublin) lived 11 South Street,
Grosvenor Square, Middlesex 1836, 10 Albemarle Street Piccadilly 1847
1.1.1.1.1 Son
1.1.1.1.2 Son
1.1.1.2 Joe Tracy of Maryborough
1.1.1.3 Son
1.1.1.4 Son
1.1.1.5 Daughter
1.1.1.6 Daughter
1.1.2 Andrew Tracy
1.1.3 Patrick Tracy
1.1.4 Daughter
1.2 Timothy Tracy, a Protestant, of Coole, Mayne, Co. Westmeath. (b. 20
Jan OR 26 Jun 1730 d. 1799 buried Coole). Fought in the German Wars, returned
1777 or 1779 with an English wife, clerk in Post Office Dublin and later an
agent for Lord Boyne at Laneelly [Lynally] Parish, Lord Portarlington at Spire
Hill Portarlington [Cooltedery Lea Laois] and Mr Smith MP of Coole Co.
Westmeath.
1.3 Anne Tracy (d. 1797/8 Lismally [Lynally?] Parish Kings Co) m. ???
Carroll, a Protestant, of Killoughy, Kings Co.
1.3.1 Daughter (b.c. 1759 or 1761)
1.3.2 William Carroll (b. 8 Aug 1765, at 6 or 7 years lived at Bonatern
[Bunaterin] Killoughy Kings Co), tailor, of Tullamore Kings Co from 1799 and 18
King street near Golden Square Middlesex, aged 71 years ( July 1836)
* Probably
the wrong Mary Tracy
1784-5 Directory
Tracy Edward, Carpenter & Manufacturer, 43 Exchequer Street.
Tracy Mary, Confectioner, 43 Exchequer Street.
1788-90 Directory
Tracy Mary, Pastry
cook & Confectioner, 5 S. Gt. Georges Street.
Ref: Testimonies 1836, 1841, 1843 & 1847 and Burkes Peerage 1846
Possible
family members
February
4, 1831 (FJ) Birth
In Aungier-street, on the 1st instant, the
lady of James Tracy, Esq., of a son.
October
4, 1832 (FJ) Death
On the 27th ultimo, in Angier street, in this
city, Mrs. Tracey, aged 28 years, wife of James Tracey, esq. Her loss will be
severely felt by her family and numerous friends, to whom her virtues and
amiable qualities had endeared her.
6
October 1832 Tipperary Free Press
On the 29th ult., in Aungier-street, Dublin,
Mrs. Tracey, aged 22 years, wife of James Tracey,. Esq.— Her loss will severely
felt by her family and her numeraus friends, to whom her virtues and amiable…
April
19, 1831 (FJ) Taney Parish
...Roman Catholic School Room,
Dundrum...moved by James Tracey, Esq...
April
12, 1831 (FJ) Taney parish Vestry Meeting
...landholders...Mr. Tracy...
James Tracy &
Amelia Jones [Tracy Peerage?]
Elizth Tracy b. 14 Apr 1842 bapt 16 May 1842 Sp. Ann Kelly. St. Anthony’s
Liverpool Lancashire England [Jones]
Elizabeth Tracy b. 14 Apr 1842 bapt 31 Jul 1842 St
Mary, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England. Abode: Walton Occupation:
Police Man
1841 Census
Thomas Tracy, b. 1816 Ireland, Police Station House Walton On The Hill,
Lancashire
James Tracy, b. 1811 Ireland, Police Station House Walton On The Hill,
Lancashire
James Tracy, full [age], bachelor, book keeper, lives Bedforath?, (s. of James Tracy, gentleman) married Emma Juliana Baily, full [age], widow, BLANK profession, lives Hill Street, (d. of Richard Brown, agent) Wit: William Richardson & William Foulkes 12 May 1842 St. John's CoE, Liverpool, Lancashire, England [Tracy Peerage?]
James Tracy & Emma
Mary Ann Tracy b. 26 Feb 1844 bapt 20 May 1846 St Peter, Liverpool,
Lancs. Abode: Moor Place Occupation: Victualler
Henrietta Tracy b. 21 Mar 1846 bapt. 20 May 1846 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancs. Abode: Moor Place Occupation: Victualler
Arthur Tracy bapt. 20 Apr 1848 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancs. Abode: Parker St. Occupation: Victualler
Ellen Tracey bapt. 12 March 1850 St. Peter's, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
James Tracy/Teacy & Emma Juliana Tracy
Emma Adelaide Tracy bapt. 20 May 1852 St. Peter's, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (LDS) Emma Adelaide Teacy b. 30 Nov 1851 bapt 20 May 1852 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancs. Abode: London Road Occupation: Victualler
1851 Census - Falkland Street, Liverpool, Lancashire
James Tracey, Head, 31, b. 1820 Dublin Dublin, Inn Keeper
Emma Tracey, Wife, 34, b. 1817 York Yorkshire, England
Eliza Bailey, Step Daughter, 13, b. 1838 York Yorkshire, scholar
Richard Bailey, Son, 12, b. 1839 York Yorkshire, scholar
Mary Anne Tracey, Daughter, 7, b. 1844 Liverpool Lancashire, scholar
Arthur Tracey, Son, 3, b. 1848 Liverpool Lancashire
Julia Haldger, unmarried, 16, b. 1835 Ireland, servant
Thomas Meterford, unmarried, 36, b. 1815 Shrewsbury Salop, lodger, book keeper
23 March 1858 The London Gazette [see St. Peters]
On their own petitions...James Tracy, late of the Chatsworth Arms, Harbord-street, Wavertree-street, Liverpool, Lancashire, not in any business.—In the Gaol of Liverpool.
11 May 1858 The London Gazette
Court For Relief Of Insolvent Debtors. Saturday the 8th day of May, 1858...James Tracy, late of the Chatsworth Arms, Harbnrd-street, Liverpool, Lancashire, not in any business, Insolvent, No. 86,529 C.; John Sykes Gardner, Assignee.
1861 Census - Harbord Street, West Derby, Lancashire, England
James Tracy, Head, 41, b. 1820 Ireland, Inn Keeper
Emma Tracy, Wife, 41, b. 1820 Halifax Yorkshire
Mary A Tracy, Daughter, 17, b. 1844, Liverpool, single.
Arthur Tracy, Son, 13, b. 1848, Liverpool, scholar
Allen Tracy, Daughter, 11, b. 1850, Liverpool, scholar
Julia Tracy, Daughter, 7, b. 1854, Liverpool, scholar
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England
In Memory
Emma Adelaide
The beloved child of
James and Emma Tracy
Departed this life June 21st 1856
Aged 5 years and 6? months
Also Ellen daughter of the above
Who died 29th February 1864
Aged 14 years
Also the above James Tracy
Who died 2nd April 1864
Aged 40 years
Also Julia Adelaide
Daughter of the above who died 6th June 1874
Aged 19 years.
Also of Emma Julianna Tracy wife of the above
James Tracy
Who died 14th February 1884
Aged 68 years
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174582858/james-tracy
Amelia
Treacy (d.
of James Treacy, gentleman) minor of
59 Aungier St m. Benjamin Hill Gillman (s. of Hill Gillman, gentleman) widower,
Inspector of Police, Killaloe Parish [Clare]
on 24 April 1851 Wit: Edwd Murray & Edwd Murray Sr. (by licence). St. Peter’s Church of Ireland
[Tracy Peerage?]
Amelia Tracey and Benjamin Hill Gillman 1851
(Marriage Licence)
Amelia Treacy,
minor, spinster, lives 59 Aungier? St, (d. of James Treacy, gentleman) married Benjamin Hill Gillman, of full
age, widower, Inspector of Police, lives parish of Killaloe, (s. of Hill
Gillman, gentleman) 24 April 1851 St. Peters Church of Ireland Wit: Edwd?
Murray & Richd? J Murray [Dublin Dublin South PLU] [faint copy]
Henrietta Tracey, full
[age], spinster, lives Geashill, (d. of James
Tracey, policeman) married George Colbett Hillman, full [age], bachelor,
servant, lives Geashill, (s. of John Hillman, navy? pensioner) 20 December 1870
Geashill Church of Ireland Wit: George Neely? & Alice Adderley [Dic Kildare
Tullamore PLU]
Henrietta Tracy &
George Cobbett Hillman, Military Officer
FEMALE Hillman b. 29 Sep 1873 of Dalkey [Killiney
Rathdown PLU]
Henrietta Hillman &
BLANK
Arthur Hillman b. 26 Aug 1877 Geashill, Kings
[Philipdstown Tullamore PLU]
16 Dec 1898 The London Gazette
...Henrietta Hillman and Charlotte Beresford
Hillman the wife and daughter of George Cobbett Hillman..
page 165
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National Liberary of Ireland. Ms 31,774
Pedigree
of the Tracy Family from John the First Lord Viscount Tracy to Martin Tracy
Esq. of Streamstown in the count of Westmeath, in Ireland. The gr. Grandson of
the Honble Robt Judge Tracy of the Common Pleas in England.
