Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down

Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down is in Earl Ireland.

On 17th August 1789 Francis Charles Annesley 1st Earl Annesley [aged 48] was created 1st Earl Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down with special remainder to his brother Richard Annesley 2nd Earl Annesley [aged 44].

On 15th July 1828 William Richard Annesley 3rd Earl Annesley [aged 55] and Priscilla Cecilia Moore Countess Annesley [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down. The difference in their ages was 36 years. He the son of Richard Annesley 2nd Earl Annesley.

On 4th July 1877 Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Annesley 5th Earl Annesley [aged 46] and Mabel Markham Countess Annesley [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of William Richard Annesley 3rd Earl Annesley and Priscilla Cecilia Moore Countess Annesley [aged 68].

On 2nd July 1892 Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Annesley 5th Earl Annesley [aged 61] and Priscilla Cecilia Moore Countess Annesley were married at St Marylebone Church. She by marriage Countess Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down. He the son of William Richard Annesley 3rd Earl Annesley and Priscilla Cecilia Moore Countess Annesley. They were first cousins.

On 14th February 1909 Francis Annesley 6th Earl Annesley [aged 24] and Evelyn Hester Mundy Countess Annesley were married. She by marriage Countess Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down. He the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Annesley 5th Earl Annesley and Mabel Markham Countess Annesley.

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.