Charles Monck, 1st Viscount Monck
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Charles Stanley Monck, 1st Viscount Monck, was born in 1754 and died on 9 June 1802. He was the 1st son of Thomas Monck MP, by his wife Judith Mason, daughter of Robert Mason, of Mason Brook. He gained the title of 1st Viscount Monck
in 1801 as a reward for voting for the Act of Union (1800)
. He had already been created Baron Monck, of Ballytrammon in the County of Wexford
, in 1797, also in the Peerage of Ireland
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and 4 km from Powerscourt Waterfall. The Monck family became owners of the estate in 1705. That was the year Charles Monck (the grandfather of the 1st Viscount) married Angela Hitchcock, an heiress. A fire in 1792 destroyed the original building. The Viscount commissioned the present structure and had it designed by Whitmore Davis. Building was not completed until 1830, the unduly long time occasioned by the 1798 rebellion.
In 1797, the Viscount also built four identical lodges on the estate. He also built a terrace of houses in Upper Merrion Street
, Dublin 2. Number 22 is known as "Monck House" while number 24 is known as Mornington House
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Quoting from a history of north Dublin:
. Following her husband's death, Anne later married (before 1811) Sir John Craven Carden, 1st Baronet as the baronet's fourth wife. Anne dies 20 Dec 1823. The Viscount had issue:
Viscount Monck
Viscount Monck, of Ballytrammon in the County of Wexford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1801 for Charles Monck, 1st Baron Monck. He had already been created Baron Monck, of Ballytrammon in the County of Wexford, in 1797, also in the Peerage of Ireland...
in 1801 as a reward for voting for the Act of Union (1800)
Act of Union 1800
The Acts of Union 1800 describe two complementary Acts, namely:* the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and...
. He had already been created Baron Monck, of Ballytrammon in the County of Wexford
County Wexford
County Wexford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wexford. In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig, whose capital was at Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local...
, in 1797, also in the Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
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Country seat
His country seat was Charleville House which overlooks a water meadow for the River Dargle, enjoying frontage onto the Killough River. The estate is located 3 km from the village of EnniskerryEnniskerry
Enniskerry is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It had a population of 2,672 at the 2006 census.- Location :...
and 4 km from Powerscourt Waterfall. The Monck family became owners of the estate in 1705. That was the year Charles Monck (the grandfather of the 1st Viscount) married Angela Hitchcock, an heiress. A fire in 1792 destroyed the original building. The Viscount commissioned the present structure and had it designed by Whitmore Davis. Building was not completed until 1830, the unduly long time occasioned by the 1798 rebellion.
In 1797, the Viscount also built four identical lodges on the estate. He also built a terrace of houses in Upper Merrion Street
Merrion Street
Merrion Street is a major Georgian street on the southside of Dublin, Ireland which runs along one side of Merrion Square. The garden entrance of Leinster House is located on the street, as is Irish Government Buildings, formerly the Royal College of Science for Ireland...
, Dublin 2. Number 22 is known as "Monck House" while number 24 is known as Mornington House
Mornington House
Mornington House was the Dublin social season Georgian residence of the Earls of Mornington. It is located in Merrion Street, close to Leinster House, then city residence of the Dukes of Leinster and now seat of the Irish parliament, Oireachtas Éireann....
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Ancestors
Henry Monck of Iver, Co. Buckingham, admitted to Inner Temple in November 1579. He married Joan Hitchcock (died 10 October 1601). Their heir was- Charles Monck of St. Stephen’s Green was appointed the Surveyor-General of all customs in IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
in 1627. He married Elizabeth Blenerhassett (died before 15 June 1647), the daughter of Sir John Blenerhassett. They had a daughter Elizabeth and a son,-
- Henry Monck (born before 1626), who married Sarah Stanley on May 1st, 1673. She was the daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Stanley of GrangegormanGrangegormanGrangegorman Development Agency is an agency of the Government of Ireland charged with redevelopment of the Grangegorman Campus, formerly within the curtilage of St. Brendan's Hospital...
. They had seven sons and three daughters. Their eldest son,
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- George Monck of St. Stephen’s Green (died 2 August 1726), married Mary Molesworth (died in 1715), the daughter of Robert, 1st Viscount MolesworthViscount MolesworthViscount Molesworth, of Swords in the County of Dublin, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1716 for Robert Molesworth. He was made Baron Philipstown, of Swords in the County of Dublin, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland...
. They had two daughters and one son. The eldest daughter,
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- Sarah Monck who died in 1739.
- Henry Stanley Monck of St. Stephen’s Green (the only son of George and Mary), who, like his great grandfather, was appointed the Surveyor-General of all customs. He died in 1745 having had two sons by Lady Sarah. His heir,
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- George Paul Monck who married Lady Araminta Beresford, the sixth daughter of Marcus, the Earl of TyroneMarcus Beresford, 1st Earl of TyroneMarcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone , known as Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Baronet until 1720 and subsequently as The Viscount Tyrone until 1746, was an Irish peer, freemason and politician.-Background:...
by whom he had issue.
- George Paul Monck who married Lady Araminta Beresford, the sixth daughter of Marcus, the Earl of Tyrone
- Thomas Monck of St. Stephen’s Green
- Stanley Monck of St. Stephen’s Green
- Elizabeth Monck (baptised 11 June 1684 - died 20 February 1743) who married Joseph Kelly of Kellymount, Co. Kilkenny in June 1707.
- William Monck of the Middle Temple, London, who married Dorothy Bligh, daughter of Thomas Bligh of Rathmore, Co. Meath.
- Rebecca Monck who married John Forster, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (before 6 March 1707).