The claiment to the Title, Honors and Dignities of Viscount and Baron Tracy of
Rathcoole in the county of Dublin and Kingdom of Ireland.
Ì
1. Sir John
Tracy
The son of
Sir John Tracy knighted in 1574 by Queen Elizabeth. He was created Lord Viscount
Tracy of Rathcoole by letters of patent by Chas 1 dated 12th Jan
1642.
married
Anne Daughter of Thomas Shirley of Isfield in the county of Sussex by whom he
had issue 2 sons.
Ì
1.1 Robert
the eldest son of John 1st Viscount who on the death of his father
became 2nd Viscount
he was
knighted by King Chas 1st was married twice
Died &
was buried at Toddingham, May 1683
1st Wife
Bridget Daur of John Lyttleton Esq. Of Frankley Court in Worestershire by whom
there was issue 4 sons by Muril his wife Daur of the Lord Chancellor Bromley
Ì
1.1.1a John
3rd Viscount
The eldest
son of Robt 2 Visc succeed on the death of his father He was married but dying
at Hales March 8th was buried at Toddington March 11t 1686
1.1.2a
Honorable Thomas second son of Robert 2nd Viscount Tracy by Bridget
his 1st wife He died without issue.
1.1.3a
Honorable William third son of Robert 2nd Viscount Tracy by Bridget
his 1st wife He died without issue.
1.1.4a
Honorable Henry fourth son of Robert 2nd Viscount Tracy by Bridget
his 1st wife He died without issue.
2nd wife Dorethy Daughter of Thomas Cocks Esq of Castlebtch
in the County of Harford Ancestor of the present Earls of Somars.
1.1.5b The Honorable Robert Tracey many years Judge of the Common Please
which office he resigned in 1726. He died and was buried at Didbrook on the 19th
September 1735
married ??? daur of William ??? Esq ??? ??? and ??? sons and ???
daughters
1.1.5.1 Robert Tracy the eldest son of Judge Tracy He was a member of
the Middle Temple London but died in his fathers lifetime unmarried on the 7th
September 1732
1.1.5.2 Richard Tracy 2nd son of Robert Judge Tracy he was
also a member of the Middle Temple London. He died also in his fathers lifetime
on the 15th November 1732 having married Margaret daughter of Owen
Salisbury Esq. She died 12th May 1773 aged 85 leaving an only son
1.1.5.2.1 Robert Tracy the only son of Richard Tracy and Margaret his
wife
NOTE: He bequethed the Coscombe estate to his cousin Robert Pratt son of
his aunt Dorethy daughter of his grandfather Judge Tracy by will dated 14th
May 1736. He died unmarried and without issue 30th May 1756.
1.1.5.3 Ann eldest daughter of Judge Tracy. She was twice married 1st
to Mr. Dowdeswell 2nd to Mr. Wylde.
1st husband Charles Dowdeswell in the county of Worcaster. He
died 30th May 17?3 in the 26th year of his age
1.1.5.3.1a Ann Dowdeswell daughter of Charles Dowdeswell by Ann the
eldest daughter of Judge Tracy. She died 12th May 176? Aged having
issue
married Robert Wylde son of Thomas Wylde by his 1st wife
Katherine. He died 26th October 1741
1.1.5.3.1.1 Thomas Wylde son of Thomas and Ann Wylde who died 25th
April 1789 having married Elizabeth Browne and had issue 2 children
1.1.5.3.1.1.1 Ralph Wylde who died 10th Dec 1810
1.1.5.3.1.1.2 Robert Wylde now living
1.1.5.3.1.2 Rev Charles Edmund Wylde son of s Tho’ and Ann Wylde He died
25th January 1798 having married Mary Fewtrell and had issue 4
children
1.1.5.3.1.2.1 Rev Robert Wylde son of the Rev Cha’ Edm’ Wylde and Mary
Fewtrell his wife. He died 14th Nov 1833. Married Emma Pritchard
daughter of Edward Pritchard Esq.
1.1.5.1.3.1.2.1.1 Rev Charles Edmund Fewtrell Wylde born 12th
May 1808 now living at Bridgenorth
1.1.5.1.3.1.2.2 Mary Wylde who died unmarried 22 Nov 1833
1.1.5.1.3.1.2.3 Elizabeth Browne Wylde who married Wm Lambe Esq of
Albury. She gave her evidence before the Lords in 1847 and is since dead
1.1.5.1.3.1.2.4 John Fewtrell Wylde of the 4th Regiment of
Queens own Dragoons. He died in 1851 leaving all his property to his nephew the
Rev Chas Edm Fewtrell Wylde of Bridgenorth
2nd husband Thomas Wylde M.P. ??? He was 1st
married to Katherine daughter of Sir Bayton Throckmenton Bar’
1.1.5.1.3.1b Elizabeth Wylde who died unmarried 17th May 1791
aged 63 years. She was aunt to Mrs. Elizabeth Brownlambe.
NOTE: She bequethed her property to her nephew the Rev Charles Edmond
Wylde son of Robert Wylde who married her half sister Ann Dowdeswell
1.1.5.1.3.2b ??? Wylde who died an infant.
1.1.5.4 Dorethy 2nd and youngest daur of Judge Tracy. She was
born at Cheltenham 26th Oct 1697 and died 23rd March 1727
having married John eldest son of Sir John Pratt Lord Chief Justice of the
Kings Bench and half broth of Charles 1st Earl of Camden who died
1770.
1.1.5.5 William Tracy 3rd son of
Robert Judge Tracy formerly of Donore & afterwards of Streamstown in the
county of Westmeath where he died 12th June 1782 aged 90 years
having married the widow Gagharan whose maiden name was Bridget Nester and
whose family resided in the parish of Dysart or Castletown. She died in the
year 1782 aged 74 years. Both buried at Castletown Geoghegan leaving issue 4
children 3 sons and one daur
1.1.5.5.1 Daniel Tracy who was born at Donore
in the county of Westmeath in the year 1736 and died in April of the year 1823
was buried at Castletown Geoghegan in the same grave as his father William
Tracy having married Mary Wheelaghan of the parish of Durrow in the Kings
County and had issue 4 children
1.1.5.5.1.1 Joseph Tracy who went
to America. 50 years age and there died unmarried.
1.1.5.5.1.2 William Tracy who
also went to America. About 45 years age and there died unmarried
1.1.5.5.1.3 Bridget Tracy who
married Mr Edward Neil of Kilbeggan & both died without issue
1.1.5.5.1.4 Elizabeth Tracy who
died young
1.1.5.5.2 Malachy or Loughlin Tracy born in
the year 1742 at Donore he afterwards went to Meldrum where he died on the 22nd
June 1816 aged 74 years and he lies buried in Horsesleap church yard see
epitaph. He married Miss Mary Moore Parish of Horseleap in the County of
Westmeath and had issue
Ardnurcher Churchyard,
Co., Westmeath
This tomb is erected to the memory
of Malachy Tracy, of Meldrim, who departed this life 22nd day of
June 1816, aged 74 years. May his Soul rest in Peace, Amen.
1.1.5.5.2.1 Miss
Catherine Tracy now the widow of Thomas Clarke to whom she was married by
special licence in Dublin 24 September 1798 & now residing in Meldrum House
in the county of Westmeath her late husband Thomas Clarke Esq formerly of
Dublin died on the 18th August 1816 aged 45 years. See his tomestone
in Horseleap church yard. They had issue 4 sons and 2 daughters
1.1.5.5.2.1.1 James
Clarke the eldest son of said Thomas & Catherine Clarke a retired solicitor
residing at Meldrum House
1.1.5.5.2.1.2 The
Reverend Thomas Tracy Clarke the 2nd son residing at Beaumont Lodge
Old Winsor in the count of Berks.
1.1.5.5.2.1.3 The
Reverend Malachy Clarke 3rd son now residing abroad
1.1.5.5.2.1.4
Christoper Clarke M.D. the 4th son now residing at Naas in the
county of Kildare. M.R.C.S. England A.B. & M.B. Trinity College Dublin.
