The Baronetcy of Lisheen, County 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 Judge John Lapp Judkin, of Cashel. The title was a reward for suppressing the United Irish Rebellion of 1798 in Co Tipperary as High Sheriff of Tipperary.[1]

On his death in 1810, in a "criminatory obituary" and in reference to his excessive use of the cat o' nine tails 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."[2]

He was succeeded by his son John, the second Baronet.[3][4] John was Mayor of Cashel, and High Sheriff of Tipperary in 1819; the third Baronet Thomas was also a magistrate, and a Deputy Lieutenant for the County Tipperary.[5][6] With the death of the fourth Baronet in 1917, the baronetcy became apparently extinct or dormant.

Judkin-Fitzgerald baronets, of Lisheen (1801)

Heraldic insignia

Sir John Judkin-Fitzgerald, 2nd Bt

Coat of arms

The crest represents a chevalier in complete armour, on horseback, at full speed, with his sword drawn, and his beaver up.
  • Seat: The Seat of baronets was Lisheen.
  • Motto: unknown - see also Uniacke Unicus est & faithful and brave Fitzgerald Black & Green Knights of Glyn or Glin & Kerry Shanit a boo[11]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Judkin-Fitzgerald, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ Fitzpatrick, William John (1866). "The sham squire;" and the informers of 1798: with a view of their contemporaries ; to which are added, in the form of an appendix, jottings about Ireland seventy years ago (3 ed.). W.B. Kelly. p. 219. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. ^ The baronetage of England By John Debrett (1839) p294
  4. ^ The baronetage of England. revised, corrected and continued by G. W. Collen By John Debrett (1840) p203
  5. ^ The Peerage and Baronetage By Edmund Lodge (1861)
  6. ^ THE FITZGERALD SUICIDE—EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT THE BURIAL.
  7. ^ Power, Thomas P. "Fitzgerald, Sir Thomas Judkin-, first baronet (1754–1810)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15157. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ a b c Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 225.
  9. ^ "Site Fact Sheet: Golden Hills". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  10. ^ "The Irish Times"; Page 3; published Monday, 2 May 1864 "DEATH OF SIR THOMAS J FITZGERALD, BART"
  11. ^ The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time p.354 By Bernard Burke Published by Harrison & sons, 1864 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized 4 June 2008 1185 pages

Further reading

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Preceded byHardinge baronets Judkin-Fitzgerald baronets of Lisheen 5 August 1801 Succeeded byGoold baronets
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