- Charles Monck of St. Stephen’s Green (who was the second son of Henry by Lady Sarah) (baptised 19 May 1678–1752) was called to the Irish bar. He married Agneta Hitchcock who was the daughter of Major Walter Hitchcock, on 23 October 1705. They had two sons, George and Thomas, as well as a daughter, Anne.
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- George Monck of Charleville, Co. WicklowWicklowWicklow) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. Located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island, it has a population of 10,070 according to the 2006 census. The town is situated to the east of the N11 route between Dublin and Wexford. Wicklow is also connected to the rail...
, and of Grangegorman (died 16 December 1787) who married Lady Ann Isabella Bentinck on 8 November 1739. She was the daughter of Henry, 1st Duke of PortlandHenry Bentinck, 1st Duke of PortlandHenry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland , styled Viscount Woodstock from 1689 until 1709, was a British politician and colonial statesman....
. They had a son William Stanley who died aged 6 years. Their only surviving daughter and heir was
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- Elizabeth (died 1815) who married George, Marquis of WaterfordGeorge Beresford, 1st Marquess of WaterfordGeorge de la Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, KP, PC was an Irish politician, known as George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone from 1763 to 1789....
on 19 April 1769.
- Elizabeth (died 1815) who married George, Marquis of Waterford
- Thomas Monck of Kildare Street, Dublin (died 1772), the second son of Charles. He married Judith Mason (died 14 October 1814), the daughter of Robert Mason of Mason-brook, County GalwayCounty GalwayCounty Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...
on 15 October 1753.
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- Charles Stanley Monck of Charleville, Co. Wicklow and of Grangegorman (died died 9 June 1802) who succeeded his uncle George in his estates. He was created Baron Monck of Ballytrammon, Co. WexfordWexfordWexford is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern corner of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network...
, 23 November 1797, and Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon on December 21st, 1800. - Henry Stanley Monck, Lieutenant 13th Regiment of Foot.
- Anne Isabella, who married, as his third wife, Sir Cornwallis Maude, Viscount HawardenViscount HawardenViscount Hawarden is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1793 for Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Baronet, who had earlier represented Roscommon in the Irish House of Commons. He had succeeded his younger brother as third Baronet of Dundrum. He married Mary, a niece of Ralph Allen, through...
on 3 June 1777. - Rev. Thomas Stanley Monck (born 1762 - died 4 March 1842).
- William Domville Monck (born in 1763 - died August 1840).
- Charles Stanley Monck of Charleville, Co. Wicklow and of Grangegorman (died died 9 June 1802) who succeeded his uncle George in his estates. He was created Baron Monck of Ballytrammon, Co. Wexford
- Anne Monck (died 4 November 1788)(the daughter of Charles and Agneta), who married Henry QuinHenry QuinHenry Quin M.D. was a notable Irish physician in Dublin, Ireland.-Life:He was born in Dublin, the son of Thomas Quin, apothecary and Master of the Guild of St. Luke. He studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1743. He then travelled on the continent for six years, during...
on 22 May 1750. They had issue
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- Anne Quin who married the 1st Viscount, her cousin.
- George Monck of Charleville, Co. Wicklow
- George Monck of St. Stephen’s Green (died 2 August 1726), married Mary Molesworth (died in 1715), the daughter of Robert, 1st Viscount Molesworth
- Henry Monck (born before 1626), who married Sarah Stanley on May 1st, 1673. She was the daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Stanley of Grangegorman
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Quoting from a history of north Dublin:
"The northern end of StonybatterStoneybatterStoneybatter, historically known as Bohernaglogh , is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Northside of the city between the River Liffey, the North Circular Road, Smithfield Market, and Grangegorman. It is located in the Dublin 7 postal district.James Collins' 1913 book, 'Life in Old...
received its present name of Manor Street in 1780 from the Manor of GrangegormanGrangegormanGrangegorman Development Agency is an agency of the Government of Ireland charged with redevelopment of the Grangegorman Campus, formerly within the curtilage of St. Brendan's Hospital...
in which it was situated. The Manor House is now the police barrack in that street. The owner of the Manor in the reign of Charles IICharles II of EnglandCharles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
was Sir Thomas Stanley, from whom the short street called Stanley Street, off North Brunswick Street, is named. His daughter Sarah married in 1663 Henry Monck, grandfather of the first Lord Monck. To this family the estate passed, and their long association with the district is commemorated in such names as Monck Place, Royse Road, from the name of a family intermarried with the Moncks, Rathdown Road and Terrace, from the title of Earl of Rathdowne, enjoyed by one of the Viscounts Monck, and Charleville Road and Terrace and Enniskerry Road, from the name of their residence near Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow."
Marriage and issue
He married in 1784 his cousin Anne Quin (or Quinn), the daughter of Henry Quin MD, of Dublin, by his wife Anne Monck, the first daughter of Charles Monck, of GrangegormanGrangegorman
Grangegorman Development Agency is an agency of the Government of Ireland charged with redevelopment of the Grangegorman Campus, formerly within the curtilage of St. Brendan's Hospital...
. Following her husband's death, Anne later married (before 1811) Sir John Craven Carden, 1st Baronet as the baronet's fourth wife. Anne dies 20 Dec 1823. The Viscount had issue:
- Anne Wilhelmina Monck
- Isabella Monck (died 1830)
- Henry Stanley Monck, 2nd Viscount MonckHenry Stanley Monck, 1st Earl of RathdowneHenry Stanley Monck, 1st Earl of Rathdowne was the son of Charles Stanley Monck, 1st Viscount Monck and Anne Quin. On 28 July 1806 he married Lady Frances Mary Trench, daughter of William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty and Anne Gardiner...
(born 26 Jul 1785, died 20 Sep 1848) - Charles Joseph Kelly Monck, 3rd Viscount Monck (born 12 Jul 1791, died 20 Apr 1849)
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