Peerage Record – 25436

     Richard Southwell was the son of Sir Thomas Southwell, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Starkey.² He married Lady Elizabeth O’Brien, daughter of Morrogh O’Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin and Elizabeth St. Leger.² He died before February 1679/80.²
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Askeaton, County Limerick [Ireland] between 1661 and 1666.² He lived at Callow, County Galway, Ireland^G.²

     Thomas Southwell, 2nd Baron Southwell of Castle Mattress was born on 7 January 1698.¹ He was the son of Thomas Southwell, 1st Baron Southwell of Castle Mattress and Lady Meliora Coningsby.¹ He married Mary Coke, daughter of Rt. Hon. Thomas Coke and Lady Mary Stanhope, in March 1719.¹ He died on 19 November 1766 at age 68.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Leitrim Ireland] Between 1717 and 1720.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Southwell of Castle Mattress, co. Limerick [I., 1717] on 4 August 1720.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Southwell, of Castle Mattress, co. Limerick [I., 1662] on 4 August 1720.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in 1726.¹ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) in 1734.¹ He held the office of Governor of Limerick before 1762.¹

     Thomas Southwell, 1st Baron Southwell of Castle Mattress was born circa 1665.¹ He was born at Castle Martin, County Limerick, Ireland^G.^3,4 He was the son of Richard Southwell and Lady Elizabeth O’Brien.¹ He married Lady Meliora Coningsby, daughter of Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl of Coningsby and Barbara Georges, on 8 August 1695 at Hope Under Dinmore, Herefordshire, England^G.^5,4 He died on 4 August 1720.¹
     He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Southwell, of Castle Mattress, co. Limerick [I., 1662] from 7 December 1680 to 1681.¹ He was created 1st Baron Southwell of Castle Mattress, co. Limerick [Ireland] on 4 September 1717.¹

     Anne Tower Moir was the daughter of George Moir.¹ She married Ponsonby William Moore, 9th Earl of Drogheda, son of Ponsonby Arthur Moore and Augusta Sophia Gardner, on 16 October 1879.¹ She died on 21 February 1924.¹
     From 16 October 1879, her married name became Moore.¹ After her marriage, Anne Tower Moir was styled as Countess of Drogheda on 29 June 1892.

     George Moir held the office of Sheriff of Stirling.¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.)¹

     Lady Beatrice Minnie Ponsonby Moore was the daughter of Ponsonby William Moore, 9th Earl of Drogheda and Anne Tower Moir.¹ She married, firstly, Captain Struan Robertson Kerr-Clark on 15 July 1909.¹ She married, secondly, James Fitzalan Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour, son of James Robert Hope-Scott and Lady Victoria Alexandrina Fitzalan-Howard, on 15 September 1941.¹ She died on 25 May 1966.¹
     From 15 July 1909, her married name became Kerr-Clark.¹ After her marriage, Lady Beatrice Minnie Ponsonby Moore was styled as Baroness Rankeillour on 15 September 1941. From 15 September 1941, her married name became Hope.¹

     Captain Struan Robertson Kerr-Clark married Lady Beatrice Minnie Ponsonby Moore, daughter of Ponsonby William Moore, 9th Earl of Drogheda and Anne Tower Moir, on 15 July 1909.¹ He died on 25 September 1915, killed in action.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹

     Henry Charles Ponsonby Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda was born on 21 April 1884.¹ He was the son of Ponsonby William Moore, 9th Earl of Drogheda and Anne Tower Moir.¹ He married, firstly, Kathleen Pelham-Burn, daughter of Charles Maitland Pelham-Burn and Isabella Romanes Russel, on 3 March 1909.¹ He and Kathleen Pelham-Burn were divorced in 1922.¹ He married, secondly, Olive Mary Meatyard, daughter of George Meatyard, on 22 June 1922.¹ He died on 22 November 1957 at age 73.¹
     He was Clerk with the Foreign Office between 1907 and 1917.¹ He succeeded as the 10th Earl of Drogheda [I., 1661] on 28 October 1908.¹ He succeeded as the 12th Viscount Moore of Drogheda [I., 1622] on 28 October 1908.¹ He succeeded as the 12th Baron Moore of Mellefont, co. Louth [I., 1616] on 28 October 1908.¹ He held the office of Representative Peer [Ireland] between 1913 and 1957.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Irish Guards.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1919.¹ He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1935 entitled to practise as a barrister.¹ He was Director-General of the Ministry of Economic Warfare between 1942 and 1945.¹ He was awarded the Grand Officer, Order of Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 1945.¹ He held the office of Speaker of the House of Lords between 1946 and 1957.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in 1951.¹

     Kathleen Pelham-Burn was the daughter of Charles Maitland Pelham-Burn and Isabella Romanes Russel.^1,3 She married Henry Charles Ponsonby Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda, son of Ponsonby William Moore, 9th Earl of Drogheda and Anne Tower Moir, on 3 March 1909.¹ She and Henry Charles Ponsonby Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda were divorced in 1922.¹ She died on 18 March 1966.¹
     She succeeded as the Countess of Drogheda on 3 March 1909. From 3 March 1909, her married name became Moore.¹ She was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1919.¹

     James Crichton of Ruthven was the son of Sir Stephen Crichton of Cairns.¹ He married Agnes Hepburn.² He died circa 1495.²
     He held the office of Provost of Edinburgh.² In 1452 he had a Crown charter of the lands of Ruthven, which his descendants possessed until 1742.¹