Physician to Clongowes College Kildare. He married Mary daur of the late Daniel
Hodgens Esq of Dove House Blackrock Co. Dublin
1.1.5.5.2.1.5
Catherine Clarke a nun at the convent of at Navan in the county of Meath
1.1.5.5.2.1.6 Maria
Clarke now residing at Meldrum House.
1.1.5.5.3. James Tracy born in 1744 at Donore
and died in the year 1834 aged 90 years & was buried at Castletown Greghegan
having married Dorothy Carroll Balinabarna in the parish of Kilcumreagh in the
county of Westmeath and had issue.
1.1.5.5.3.1. Martin
Tracy the present claimant who is a bachelor & is now residing at
Streamstown in the count of Westmeath. [died 1871?]
1.1.5.5.3.2. William
Tracy died unmarried in his 24th year and lies buried at Castletown
Greghegan
1.1.5.5.3.3. Daniel
Tracy late of Streamstown died 5th November 1855 and was buried at
Castletown Greghegan having married Bridget White on the 17 November 1848. She is
now living at streamstown having had issue.
1.1.5.5.3.3.1 James
Tracy who died at Demarara 11th May 1841
1.1.5.5.3.3.2 Martin
Tracy now living in New York in America
1.1.5.5.3.3.3 William
Tracy now living in Streamstown. He married Hannah Jordan and has issue 3
children
1.1.5.5.3.3.3.1 Joseph Tracy
1.1.5.5.3.3.3.2 Mary Tracy
1.1.5.5.3.3.3.3 Daniel Tracy
1.1.5.5.3.3.4 Joseph Tracy now living in
America
1.1.5.5.3.3.5 Mary Tracy who died unmarried
1.1.5.5.3.3.6 Dorethy Tracy now living at
Ballymore in the county of Westmeath unmarried
1.1.5.5.3.3.7 Anne Tracy now living at
Streamstown and unmarried.
1.1.5.5.4. Anne Tracy born in 1746 at Donore
in the county of Westmeath she was married in 1762 to the Late Mr. Patrick
Seery in the county of Westmeath and had issue
1.1.5.5.4.1 Bridget their
daughter now living in Lara in the county of Westmeath.
Ì
1.1.1.1 William 4th Viscount succeeded his
father as eldest son & having married twice had issue. He died 17th
April and was buried at Toddington 19th April ????
1st
wife Frances Daughter of Lacester Darerour Harford by whom there was issue one
son and one daughter.
1.1.1.1.1a
Honorable John son of William 4th Viscount Tracy by Frances his 1st
wife He died young and unmarried.
2nd
wife Jane third and youngest daur of Sir Tho Lagh who died before his father
the 2nd Lord Lagh by his 2nd wife Daur of Patrick the 19
L Karry ancestor of the present Marquis of Lansdown by whom there was issue 1
son
1.1.1.2 Honorable
Charles 2nd son of John 3rd Viscount Tracy who died and
was buried at Todington 6th May 16?6 young ??? ????
1.1.1.3 The
Honorable Ferdinande 3rd son of John 3rd Viscount Tracy
he was left by Sir John Tracy Bart heir to the Stanway estate where he bacame
??? He married and had issue 2 sons
married
Miss Catherine Keck the daur of Sir Ant Keck Commissioner of the Great Seal and
brother of Francis Keck Esq of Great ???
1.1.1.3.1
Ferdinande Tracy eldest son of the Hon Ferdinande Tracy and Catherine his wife.
He died an infant and was buried at Toddington the 19th February
1682.
1.1.1.3.2.
John Tracy 2nd son of the Hon Ferdinande Tracy & Catherine his
wife. He suceeded to the Stanway Estate on the death of his father. Married and
died leaving his wife and six sons surviving him
married
Anne daughter of Sir Robert Atkins of
Saperion in the county of Gloucester Chief Baron of the Exchequer
1.1.1.3.2.1
Robert Tracy the eldest son. He married the daughter of Sir Robert Hudson Esq.
He left his own estates intact but died without issue in Sept 1767 having by
his will dated 16th Oct 1766 left his estate to the children of his
brother Anthony.
1.1.1.3.2.2
John Tracy surnamed Atkins 2nd son. He was the survivor of the
family. He was Cursilor Baron of the Exchequer but died without issue in July
1773. His will being proved in 1774.
1.1.1.3.2.3
Ferdinande Tracy 3rd son. He was mentioned in the will of his great
uncle Francis Keck Esq dated june 1788 but died without issue.
1.1.1.3.2.4
Anthony Tracy surnamed Keck 4th son. He married 1736 Lady Susan
Hamilton sister to the Duke of Hamilton. He died July 1767 without male issue
leaving his 2 daur ???
1.1.1.3.2.5
Thomas Tracy 5th son. Sandywell Park. He married Mary the daur &
heiress of Sir William Dodwell but died in 1770 without male issue. His son
Dodwell dying in his lifetime.
1.1.1.3.2.6
William Tracy 6th son was baptised in January 1721. Died and was
buried at Stanway in May 1729 being only 8 years when he died.
Ì
1.1.1.1.1b
Thomas Charles 5th Viscount succeeded his father 1712. He was the
settler of the Tracy Estates in 1748 ??? married twice died and was buried at
Toddington on the 7th June 1756
1st
wife Elizabeth eldest daur of William Kevl Esq who died before his father Sir
William Kevl of Ebringhim in the county of Glousester Bar. She was born 11 Sep
1689 died and was buried at Toddington 19 Nov 1749. By her was issued 2 sons.
[Part of a draft of a marriage settlement between
Visct. Tracy and Elizabeth Keyt, (c. Dec. 1712). Dublin: National Library of
Ireland, D. 22,133]
2nd
wife Frances youngest daur of Sir John Packington of Westweed in the county of
Worester Baronet. She died and was buried at Toddington 26 April 1754 and there
was issue 3 sons & 4 daurs
1.1.1.1.1.1.a
The honorable William Tracy eldest son of Thomas Charles 5th
Viscount He joined his father in the settlement of the 16 Sept 1748 but dying
in his fathers lifetime without issue was buried at Toddington on the 15 April.
The
Honorable Jane who married on the 17 Oct 1743 Capel Hanbury Esq of Penly pool
in the county of Memmouth. She died on the 13 Aug 1744 ??? issue only son
Ì
1.1.1.1.1.2.a
Thomas Charles 6th Viscount succeeded on the death of his father
1756. He was a ??? ??? ??? in 1773. He died on the ??? and was buried at Toddington
on the 18 August 1792 in the ??? year of his age. He was married but died
without issue.
married
Harriet daur of Peter Bathurst Esq. Of Claranden Par in the county of Wilts by
his second wife Lady Selina Shirley daur of the Earl Ferrens by this marraige
there was no issue.
Ì
1.1.1.1.1.3.b
John 7th Viscount succeeded on the death of Tho Cha the 6th
Visc his half brother 1792. He was DD in 1761 made Warden of All Souls Oxford
and died on the 2nd February 1793 unmarried leaving his brother
Henry his surviv.
Honorable
Robert Packington second son of Thomas Charles 5th Viscount by
Frances his 2nd wife. He went out as a cadet in the E.I comp
Service. He died in Bombay in the East Indies unmarried as appears by his will
dated 29th July 1748
Ì
1.1.1.1.1.4.b
Henry 8th Viscount succeeded his brother John 7th
Viscount in 1793. He was an officer in the army and married 12 Dec 1767 to a
daur of Ames Weaver Esq. He died without male issue & was buried at
Toddington 11 May 1797 leaving an only daughter surviving him
Henrietta
Susanna Tracy Eldest and only daur of Henry 8th Viscount She was
married in 1798 to Charles Hanbury 3rd son of John Hanbury Esq. Of
Penty Pool in the county of Mommouth . He afterwards took the name of Tracy now
Lord Sudley. Ì
Regarding 1.1.1b above:
Tracy, Hon. Robert, Judge of Common Please, 5th
s. of Robert, Viscount Tracy, Toddington, Glos., M.T., 15 April 1673, called
1680. 14 Nov 1699.
Keane
E, Phair PB and Sadleir TU (1982) Kings
Inns Admission Papers 1607-1867. Stationery Office,
Dublin for Irish manuscripts Commission.
