Baron Darcy of Navan, in the County of Meath, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland

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. It was created on 13 September 1721 for James Darcy, previously Member of Parliament

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 for Richmond, Yorkshire

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, with remainder to the heirs male of his daughter, the Honourable Mary Darcy. He was the son of James Darcy, younger son of Conyers Darcy, 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth

Conyers Darcy, 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth

Conyers Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Meinhill, 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 4th Baron Conyers was a British aristocrat and father of the 1st Earl of Holderness.-Personal life:...

 (see Baron Darcy de Knayth

Baron Darcy de Knayth

Baron Darcy de Knayth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1332 for John Darcy. At the death of the sixth baron, the barony fell into abeyance, which the Sovereign terminated in 1641 in favour of Conyers Darcy. The next baron, also named Conyers, was granted the title of Earl of...

 for earlier history of the family). He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his grandson, James, the second Baron. He was the son of the Honourable Mary by her husband William Jessop. Born James Jessop, the second Baron assumed the surname of Darcy in lieu of his patronymic. He never married and the title became extinct on his early death in 1733.

Barons Darcy of Navan (1721)

• James Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Navan (1650–1731)
• James Darcy, 2nd Baron Darcy of Navan (1707–1733)