Printed biographies & genealogies:Burke 1847
Burke’s landed gentry 1847
Gumbleton of Castleview
Gumbleton, Richard, Esq. of Castleview, co. Cork; m in 1823, Annie, dau of ___ Fowke, esq. of Tewkesbury, county Gloucester, and had issue,
- Robert-Richard, d. in 1845
- MAXWELL, R.N., b. in 1834
- Margaret
- Mr. Gumbleton s. his father in 1834
Lineage:
The Gumbletons of Ireland are a branch of the Kentish family Gomeldon of Somerfield, the direct line of which failed in an heiress Meliora Gomeldon who m. 1st Thomas Poole esq of Cheshire and 2ndly Thomas Stanley esq of Lancashire, attainted in 1715. The name was written variously Gumbleton or Gomeldon by both the English and Irish houses. An ancestor of the latter, William Gomeldon esq, is mentioned in a bill filed in the Irish court of Chancery against Randal, Marquess of Antrim bearing date 7 Apr 1675. The immediate progenitor of the existing family,
Richard Gumbleton esq son & heir of Richard Gumbleton, Esq. of Ballygarron Co. Waterford served as High-Sheriff of the county of Waterford in 1732. By his wife a dau. of ___ Drew of Bishopstown he left a dau. Anne m. to Robert Daunt esq and a son & successor,
Richard Gumbleton, Esq., of Ballygarron, otherwise Castle Richard, who m. Elizabeth dau of Daniel Conner, Esq, of Bandon, and sister of William Conner, Esq, of Connerville, co. Cork, and had issue,
- Richard of Castle Richard, who m. the dau of Hamilton O'Hara, Esq and left issue:
- Richard Edward of Castle Richard (called by him “Glencairn Abbey”) who dsp. in 1819 having devised his seat beautifully situated on the Blackwater to his Brother-in-law Mr. Bushe.
- Lavinia m. Henry-Amyes Bushe, Esq
- Rebecca m. to Admiral Sir Tristram Ricketts, KCB
- William of Fort William dunm.
- Robert Warren of whom presently
- George of Marston dsp
- Henry of Curriglass House, capt. 13th dragoons, m in 1792, Sarah, dau of the second lord Massy, and had issue (with several daus. of whom Sarah m. the Rev. G. Gumbleton; and Catherine, m. Dr. Nelligan, of Dublin) two sons, viz.,
- Richard of Marston m. Miss Moore and has 1 dau.
- William of Curriglass m. Miss Purcell and had issue.
- Jane m. in 1775 to William Daunt, Esq. of Kilcascan
- Mary m. to Richard Peard, Esq of Coole
- Anne m.to John Rashleigh, Esq, of Ballinadee
- Eliza m. to R. Walton, Esq of Waltoncourt
- Sarah m. to M. Cranmer, Esq of Rathmore
- Catherine dunm.
The third son, Robert-Warren Gumbleton, Esq., of Castleview, m. Margaret, dau. of John Bowen, Esq, of Oakgrove, and had issue,
- Richard, now of Castleview.
- John-Bowen, of Fort William. high-sheriff, in 1845, of the co. of waterford, barrister-at-law, b. in June, 1795, m. 6 Jan 1830 Ann, eldest dau. and coheir of Henry Everard, Esq, of Spalding co. Lincoln, and has issue,
- Robert, b. 2 Apr 1833
- John-Henry, b. 9 Mar 1841
- Henry-Everard, d. young
- Richard, d. in infancy
- Margaret
- Ann
- Meliora
- Frances
- Mary, d. in infancy
- George in Holy orders, of Belgrove, m. 1st his cousin Sarah, dau. of Capt. Henry Gumbleton; and 2ndly Miss Penrose of Woodhill: by the latter of whom he has two sons, William-Edward and George
- Margaret, m. to Capt. Richard-Gumbleton Daunt
- Eliza, m. to Benjamin Hutchins, Esq
- Jane, second wife of Joseph Daunt, Esq of Kilcascan
- Mary-Anne, wife of William Percy, Esq
- Lavinia, m. to Charles Colthurst, Esq of Clonmoyle
- Diana, m. to Richard Garde, Esq
Arms: Or, on a fesse, wavy, gu., three mullets, of the field, on a canton, az., a fleur-de-lis, gold
Crest: A demi-griffin, with wings endorsed, arg., beaked and legged, gu., holding a mullet, or.
Motto: Momento Mori
Seats: Castle View, near Tallow, of Richard Gumbleton, Esq.; Fort William, near Lismore, of JB Gumbleton, Esq.; Belgrove, near Cove, of the Rev. G Gumbleton; Marston, near Tallow, of Richard-Henry Gumbleton, Esq.; and Curriglass House, near Tallow, of Mrs. Gumbleton, widow of William Gumbleton, Esq.
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