GO
Ms 184 LE II p 131 John Tracey Viscount Tracey of Rathcoole [3rd Viscount?]
married, thirdly, Elizabeth, dau of Edward Leigh
17 May 1856 (NG) The Tracy
Peerage
In our last publication we briefly referred to the fact that a new
claimant to the Tracy Peerage had been discovered in the person of Mr. Martin
Tracy, of Streamstown, in the county of Westmeath. we have been informed that
within the past week important information has been obtained, - and most
conclusive facts have been brought to light, which leave not the shadow of
doubt as to Mr. Tracy's ultimate success in establishing his claim to this
ancient. The family of Tracy is well known in the parish of Horseleap, where
the father (Mr. J. Tracy) of the present claimant cultivated extensive farms,
and was much and actively engaged in other business pursuits during his long
life - he having reached the patriarchal age of ninety, and died only a few
years since, a reputedly wealthy man. We understand that Mrs. C. Clarke of
Meldrum House, a lady of superior intellectual acquirements, who is
granddaughter of William Tracy, third son of Judge Tracy, and still in the
enjoyment of excellent health and unimpaired faculties entertains a distinct
and clear remembrance of her grandfather. As far as we have been able to learn,
the family of the claimant are not allied to any family bearing the name
residing in this or adjoining counties, but stands perfectly distinct as the
real descendants of the first Viscount Tracy, of Rathcoole, created a peer for
services rendered the crown by raising a regiment of dragoons in Ireland - a
fact which proves that he must have possessed considerable wealth and much
influence and played no inconsiderable if not conspicuous part during a stormy
period of our country's history. We wish his descendants success in the
prosecution of his claim, and shall eagerly watch every new phase in this
long-contested and interesting peerage case. - Leinster Express
2 Dec
1856 (BL) The Tracy Peerage
We are happy to inform our readers that the late
Attorney-General, Sir A. Cockburn, now Lord Chief Justice, has reported to her
Majesty most favourably on the claim of Martin Tracy, Esq., of Streamstown.
This is a great triumph for Mr. Tracy, more particularly when such a report
emanates from a lawyer possessing the acuteness and great legal talant of the
late Attorney-General. We stated a short time since that Mr. Tracy would
undoubtedly prove his claim to the titles of Viscount and Baron Tracy of
Rathcoole and the report of the Attorney-General to her Majesty confirms us
that we were right. The Attorney-General concludes his report as follows:-
"Having fully considered the nature of the evidence laid before me on
behalf of the claimant, Martin Tracy, esq., in support of his petition to your
Majestry, I beg humbly to report - That in my opinion the evidence submitted is
sufficient to justify my referring the petition of the claimant and the
statement in support thereof, to the House of Lords for consideration and
adjudication thereon, if your Majesty shall be graciously pleased so to do; all
which I humbly submit to your Majesty (Signed) A. Cockburn. We beg to
congratulate the claimant upon his prospects of sucess, which are much nearer
realisation than we expected, but not that we hoped for. - Westmeath
Independent.
Martin Tracy, died 1871, Castletown Groghan Mullingar
PLU, aged 88 years, b. 1783, bachelor, gentleman, died 3 Apr 1871 Streamstown
[Ardnurcher, or Horseleap - Clara and Horseleap RC?], Michael, Dalton, present
at death, Streamstown [also witness to death of Margaret Dalton, aged 74 years,
herds widow, died 28 Mar 1871 Bunenagh [Bunanagh Ardnurcher, or Horseleap]]
(IV)
Case on the part
of Matthew Tracy, of No. 40 Kensington Gardens Square, London
Also based
on his descent from William Tracy and Mary O’Brien but very different to that
stated above.
1.1.1.5
William Tracy (3rd son of the Judge), born 16th of February 1692, at Tucks or
Tooks Court, in the Parish of St. Andrew’s, Holborn...married [Mary O’Brien], and
settled, and had one son. William Tracy, settled at Ross, in the King's County,
Ireland. He died 15th October 1734 and was buried in the Church yard of
Castlebrack in the Queen's County.
1.1.1.5.1
John Tracy, born in 1727, settled in County Mayo, where he married Catherine,
daughter of John Treston, Esquire, of that County, by whom he had an only son.
Died in 1799. Married into a Roman Catholic family appears to have adopted
their religious profession.
1.1.1.5.1.1
Edward Tracy, born in 1755. who married, first Mary, daughter of John Treston,
Esquire, of Cottage, in the County of Mayo, by her he had issue
1.1.1.5.1.1.1a
Luke, better known as John, born in 1786, died in 1834 at Greenwich, having
married the widow of Captain Hill, but died without issue.
And
secondly Margaret, daughter of Martin Mc Hale, Esq., of Cloonkeash, in the
parish of Turlough, county of Mayo, and by her had issue:
1.1.1.5.1.1.2b
Catharine, who married Mr. Patrick Owens.
1.1.1.5.1.1.3b
Martin, the father of the Claimant, born 1800 and died in 1847 and was buried
in Abney Park Cemetery Stoke Newington, having married Catherine, daughter of
Matthew Toole, Esq. of Tuam, in the county Galway, and by her he left
issue:
1.1.1.5.1.1.3.1. Edward, born in 1828, was drowned while
bathing at Bhooz at Bombay in the East Indies, in 1850, unmarried, where upon
the title to the Peerage devolved upon the Claimant
16 June 1852
Galway Vindicator, and Connaught Advertiser
Whilst bathing at Bhooj India, in the 52nd year of his age,
Edward Tracy of the Bombay Artillery, eldest son of the late Martin Tracy,
Esq., of Stoke Newington great grandson of the Hon. Robert Tracy.
July 1852 The
Gentleman's Magazine
Sept 19. Whilst bathing at Bhooj, India, aged 21, Edward
Tracy, Bombay Art, eldest son of the late Martin Tracy, esq, of Stoke
Newington, great grandson of the Hon. Robert Tracy.
1.1.1.5.1.1.3.2. Matthew, the Claimant, born in 1829.
1.1.1.5.1.1.3.3. Marian.
1.1.1.5.1.1.3.4. Luke Charles. [bankrupt see below]
1.1.1.5.1.1.3.5. Robert Alfred Martin.
1.1.1.5.1.1.3.6. Arthur Walter.
1.1.1.5.1.1.3.7. Constantine Henry.
1.1.1.5.1.1.3.8. Augusta Mary.
1.1.1.5.1.1.4b Mary, married to Mr. Mullawney
1.1.1.5.1.1.5b John, born in 1804, died in 1848, leaving
issue.
Matthew Tracy and another. Tracy of
Rathcoole Peerage Petitions. Treasury
Solicitor, HM Procurator General and Law Officers' Department: Peerage Cases:
Petitions and Papers Date range: 1853 - 1862.
Treasury
Solicitor, HM Procurator General and Law Officers' Department: Peerage ...
November 25, 1854 (FJ) Marriage
November 23, in the
Parish Church of Loughboy [Lugboy, Annagh, Mayo], by the Rev. Mr. Horan, Matthew
Tracy, Esq., of South Hackney, London, eldest surviving son of the late Martin
Tracy, Esq, and great-grandson of the Hon. Robert Tracy, to Anne Kate, only
daughter of Luke Treston, Esq, of Feamore, county Mayo.
1855 Marriage
- At Loughboy, Matthew Tracy, esq. of South Hackney,
eldest surviving son of the late Martin Tracy esq. And great-grandson of the
Hon. Robert Tracy, to Anne-Kate, only dau. of Luke Treston, esq. of Fenmore,
Co. Mayo.
The Gentlemans Magazine and Historical Review January
1855.
15 December 1859 (BL) The
Tracy Peerage Case
...It is consequently, with much satisfaction that we record a new
claimant to this long disputed succession in the person of Mathew Tracy, esq.,
of Hackney Terrace, Hackney, County of Middlesex...tracing his descent in
gradual succession from Robert, the second Viscount Tracy...
8 Papers relating to
the claims to the Viscount [of Tracy] http://www.traceyclann.com/files/8
papers.pdf
Page 406: Tracy Peerage. Case on the part of Matthew Tracy, of No. 40
Kensington Gardens Square...July 1862
“A copy of this case, printed in
1862, is in the Inner Temple Library. Matthew claimed that the judge’s son
William had a son John (d. 1799), whose son Edward had two sons, Luke and
Martin. Luke died without issue, and Martin (d. 1847) had issue Edward
(deceased) and the claimant. No report of the hearing, if any occurred, has
been found.”
