Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down

Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down is in Baron Ireland.

On 20th September 1758 William Annesley 1st Viscount Glerawly [aged 48] was created 1st Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

On 2nd September 1770 William Annesley 1st Viscount Glerawly [aged 60] died. His son Francis [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 2nd Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

On 19th December 1802 Francis Charles Annesley 1st Earl Annesley [aged 62] died without legitimate issue. His brother Richard [aged 57] succeeded 2nd Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down, 3rd Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 3rd Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

On 9th November 1824 Richard Annesley 2nd Earl Annesley [aged 79] died at Clontarf. His son William [aged 52] succeeded 3rd Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down, 4th Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 4th Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

On 25th August 1838 William Richard Annesley 3rd Earl Annesley [aged 66] died. His son William [aged 8] succeeded 4th Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down, 5th Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 5th Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

On 10th August 1874 William Richard Annesley 4th Earl Annesley [aged 44] died unmarried. His brother Hugh [aged 43] succeeded 5th Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down, 6th Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 6th Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

On 15th December 1908 Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Annesley 5th Earl Annesley [aged 77] died. His son Francis [aged 24] succeeded 6th Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down, 7th Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 7th Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

On 6th November 1914 Francis Annesley 6th Earl Annesley [aged 30] was died in a plane crash. He left Eastchurch, England, in a Bristol T.B.8 biplane, serial 1220, flown by Flight Lieutenant C.F. Beevor, R.N.A.S., bound for France / Flanders. They were never seen again. Two German prisoners had been interrogated and it was established that the two aviators had been shot down when a German shell had hit the petrol tank of their aircraft and it had fallen in flames near Diksmuide. His first cousin Walter [aged 53] succeeded 7th Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down, 8th Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 8th Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

On 7th July 1934 Walter Annesley 7th Earl Annesley [aged 73] died. His son Beresford [aged 40] succeeded 8th Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down, 9th Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 9th Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses

Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.

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On 29th June 1957 Beresford Annesley 8th Earl Annesley [aged 63] died. His third cousin once removed Robert [aged 57] succeeded 9th Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down, 10th Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 10th Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

On 21st February 1979 Robert Annesley 9th Earl Annesley [aged 79] died. His son Patrick [aged 54] succeeded 10th Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down, 11th Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 11th Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

On 2nd February 2001 Patrick Annesley 10th Earl Annesley [aged 76] died. His brother Philip [aged 73] succeeded 11th Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down, 12th Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 12th Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.

On 11th March 2011 Philip Annesley 11th Earl Annesley [aged 83] died. His brother Michael [aged 77] succeeded 12th Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down, 13th Viscount Glerawly of County Fermanagh, 13th Baron Annesley of Castle Wellan in County Down.