Peerage Record – 3905

     Thomas Benett was the son of Thomas Benett and Etheldred Wake.¹ He married Catherine Darrell, daughter of James Darrell.¹ He died in 1797.¹
     He lived at Pyt House, Wiltshire, England.¹

     Anne Frances Joan Stopford was born on 16 November 1919.¹ She was the daughter of Vice-Admiral Hon. Arthur Stopford and Mary Augusta Grace Chester-Master.¹ She married Lt.-Gen. Sir Peter Mervyn Hunt, son of H. V. Hunt, on 24 February 1940.¹ She died on 19 July 1966 at age 46.¹
     Her married name became Hunt.

     Lt.-Gen. Sir Peter Mervyn Hunt was the son of H. V. Hunt.¹ He married, firstly, Anne Frances Joan Stopford, daughter of Vice-Admiral Hon. Arthur Stopford and Mary Augusta Grace Chester-Master, on 24 February 1940.¹ He married, secondly, Susan Davidson after 1966.² He died on 2 October 1988.²
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)³ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)¹

     Martha O’Neale was born circa 1707.¹ She was the daughter of Venerable Benjamin O’Neale and Hannah Paul.¹ She married John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough, son of Edward Stratford and Elizabeth Baisley.² She died on 11 March 1796 at Kildare Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G, after a lingering illness.¹
     Her married name became Stratford.² After her marriage, Martha O’Neale was styled as Baroness of Baltinglass on 21 May 1763. After her marriage, Martha O’Neale was styled as Viscountess Aldborough on 22 July 1776. After her marriage, Martha O’Neale was styled as Countess of Aldborough on 9 February 1777.

     Venerable Benjamin O’Neale held the office of Archdeacon of Leighlin.¹

     Hannah Paul is the daughter of Colonel Joshua Paul.¹

     Alice Butler was the daughter of Edmond Butler, 8th Baron Dunboyne and Catherine Butler.² She married Christopher Barnewall, son of Sir Nicholas Barnewall and Ismay Serjeant.¹ She died in 1501.²
     Her married name became Barnewall.¹

     Edmond Butler, 8th Baron Dunboyne was the son of James Butler, 7th Baron Dunboyne and Mór Marina O’Brien.¹ He married Catherine Butler, daughter of Sir Edmund Butler and Giles O’Carroll.¹ He died in 1498.¹
     He succeeded as the 8th Baron Dunboyne [I., 1324] in 1445.¹ In 1452 he acquired the castle and feudal Barony of Kiltinan from his cousin, Edmond fitz Thomas Butler.¹ In 1453 he entailed Manor of Drangan and other lands on his brothers and cousin.¹ Before 1457 Seneschal liberty of Tipperary.¹ In 1460 he was attainted as part of the feuding arising from the Wars of the Roses.¹ In 1462 he was granted the office of Seneschal liberty of Tipperary as a hereditary post by the 6th Earl of Ormonde.¹ In 1472 his attainder was reversed by Parliament.¹

     Elizabeth Plunkett was the daughter of Sir Thomas Plunkett.¹ She married Edmund Barnewall, son of Christopher Barnewall and Alice Butler.¹
     Her married name became Barnewall.¹