Dr. Baker’s essay in The Sudeleys – Lords of
Toddington
March 1862
The Tracy Peerage Case
It is stated that this long-suspended case is likely to be early brought
before the Committee of Privileges, in the House of Lords, for further hearing
and final adjudication. The present claimant is Matthew Tracy, Esq., who traces
his descent from the second marriage of Robert, second viscount, and Baron
Tracy - John, the third viscount, and Baron Tracy having died without male
issue. He is the eldest surviving son of Martin Tracy, Esq., of county Mayo,
Ireland, and seeks to recover possession of the titles, honours, and dignities
of the family estate of Rathcoole, county of Dublin. The claimant's petition to
her Majesty was referred by the Queen to
Sir Richard Bethell, when Attorney-General, to report on its merits, and Sir
Richard reported that, in his opinion, the evidence was sufficient to justify
his referring the petition of the claimant, and the statements in support
thereof, to the House of Lords for consideration and adjudication.
March 30,
1862 The Era (London)
...the present claimant to this peerage is Mr. Matthew Tracy, born in
1829...as the eldest surviving son of Martin Tracy, who died in 1847...
July 1862 Tracy Peerage
Petition of Matthew
Tracy, of No. 40, Kensington Gardens-square, in the county of Middlesex,
Esquire, claiming to be Lord Viscount Tracy of Rathcoole in the Peerage of
Ireland, has presented a petition to the House of Lords praying that, upon the
hearing of his claim to the dignity of Viscount and Baron Tracy of Rathcoole,
now pending, he may be permitted to prove the extinction of the male issue of
the second Viscount Tracy, who would be seniority to the line of William Tracy,
the ancestor of the petitioner, by reference to the evidence taken before the
Committee of Privileges in the sessions of
1839 and 1843, upon the claim of James Tracy, and to read such evidence
from the minutes of the proceedings of such Committee, and to have the benefit
of the evidence so given, and that he may be, in like manner, permitted to
avail himself of the evidence of Elizabeth Browne Lambe, and of any other
evidence given on the hearing of the several claims of the said James Tracy in
the sessions of 1847 and 1848; or so far and in such manner as to their
lordships shall deem fit; and also that, upon the hearing of the petitioner’s
claim, the officers of this House having the custody of the same may be
directed to produce the fragments of the tombstone and all letters and
documents remaining in their custody since the hearing of such former claim, or
either of them.
6 Mar 1875 The
Justice of the Peace
Catherine Tracy, deceased, left a will duly executed, of which the following was the material portion ...
three sons and a daughter
son Robert Alfred Tracy
son Constantine Henry Tracy, now in the 5th Lancers
son Arthur Walter Tracy now in America
granddaughter Catherine Tracy;
Charles
Luke Tracey
Charles Luke Tracy married Elizabeth Anderson OR Julia
Peach Brodribb Jan-Feb-Mar 1860 Hackney, London, England
18 August
1863 Express (London)
Re: Tracey - The danger of claiming a peerage
This was the first sitting. The bankrupt had been
formerly an African merchant, but now described as of Vale-place, Hammersmith,
out of business. The liabilities are £2133 and the failure was set down to his
"prosecutting a claim to the Tracey peerage" on behalf of his
brother, a doubtful debotor for £500. Assignees were chosen.
17
December 1863 Express (London)
In re Charles Lake Tracey.
The bankrupt was described as of Vale-place,
Hammersmith, out of business, formerly an African merchant. His total
liabilities are £4272; the only asset is a doubtful debt of £???, stated to be
due from Mr. Matthew Tracey, late of Kensington-gardens-square (the bankrupt's
brother). in respect of cash lend him to assist in prosecuting his claim to the
Tracey peerage.
21 August
1863 The London Gazette
The Bankruptcy Act, 1861.
Notice of Sittings for Last Examination.
Charles Luke Tracy (sued and detained as Charles L. Tracy),
formerly of Oak field-road, Hackney Downs, Hackney, Middlesex, and of No. 155,
Fenchurch-street, London, then of Sydney-place, Stamford-hill, and of No. 155,
Fenchurch-street aforesaid, trading in partnership with John Colty Brommfield,
as African Merchants, under the style or firm of Coley, Bromfield, Tracy, and
Co., then of No. 7, Sydney-place, Stamford-hill aforesaid, and now of No. 8,
Vale-place, Hammersmith, all in Middlesex, out of business, having been
adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy (in forma
pauperis), filed in Her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy, in London, on the 30th
day of July, 1863, a public sitting, for the said bankrupt to pass his Last
Examination, and make application for his Discharge, will be held before Robert
George CecilFane, Esq., a Commissioner of the said Court, on the 23rdof October
next, at the said Court, at Basinghall-street, in the city of London, at
half-past two in the afternoon precisely, the day last aforesaid being the day
limited for the said bankrupt to surrender. Mr. Herbert Harris Canan, of No.
36, Basinghall-street, London, is the Official Assignee, and Mr. W. W.
Aldridge, of No. 46, Moorgate-street, is the Solicitor acting in the
bankruptcy.
(V)
Case of
Lieut. Benjamin Wheatley Tracey, R.N., claiming the titles: Honor &
Dignities of Viscount & Baron Tracey of Rathcoole, in the Kingdom of
Ireland.
Also based
on his descent from William Tracy and Mary O’Brien but very different to that
stated above.
1.1.1.5 William Tracy 3rd son of
the Judge, and who was born in St. Andrew’s, Holborn in 1692...married [Mary
O’Brien], and settled, and had three children, viz.-
1.1.1.5.1 William b. 14th
November 1740 [alias Beau Tracey] came to Bath, England on the death of his
father [perhaps also called beau Tracy see note below] in 1756...married Sarah
Pink, Parish of Walcot, 26th January 1766, and went to Portsea. In
1783, this William Tracey of Portsmouth Common, was involved in the attempt to
raise the Royal George, and published a pamphlet on his attempt. [In January
1787, William Tracey of Portsmouth Common, pawnbroker, was declared a bankrupt]
Their children were:
1.1.1.5.1.1 Ann b. 25th December
1767 Portsea, married Wm. Scoffield 24th
November 1799 Portsea and had two children...
1.1.1.5.1.2 George
Thomas Tracey (b. 18th November 1770 Portsea) married Frances Bain Mackay 20th
February 1793, Chapel of Garrison, Gibraltar. He was a Purser and Paymaster R.N. 1805. Purser appoint to the HMS Albion 1815.
Their children were:
1.1.1.5.1.2.1 Mary Ann
Tracey b. 24th February 1796 Parish of Portsea, married Robert
Kellow 25th March 1816 Minster, Kent
1.1.1.5.1.2.2 Frances
Bain (b. 28th August 1797 Parish of Portsmouth) m. John James Hough
28th August 1815 East Stonehouse Devon. By that lady he had issue a
son and three daughters.
[Miss Tracey m.
Commander
John James Hough (1785-1849)
1815 Naval Chronicle
On 28th August, at Stonehouse, Lieut. John James Hough, R. N. to Miss F.
Fracey, daughter of G. C Fracey, Esq. of H. M.S. Albion.
1815 married Miss
Tracey of Co. Cork. (Marshall 8,
O’Byrne; for Miss Tracey’s origins see the O’Byrne entry for her brother,
Lieutenant Benjamin Wheatley Tracey)
O’Byrne, William
Richard A Naval Biographical Dictionary:
comprising the life and services of every living officer in Her Majesty’s navy,
from the rank of admiral of the fleet to that of lieutenant, inclusive. Compiled from authentic and family
documents (London: Murray, 1849).]
Register of Marriage
of Frances Bain Tracey with John Hough, in the Parish of East Stonehouse, in
the County of Devon, where it appears,
That John James Hough,
Esq., Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, a bachelor, and Frances Bain Tracey, of
this Parish, spinster, were married on the 28th day of August, in
the year of our Lord 1815. W.H. Nates, Minister.
1.1.1.5.1.2.3 George
Thomas Tracey b. 14th September 1799, died 1800
1.1.1.5.1.2.4 George
Thomas Tracey b. 18th June 1801 Parish of Plymouth, died at Sierra
Leone in 1827
1.1.1.5.1.2.5 Sarah
Pink Tracey b. 22th February 1803 Parish of Liskeard, Cornwall
married Richard Lane 24th April 1827 Tonbridge Kent
1.1.1.5.1.2.6 Benjamin
Wheatley (b. 22nd July 1805 Parish of Cork) m. Elizabeth Howard (b.
