On 30th October 1735 Nicholas Lawless 1st Baron Cloncurry was born.
In 1761 Nicholas Lawless 1st Baron Cloncurry [aged 25] and Margaret Browne Baroness Cloncurry [aged 25] were married.
On 21st January 1769 [his daughter] Charlotta Louisa Lawless was born to Nicholas Lawless 1st Baron Cloncurry [aged 33] and [his wife] Margaret Browne Baroness Cloncurry [aged 33]. She married 20th June 1803 Edward Wadding Plunkett 14th Baron Dunsany, son of Randall Plunkett 13th Baron Dunsany, and had issue.
On 19th August 1773 [his son] Valentine Lawless 2nd Baron Cloncurry was born to Nicholas Lawless 1st Baron Cloncurry [aged 37] and [his wife] Margaret Browne Baroness Cloncurry [aged 37] at Merrion Square, Dublin in Dublin. He married 1803 Elizabeth Georgiana Morgan.
In 1776 Nicholas Lawless 1st Baron Cloncurry [aged 40] was elected MP Lifford which seat he held until 1789.
In 1776 Nicholas Lawless 1st Baron Cloncurry [aged 40] was created 1st Baronet Lawless of Abington in Limerick. [his wife] Margaret Browne Baroness Cloncurry [aged 40] by marriage Lady Lawless of Abington in Limerick.
The London Gazette 13131. Dublin Castle, September 9, 1789.
His Majesty's Royal Letters have been received, granting the Dignity of a Baron of this Kingdom to the following Gentlemen, and the respective Heirs Male of their Bodies lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles and Titles undermentioned; and Letters Patent are preparing to be passed under the Great Seal of this Kingdom accordingly, viz.
The Right Honourable Hugh Carleton [aged 49], Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, was Baron Carleton, of Anner, in the County of Tipperary.
The Right Honourable William Eden [aged 44] Baron Auckland.
The Right Honourable Luke Gardiner, Baron Mountjoy, of Mountjoy, in the County of Tyrone.
The Right Honourable Robert Stewart, Baron Londonderry.
Sir John Browne, Baronet, Baron Kilmaine, of the Neale, in the County of Mayo.
Sir Nicholas Lawlese [aged 53], Baronet, Baron of Cloncurry, in the County of Kildare. Note. [his wife] Margaret Browne Baroness Cloncurry [aged 53] by marriage Baroness Cloncurry of Cloncurry in Limerick.
Henry Gore, Esq; Baron Annaly, of Tenelick, in the County of Longford.
Sir Sampson Eardley, Baronet, Baron Eardley, of Spalding.
In 1795 [his wife] Margaret Browne Baroness Cloncurry [aged 59] died.
Before 28th August 1799 Nicholas Lawless 1st Baron Cloncurry [aged 63] commissioned the building of Maretimo House and Lyons House.
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On 28th August 1799 Nicholas Lawless 1st Baron Cloncurry [aged 63] died. His son Valentine [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Baron Cloncurry of Cloncurry in Limerick, 2nd Baronet Lawless of Abington in Limerick.
[his daughter] Valentina Alicia Lawless was born to Nicholas Lawless 1st Baron Cloncurry and Margaret Browne Baroness Cloncurry. She married before 1808 Francis Nathaniel Burton, son of Francis Burton aka Conyngham 2nd Baron Conyngham and Elizabeth Clements.