The Baronetcy of Lisheen, in the County of Tipperary, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 August 1801 for Col. Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald (Uniacke), who had adopted the surname of Judkin in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle John Lapp Judkin, of Cashel

Cashel, County Tipperary

Cashel is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 2936 at the 2006 census. The town gives its name to the ecclesiastical province of Cashel. Additionally, the cathedra of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly was originally in the town prior to the English Reformation....

. The title was a reward for suppressing the United Irish Rebellion of 1798

Irish Rebellion of 1798

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 , also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion , was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against British rule in Ireland...

 as High Sheriff of Tipperary

High Sheriff of Tipperary

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On his death in 1810, in a "criminatory obituary" and in reference to his excessive use of the cat o' nine tails

Cat o' nine tails

The cat o' nine tails, commonly shortened to the cat, is a type of multi-tailed whipping device that originated as an implement for severe physical punishment, notably in the Royal Navy and Army of the United Kingdom, and also as a judicial punishment in Britain and some other...

 at this time, it was said that "The history of his life and loyalty is written in legible characters on the backs of his fellow countrymen."

He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet and then by his grandson the third Baronet. With the death of the fourth Baronet in 1917, the baronetcy became apparently extinct or dormant. The Crown Office Baronetcy Register Official Roll mentions Capel Gerald Judkin-Fitzgerald (1872-1898) and Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald (born 1873) as his heirs. The Roll shows also the latter as the fifth Baronet, but it is doubtful as the entry appears incomplete. The further entry considers the baronetcy extinct or dormant and gives no date of death for Thomas, nor does it say what relationship he was to the fourth Baronet. The Late Linda Gullette Hudson had done considerable genealogical research into this FitzGerald family relationship with the result that it seemed her 1st cousin FitzGerald may in actual fact be the current Heir male of the body but due to unclear circumstances leaving Ireland for the USA (perhaps related to the infamous notoriety of the Baronetcy Creation), their ancestor did not prove Claim to the Title hence it became dormant.

Judkin-Fitzgerald Baronets, of Lisheen (1801)

• Sir Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet (1754–1810) High Sheriff of Tipperary 1798
• Sir John Judkin-Fitzgerald, 2nd Baronet (1787–1860) High Sheriff of Tipperary, Mayor of Cashel
  Cashel
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• Sir Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald, 3rd Baronet (1820–1864)
• Sir Joseph Capel Judkin-Fitzgerald, 4th Baronet (1853–1917)

Heraldic insignia

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