1819 Ireland - daughter
of W. Howard, Esq. of Cork) 16th April 1831 Stonehouse Devon and had
5 children up to 1853.
April 16th [1831] At Storehouse Chapel, Lieut.
RW Tracey, RN to
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of W. Dowand, Esq. of Cork.
The
United service magazine
May 6, 1831 (FJ) Marriages
At Plymouth, Lieutenant Tracey,
Royal Navy, to Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of W. Dowand, Esq, of Cork.
1.1.1.5.1.2.2.1 Alicia Howard Tracey b. 1831 approx.
Sun (London) 02 March 1870
Bradley Tracey—On the Ist inst. at St. Dunstan's-in the
West, Henry Bradley, solicitor, Harcourt-buildings, Temple, to Alicia Howard ,
eldest daughter of Captain Tracey, R.N.
May 15, 1914 (FJ) Death
Bradley - May 11 1914, at Southsea, Alicia Howard, widow
of the late Henry Bradley, of Blackheath, and the Temple, and daughter of the
late Captain B.W. Tracey, RN, aged 52 years.
1.1.1.5.1.2.2.2 Robert Lambert Tracey b. 1833 [joined the Royal
Navy]
Apr 23, 1833 (BL) Birth
On the 14th inst the lady of Lieut Tracey, R.N. Coast
Guard Station, Dunaff Head [Donegal], of a son.
Robert Lambert Tracey. When admitted to Greenwich
Hospital School: [23 March 1844].
Parents' names: Benjamin Wheatly and Elizabeth Tracey nee
Howard.
[Applicant born 14 April 1833]. Parents married 16 April 1821
[error 1831] in East-Stonehouse, Devon. Bond by Benjamin W Tracey and Richard
Jones dated 28 September 1844.
ADM 73/363/72
Robert L Tracey
Rank: Master's Assistant
15 April 1848, ADM 196/76, Admiralty: Officers' Service Records (Series III),
Civil Branch - commissioned and warrant officers: O-Z
May
1848 Royal Navy Commission
Naval Cadets...Martin Tracey and James T
Pringle, to Hastings;...
Masters Assistants...R. L. Tracy, to
Investigator;...
HMS Investigator was a merchant ship
purchased in 1848 to search for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Northwest Passage
expedition. She made two voyages to the Arctic and had to be abandoned in 1853,
after becoming trapped in the pack ice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Investigator_(1848)
...HMS Investigator, May 18th 1848 ...He is a
Master Ossie Tracey by name, Son of a Lieut. that I had put under my charge .
Samuel
Gurney Cresswell (2000) War, Ice & Piracy: The Remarkable Career of a Victorian
Sailor
1860s Robert Lambert Tracey, esq banker in Bombay and friend of Dr.
Livingstone.
Salisbury Crematorium, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Robert Lambert Tracey
Born: 14 April 1833
Died: 27 April 1887
https://billiongraves.com/grave/Robert-Lambert-Tracey/26629844
THIS IS ANOTHER ROBERT LAMBET TRACEY
1880 Census - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Self Robert L.
Tracey M 40, b. Ireland, Real estate,
Father b. England, Mother b. England
Wife Emily
Tracey F 30 SPANISH
Daughter Bessie
Tracey F 7 California, United
States
Daughter Harriett
Tracey F 5 California, United
States
Son Robert Tracey M 3 California, United States
1900 Census - 2814 Sacremento Street, San Francisco,
California
Emily E Tracy, head, b. July 1856, 54 years, widow, 5
children, 4 alive, b. Montevideo, parents born New York, emigrated 1852, 48
years resident
Bessie E Tracy, daughter, b. Sept 1873, 26 years, single,
b. California, father b. England, mother b. Argentina Republic
Harriet E Tracy, daughter, b. April? 1875, 25 years,
single, b. California, father b. England, mother b. Argentina Republic,
stenographer
Robert E Tracy, son, b. Aug 1876, 23 years, single, b.
California, father b. England, mother b. Argentina Republic, clerk glass
Emely M Tracy, daughter, b. Feb 1883, 17 years, single,
b. California, father b. England, mother b. Argentina Republic, at school
Arthur W Blundel, border, b. Mar 1842, 58 years, single,
b. England, parents b. England, emigrated 1850?, 20 years resident, Na,
Engineer Mining
Mary Cadiz, servant, b. Sept 1856, 43 years, single, b.
California, parents b. Columbia, domestic
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County,
California, USA
Emily Tracey
Death 17 Apr 1913
Eugenia Cadiz
Death 1898
1917 Robert E. Tracey as honorary consul for Honduras
1919 Roberto E. Tracey of the repblic of Salvador,
1937 Direcory
El Salvador and Uraquay
Hon. Dr. Robert E. Tracey (Consul) 620 Central Building,
Los Angeles
Family tree
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LTD1-68V
1870 Census
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN65-QR4
Emily Cadiz Tracey d. 17 Apr 1913 San Francisco, San
Francisco, California Age: 67 years b.
Montevidio Funeral Home: N. Gray &
Co. Funeral Records
April 19, 1913 The San Francisco call
Tracey - Entered into rest in this city, April 17 1913,
Emily Cadiz Tracey, widow of the late Robert Lambert Tracey and dear mother of
Robert E., Bessie E., Arica E and Emily M. Tracey. Friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral services today (Saturday) April 19 at 10 am at
Gray's chapel. Geary and Divisaderop streets. Interment private. Please oralt
flowers.
Emilie Mercedes Tracey, 24 years, (d. of Robert Lambert
Tracey & Emelie Eugenie Cadiz) m. Andrew Joseph Byrne, 26 years (s. of
James Byrne & Ellen Byrne) 29 Dec 1914 San Francisco, California, United
States
1910 Census - Alameda Ward 5 California [1940 Census - 1122 10 Street Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California]
SELF Robert E Tracey M 33y b. California Father b. England, Mother b. Uruguay
WIFE Lillian G Tracey F 28y b. California
1.1.1.5.1.2.2.3 Elizabeth Wallis Tracey b. 1834 approx m. Robert Fitzgerald Maynard b. 1844
1.1.1.5.1.2.2.4 Richard Edward Tracey K.C.B.
admiral R.N. (b. 24 January 1837 Cork d. 7 March 1907 London) married:
(1) to
Janet Douglas Wingate (b. 1844 d. 1875) daughter of the Rev.
William Wingate,
on 8 Jul 1865 at Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France (marriage recorded for potential
Royal Navy widow's pension).
(2) on 30 November 1887 to Hon. Adelaide Constance Rohesia
de Courcy (b. 1855 d. 9 July 1926), the only daughter of John Constantine de Courcy, (22nd
Lord Kingsale and 29th Baron Kingsale in the
Irish peerage) and
Adelaide Brown-Westhead. From 30
November 1887, her married name became Tracey. She held extensive lands in
Cork.
1.1.1.5.1.2.2.5 Stopford Cane Tracey (b. 1839 Cork d. 18 September
1906 Isle of Wight) (See English Census, 1901 living in Chelsea)
In the English Census, in 1841 they are living in
Chesire, in 1861 they are living in Sussex (with Lucy), in 1871 they are living
in London.
1861 Census - 4 Circular Road Newington Trinity Surrey
Benjamin Tracey, head, 55, b, Dublin [Cork] Ireland,
retired Lieutenant RN
Lucy A Tracey, wife, 36, b, Dublin Ireland
William Tracey, son, 12, b, Dublin Ireland
Lucy Tracy, daur, 2, b. Newington Surrey
Benjamin Wheatley Tracey retired commander October 1864
Benjamin
Wheatley Tracey, then aged 59, married Lucy Agnes Troy (widow) nee Lucy Agnes
Glynn on 1 Mar 1866 at St Georges Catholic Church, Southwark, Surrey (marriage
recorded for potential Royal Navy widow's pension). ADM 13/71 Marriage
Certificates
1871
Census - Newington, London, Surrey
Benjamin
Wm Tracy, Head, M, 65, Ireland, retired
Lucy
Agnes Tracy, Wife, F, 50, Ireland
Kate
Mary Power, Servant, F, 17, Southwark, Surrey
1871 Census - St Mary Newington,
London, Surrey
William H Tracey, b. abt 1849 Dublin Ireland, single, border, Manager Wine House
1871
Census - Clapham, Clapham, London, Surrey
Lucy
Tracy, scholar, 12, single, b. Surrey
Benjamin
Wheatley Tracey died Jul-Aug-Sep 1877 Brentford Middlesex, age 72 years
1881
Census - 92 Cornwall Rd Kensington, London,Middlesex
Lucy
Tracey Head
F 60
Dublin, Ireland, widow, Lodging
House Keeper
Lucy
Tracey Daughter
F 21 London,
London, Middlesex, England
Agnes
Hawker Servant
F 15
London St Johns Wood, London,
Middlesex, England
1881
Census - Cobden Rd Noel Cott, Croydon, Surrey
William
H Tracey Head
M 32
Ireland, Com Clerk Wine Trade
Emmie
Tracey Wife
F 24
S Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Herbert
G Tracey Son
M 1
Devon, England
1891 Census - Ardville Road, St matthew Lambeth London
William H Tracey Head
M 41
Ireland Dublin, Wine Merchant
Managing Clerk
Lydia Tracey Wife
F 27
Surrey, England
1.1.1.5.1.2.7 Margaret
Foote Shepeard Tracey b. 13th March 1808 Parish of Portsea
(unmarried)
1.1.1.5.2 Thomas b. 23rd
June 1743
1.1.1.5.3 Sarah b. 23rd
July 1746, went with her brother to Portsea, and married Richard Hoare at
Kingston Church, Portsea, 15th May 1779 (Witness Ann Tracey) and had
two children...
