Peerage Record – 30962

     Laurence Esmonde is the son of Walter Esmonde and Margaret Furlong.²

     James Esmonde is the son of Walter Esmonde and Margaret Furlong.²
     He had a daughter.¹

     Patrick Esmonde is the son of Walter Esmonde and Margaret Furlong.² He married Katherine Gough, daughter of Sir Edward Gough and Ellice Butler.¹
     He also had six daughters.¹ He held the office of Sheriff of Carlow in 1627.¹

     Sir Edward Gough married Ellice Butler, daughter of Walter Butler.¹

     Katherine Gough is the daughter of Sir Edward Gough and Ellice Butler.^2,1 She married Patrick Esmonde, son of Walter Esmonde and Margaret Furlong.¹
     Her married name became Esmonde.¹

     Laurence Esmond, 1st and last Lord Esmond, Baron of Lymbrick was the son of Patrick Esmonde and Katherine Gough.² He married, firstly, unknown O’Flaherty.¹ He married, secondly, Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Hon. Walter Butler and Anne MacBrien, before December 1628.¹ He died on 26 May 1645.¹
     He was Vice-Constable of Blackwater River in 1594.¹ In 1601/2 he served in Connaught and commanded a troop of 150 foot and horse in Queen Elizabeth’s service.¹ He was appointed Knight in 1603.¹ He held the office of Constable of Fort Duncannon, County Wexford from 1604 to 1605.¹ He held the office of Sheriff of County Waterford in 1607.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Wicklow between 1613 and 1615.¹ He gained the rank of Major-Geenral in 1622 in the King James I’s forces in Ireland.¹ He was created 1st Lord Esmond, Baron of Lymbrick, co. Wexford [Ireland] on 20 May 1622.¹ He fought in the English Civil War in 1644, with the Parliamentarians, handing over Duncannon but subsequently being besieged there by forces representing the Confederacy of Kilkenny, to whom he surrendered in March 1644/5.¹

     Elizabeth Butler was the daughter of Hon. Walter Butler and Anne MacBrien.¹ She married, firstly, John Shirlock.¹ She married, secondly, Sir Edward Gough.¹ She married, thirdly, Laurence Esmond, 1st and last Lord Esmond, Baron of Lymbrick, son of Patrick Esmonde and Katherine Gough, before December 1628.¹ She died on 16 January 1644/45.¹
     Her married name became Gough.¹ Her married name became Shirlock.¹ From before December 1628, her married name became Esmond.¹

     Hon. Walter Butler is the son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormonde and Lady Joan FitzGerald.² He married Anne MacBrien, daughter of Turlough MacBrien.¹ He died in 1560.¹
     He lived at Ballynodagh, Ireland.¹ He was ancestor of the Butlers of Nodstown.¹

     John Shirlock married Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Hon. Walter Butler and Anne MacBrien.¹

     Sir Edward Gough married Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Hon. Walter Butler and Anne MacBrien.¹