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Richard Smithwick, High Sheriff of Co. Kilkenny[1]

Male 1804 - 1860  (56 years)


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  • Name Richard Smithwick 
    Suffix High Sheriff of Co. Kilkenny 
    Born 1804 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Nov 1860  Birchfield House, Birchfield, Co. Kilkenny, IE Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I1408  Smithwick Family Tree
    Last Modified 21 May 2016 

    Father John Smithwick,   b. 1763, Kilcreen Cottage, Co. Kilkenny, IE Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1842  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Catherine Butler,   b. 1762, Dangan, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, IE Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1865, Co. Kilkenny, IE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 103 years) 
    Married 7 Oct 1785 
    Family ID F502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Delaney,   b. Durrow, Co. Laois, IE Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1888, Co. Kilkenny, IE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 23 Apr 1844 
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2016 
    Family ID F501  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S183] Genealogical memoirs of the members of Parliament for the county and city of Kilkenny, George Dames Burtchaell, (Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1888 - Kilkenny (Ireland) ), p. 220.
      Richard Smithwick (County 1846-47) of Birchfield was 2nd son of John Smithwick of Kilkenny, who died 1st December 1842, by Catherine his wife, who died 6th May 1865. He was returned without opposition as a Repealer in August 1846 and sat until Parliament was dissolved in July the following year when he did not again offer himself. He was a JP for the County and served as High Sheriff of the City in 1850. He married 23rd April 1844 Margaret, eldest daughter of William Delaney of Durrow, Queen's County, but had no issue by her, who died 27th July 1888 (having re-married 25th January 1864 George Reade of Archer's Grove Treasurer of the County). Mr Smithwick died 20th November 1860 in his 56th year. He had two brothers, Edmund Smithwick of Kilcreen House and Daniel Smithwick of Drakeland. Edmund Smithwick of Kilcreen House was elected an Alderman of Kilkenny in 1843 and was Mayor 1844-1864 and 1865, being the first Mayor of the Reformed Corporation and High Sheriff, 1852. He died 3rd November 1876 having married in 1832 Ellen, daughter of Michael Williams of Clonmel, and by her, who died 26th November 1864, left with two daughters, three sons - (1) John, now of Kilcreen Lodge, JP DL for the County, High Sheriff 1878, High Sheriff of the City 1860 married 2nd October 1861 Nina, 3rd daughter of James Devereux of Wexford and has issue; (2) Edmund, now of Kilcreen House, JP for the City, High Sheriff 1866, married 30th April 1873 Mary Agnes, eldest daughter of Daniel Smithwick of Drakeland and has issue; (3) Daniel O'Connell, died 19th October 1883, having married 26th October, 1869 Louisa Caroline, eldest daughter of Richard Joseph Walmesley of Pilgrim's Hall, Essex, and left issue. Daniel Smithwick of Drakeland, an Alderman of Kilkenny, 1849, High Sheriff, 1855 and Mayor 1857 died 6th July 1869 having married 17th April, 1843 Ellen, eldest daughter of James Morris, and left issue with daughters three sons - (1) John Francis, now of Birchfield MP for the City 1880 86, (2) Daniel, High Sheriff of the City 1873 married 26th August 1880 Frances, 3rd daughter of Pierce Power of Newtown, county Waterford, and sister of Patrick Joseph Power, MP for county Waterford since 1884, (3) Richard died unmarried 13th September, 1883.

    2. [S65] Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920, (Principal Probate Registry, Dublin), citing 00097, 005014885., https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ5Q-FHF.