[Note: The London
Magazine or Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligence. Deaths...May 1756...21 William
Tracy, Esq; commonly called beau Tracy.]
TRACEY. (Lieut., 1829. F-P., 18; H-P., 13.)
Benjamin Wbeatley Tracey, born 22 July, 1805, at the Cove of Cork, is
son of the late Geo. Thos. Tracey, Esq., Purser and Paymaster R.N. (1795); and
brother-in-law of Commander John Jas. Hough, R.N., and of Capt. Robt. Kellow,
R.M,, who died in 1844.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Jan. 1816, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board
the Albion 74, Capt. John Coode. In that ship, of which his father was at the
time Purser, he fought in the ensuing Aug. at the battle of Algiers. Being paid
off from her on her return from the Mediterranean in May, 1819, he next, in
March, 1820, joined, in the capacity of Mid-shipman, the Vigo 74, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert at St. Helena, where he remained until Jan.
1822. Between the latter date and March, 1824, he served at Portsmouth in the
Ramilies 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, and Starling 4, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Turner;
and he was next from March until Oct. 1824 and from Dec. 1824 until Feb. 1826,
employed at Chatham and Plymouth, as Mate, in the Basilisk cutter,
Lieut.-Commander John Jas. Hough, and Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Hugh Downman
and Edw. Durnford King. He was then transferred to the Java 52, Capts. John
Wilson and Wm. Fairbrother Carroll; to which ship, stationed in the East
Indies, he continued attached as Mate and Lieutenant (commission dated 30 Jan.
1829) until Jan. 1830. From 29 Aug. 1831 until 1836 he commanded a station in
the Coast Guard. This was his last appointment.
Lieut. Tracey is a claimant of the Tracey peerage. He married, 16
April, 1831, Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Howard, Esq., of Cork, and has issue
three sons and two daughters. Agent — J. Hinxman.
William R. O’Byrne (1849) A Naval Biographical
Dictionary
Ref:
Tracey, Benjamin Wheatley.
1853? Petition to the House of
Lords. HMSO publication.
A Candid and
Accurate Narrative of the Operations used in Endeavoring to raise his Majesty’s
Ship Royal George, in the Year 1783...William Tracey. 1785
http://traceyclann.com/files/A
candid and accurate narrative 1785.pdf
Richard Edward Tracey K.C.B. admiral R.N. (1837-1907)
http://traceyclann.com/files/Richard
Edward Tracey.htm
12 Dec 1853 (BL)
The present
claimant to the Tracy Peerage, Lieut. Bejamin Wheatley Tracy, has been referred
by the Secretary of State to the Attorney-General.
1853 The Tracy Peerage: Case of Benjamin Wheatley Tracy, esq.,
Lieut. of Royal Navy, claiming titles of Viscount and Baron Tracy of
Rathcoole, Ireland, with petition of Her Majesty and
observations thereon.. [Gloucestershire Archives, SUDELEY Manuscripts]
Information
relating to document ref. no. D2153/1073
1874 Tracey
Viscounty and Barony (Ireland) Claimant: Cdr. Benjamin Wheatley Tracey, R.N.
Result: Petition to amend petition of 1853. Referred to Attorney General.
Home
Office: Registered Papers HO 45/9363/34017
Other
references:
The pillar of
witness: a Scriptural view of the Great pyramid By Benjamin Wheatley Tracey
1876
(VI)
Edward Tracy Turnerelli (1813-1896), son of Peter Turnerelli (1774 Belfast-1839 London) and Margaret Tracy (d. 1835). They were married in Dublin and the family later moved to London, where Peter became a royal sculptor. Margaret Tracy was a claimant to the Tracy Peerage.
Some early Tognarelli marriages
recorded in Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780-1837:
Peter Tognarelli and Margt Treacy [or Treay], 1795, St. Marylebone Parish
Erato
Re: Tognarelli families origen 31 October 2008
Edward was born in Newman Street, London, on 13 Oct. 1813. For a time he studied modelling under his father and at the Royal Academy, but in 1836 went to Russia, where he spent eighteen years, visiting, under the emperor’s patronage, the most distant parts of that country and sketching its ancient monuments. He returned to England in 1854, and, obtaining an independent income by his marriage with Miss Martha Hankey, devoted the remainder of his life to politics as an ardent supporter of conservative principles. In 1878 he earned notoriety as the projector of a scheme for presenting a ‘people's tribute’ — in the form of a gold laurel wreath — to the Earl of Beaconsfield in recognition of his services at the Berlin congress, but the earl declined to accept the gift, and the wreath was left on Turnerelli’s hands. Turnerelli died at Leamington on 24 Jan. 1896. He wrote : 1. ‘Tales of the Rhenish Chivalry,’ 1835. 2. ‘Kazan, the Ancient Capital of the Tartar Khans,’ 1854. 3. ‘What J know of the late Emperor Nicholas,’ 1855. 4. ‘A Night in a Haunted House,’ 1859, and many political pamphlets. In 1884 he published his ‘Memories of a Life of Toil, or the Autobiography of the Old Conservative.’
[European Mag. 1821, i. 387-93; Gent. Mag. 1839, i. 548;
Autobiography of Tracy Turnerelli; Times, 25 Jan. 1896; Exhibition Catalogues;
Jordan's Autobiogr. p. 118.]
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_57.djvu/375
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_57.djvu/376
1 September 1855
(N) Talk of the Week
Mr. Edward Tracey Turnerelli, a gentleman who after a residence of
sixteen years in Russia, has published some sketches of Russian life...
September 1880
Tracy Peerage
Mr Tracy Turnorelli, who connection with the golden wreath rejected by
Lord Boaconsfield will be widely remembered has published some letters
regarding his claim to the Tracy "Titles and Estates”. He states that the
advisability of bringing this claim for the third time in his family history
before the House of Lords is at the present time occupying the attention of his
legal advisors.
4 September 1880 -
Hastings and St Leonards Observer
Sir,—About sixty years ago, the claims of mother, Margaret Tracy, sister
to Major Tracy, to the Tracy Estates and Peerage...
1 December 1880
Inangahua Times, NZ
Another Claimant! This time it is Turnerelli of the Golden Wreath. Sixty
years ago his mother laid claim to the "Tracey peerage and estates"
and died. A cousin subsequently made a second attempt and now T.T. having
brought to light certain fresh facts, proposes to make a third attempt and is
anxious to put himself in communication with any person who can afford him any
additional information.
Converts to Rome : a
list of about four thousand Protestants who have recently become Roman
Catholics (1885)
Mrs. Tracy
Turnerelli, sister of Thomson Hankey, M.P., and cousin of Earl Bathurst (1866.)
April 1893
Mr Tracy Turnerelli in a letter to a Carlow journal, stated his father
was the son of an exiled Italian nobleman, and that he was placed in Carlow
College, where he completed his education.
Apr 18, 1903 (IT) The bust of Grattan...Peter Turnerelli,
otherwise Tognarelli, to whom the portrait of Grattan is due, was an artist who
established his reputation by a bust of the Princess Charlotte, exhibited in the
Royal Academy of 1802. After that Wellington, Blucher, Platoff, Aberdeen,
Palmerston - every celebrity sat to him. He married Margaret Tracy, a claimant
to the Tracy peerage. Their son Edward Tracy, born in 1813, a protégé of the
Russian Emperor, and the husband of the rich Miss Hankey, became the well-known
Tracy Turnerelli of a later date...
Notes
and Queries (1945) 188 (8): 171-b-171.
...Another memorable instance is the grave of Tracy Turnerelli, in Leamington
cemetery. His proper surname was Turner, but he thought euphony demanded the
addition of "elli". Modesty was never a besetting virtue of his. Some
years before his death he bought a plot of ground in the cemetery and built a
strong vault. Over this he erected a huge rough rock, or monolith, weighing
tons, and a sculptor was engaged to cut smooth facets on all four sides. On
each of these facets he instructed the sculptor to incise various virtues he
possessed or imagined.
He achieved some notoriety once by collecting thousands of pennies from
workingmen, to pay for a gold wreath (or victor's laurel) which he presented to
Lord Beaconsfield when Prime Minister. The latter declined the gift. Turnerelli
then melted down the gold and spent the proceeds on plum puddings for the poor.
WM. JAGGARD
Other
Information
O’Tracy Genealogy
There is
also a document listed in the Genealogy Office Dublin, gives a genealogy of the
O’Tracy who were probable located in the west of Ireland, which also references
the Viscounts of Rathcoole.
1000 to 1625 AD O'Tracy Genealogy (Irish Genealogy Office Ms
159)
1720’s Accordingly, I set out, and made my way through Kilkenny, where I had the good fortune of meeting with a Gentleman, who, taking pity of my helpless condition, and in regard of some services done him formerly by my father, ordered a support for me, and put me to a school in that Town, endowed by the Ormond Family: Captain [William?] Tracy, I think, of Lord Nassau Pawlet’s Horse, Son to Judge Tracy of London, paid for my Maintenance and Education for near three years, but a Reverse in his affairs, and a melancholy, which I was told, he had contracted by the Terrors of a Shipwreck, from which he narrowly escaped with Life, put a sudden stop to all Remittances from that Gentleman. I had at this time equaled, if not surpassed, the most forward Youths in the School, of whom I saw many advanced before me to the University, not without concern and sorrow, to find that nothing stopped my progress, but the want of means, and that all my hopes were vanished at my disappointment in the fortunes of Mr. Tracy, of whom I never heard more, till I found him, in the Year 1728, in the most deplorable condition that can happen to human nature, deprived of his senses, at Montpelier, where he found no cure but in Death.
Clancy, Michael (1750) The memoirs of Michael Clancy,
M.D. Dublin, MDCCL. [1750]. pp.30-1.
1731 An Historical list, of all horse-matches
run
Subscribers...Worcestershire...Capt.
Tracey
1733 The London Magazine
Capt.
Tracey, son to the late Judge Tracey, promoted to the Post of a lieutenant in
the Foot-Guards.
02 April 1807 Star (London)
On
Saturday, the 28th ult. at St. James's Palace, in the 84th year of her age, the
Hon. Frances Tracey, First Bedchamberwoman to her Magesty, and only furviving
sister of the late Viscount Tracey, of Toddington, in the county of Glousester.
A number of families have in their ancestors histories
references that connect them to the Rathcool Peerage, including Frances Tracy - 1802 Frances
Tracy, the catholic, female owner of the “Freeman’s Journal”. Family from Kildare, Dublin & Wicklow.
Treacy/Tracy family
papers (1813-1853)
Contains: Letter from Elizabeth Treacy to her cousin James, dated Oct. 10, 1853; Lease of twenty acres of land in lower Ballylehane [Killabban, Laois] from Henry Hovenden to William Treacy, 4th September 1813; Revenue exchequer for Treacy/Hovenden (cover only - no date); Revenue exchequer accounts for William Treacy/ John Moore Hovenden, 1827; [Accounts] Thos. Gregory to Wm. Treacy, 1826; Revenue exchequer accounts, William Treacy, plaintiff, John Moore Hovenden, defendant, trinity term, 1827; Common Pleas, copy costs, William Treacy, plaintiff, John Moore Hovenden, defendant, Easter term, 1826; Common Pleas, costs of outlay and findings, Tracey [sic]/Hovenden, Easter term, 1826; Indenture of James Rouget, son of Daniel Rouget, to Elisha Mollet, captain of the brig, Two Brothers, dated 1793; Letter from William Harte of Dublin to James Treacy of New York City, dated Sept 8, 1851; document titled "The Rathcool Peerage"; document relating the extinction of the title of viscount for the Tracy [i.e., Treacy] name; document titled "Baron Sudeley" tracing the Tracy [i.e., Treacy] lineage; will of Anne Treacy, dated 1824.
FHL British Film [1696691 item 2] -
LDS
Catalogue of the
manuscript indexes and compilations of John D’Alton
11. One volume quarto, containing full
notes and contents of sundry Charters, Patents, and Inquestions, from the
Rolls’ Office; with particulars of the Descent and Pedigree of the King,
Malone, and Tracy Families.
53.
Thirty volumes octavo, similar compilations for illustrating, the histories
of families, with the authorities, selected as the last, and for the same
reasons and object; being, in truth, a continuation of the three former, and
as such are they classed and arranged. Vol. 4
contains similar compilations and notices of the families of De Bathe,
Hudson, Johnstone, and Tracy. D’Alton, John
(1845) The History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period to the Year 1245,
when the Annals of Boyle ...Dublin.
|
Guide to the John D’Alton Collection ca. 17th-19th
centuries – Chicago University Library
Series XI: Number 11 Notes and contents of sundry charters, patents and inquisitions from the Rolls Office Box: 7 Folder: 2 n.11 Series XLVII: Number 53 Illustrations of various Pedigrees of Ireland. Syllabus of selected pedigrees, wherein the origin of each of these families, their habitats, the periods when and places where they existed etc., are detailed. Box: 23 Folder: 6 n.53, v.2 |
Sir William Betham's Manuscripts
Pedigrees, rolls on vellum. Not traced
'60/150. Pedigrees of the families of Turner, Mostyn, Trimleston,
Tracy, Talbot of Malahide etc. and papers relating to the claim of the Earl of
Shrewsbury to the Earldom of Waterford. Rolls on vellum with the arms
emblazoned in gold and colours, by Sir Richard Carney, Ulster King of Arms
[1687?]; papers by Sir William Betham, etc.
Ph. 15342.
P. B. Phair. Sir William Betham's Manuscripts. Analecta
Hibernica, No. 27 (1972), pp. 1-99
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Moments in Time Alum employs his unusual skills to repair one of the world’s most valuable watches By Joe Wills ...The watch was commissioned in 1719 by Sir Thomas Tracy, a member of the British House of Lords. The Tracy family were originally high-born nobility in France, known there as “de Tracy.” By the 18th century, they were cousins to kings and queens on both sides of the English Channel. Amid a long line of scholars, soldiers, and scalawags, the best known was William Tracy, one of the four knights who were said to have assassinated Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170. The watch was bequeathed to Sir Thomas Tracy’s second son: a consolation prize, as the eldest son inherited the family fortune. The younger Tracy, watch in hand, left Britain for the New World. Befitting the Tracy pedigree, his American-born son, named Frederick, fought for his newfound land in the Revolutionary War and became a captain in the Continental Army and a member of George Washington’s inner circle. The next known owner of the watch was Frederick Augustus Tracy, perhaps the captain’s grandson. A lieutenant in the Union Army, he fought in many battles of the Civil War. On June 29, 1862, Tracy barely survived the Battle of Savage’s Station in Virginia, where General McClellan’s troops struggled to repulse the Confederates under Robert E. Lee. Worried he would be captured if the tide turned, on July 9 Lt. Tracy gave his most important possessions, including his watch, to an aide, who was instructed to steal back to New York, where Tracy’s father lived. Tracy also gave the aide an impassioned letter about the fighting he had seen, so there would be a written record of the war in the event of his demise. Fortunately, Tracy made it out of Virginia, as did the aide and his precious cargo. Sadly, however, that is where the colorful chronicle of the watch and its owners ended. The next reference was to 1945, when the last Tracy descendant, the elderly woman without children, gave the watch away... Chico Statements, Spring 2007.
http://www.csuchico.edu/pub/cs/spring_07/feature_05.html |
Several views of the rare watch that Paul Niess had the privilege of
repairing. Photos by L. Renée Boyd, Avalon Portraits. |
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update: 08 March 2024