Maternal Family Tree: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork 1585-1629
Before 1668 [his father] Callaghan MacCarty 3rd Earl Clancarty and [his mother] Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Countess Clancarty. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare and [his grandmother] Joan Boyle Countess Kildare. He the son of Donough MacCarty 1st Earl Clancarty and Ellen Butler Countess Clancarty. They were third cousin three times removed.
In 1668 Donough MacCarty 4th Earl Clancarty was born to Callaghan MacCarty 3rd Earl Clancarty and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty [aged 26] at Blarney, County Cork.
On 21st November 1676 [his father] Callaghan MacCarty 3rd Earl Clancarty died. His son Donough [aged 8] succeeded 4th Earl Clancarty.
In 1680 [his step-father] William Davys [aged 47] and [his mother] Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty [aged 38] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare and [his grandmother] Joan Boyle Countess Kildare.
In 1684 Donough MacCarty 4th Earl Clancarty [aged 16] and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Countess Clancarty. She the daughter of Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland [aged 42] and Anne Digby Countess Sunderland [aged 38]. He the son of Callaghan MacCarty 3rd Earl Clancarty and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty [aged 42]. They were fifth cousin once removed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18th August 1688. The house, or rather palace, at Althorpe [Map], is a noble uniform pile in form of a half H, built of brick and freestone, balustered and à la moderne; the hall is well, the staircase excellent; the rooms of state, galleries, offices and furniture, such as may become a great prince. It is situated in the midst of a garden, exquisitely planted and kept, and all this in a park walled in with hewn stone, planted with rows and walks of trees, canals and fish ponds, and stored with game. And, what is above all this, governed by a [his mother-in-law] lady [aged 42], who without any show of solicitude, keeps everything in such admirable order, both within and without, from the garret to the cellar, that I do not believe there is any in this nation, or in any other, that exceeds her in such exact order, without ostentation, but substantially great and noble. The meanest servant is lodged so neat and cleanly; the service at the several tables, the good order and decency-in a word, the entire economy is perfectly becoming a wise and noble person. She is one who for her distinguished esteem of me from a long and worthy friendship, I must ever honor and celebrate. I wish from my soul the [his father-in-law] Lord [aged 46], her husband (whose parts and abilities are otherwise conspicuous), was as worthy of her, as by a fatal apostasy and court-ambition he has made himself unworthy! This is what she deplores, and it renders her as much affliction as a lady of great soul and much prudence is capable of. The Countess of Bristol [aged 68], her mother, a grave and honorable lady, has the comfort of seeing her daughter and grandchildren under the same economy, especially [his brother-in-law] Mr. Charles Spencer [aged 13], a youth of extraordinary hopes, very learned for his age, and ingenious, and under a Governor of great worth. Happy were it, could as much be said of the elder brother, the Lord Spencer, who, rambling about the world, dishonors both his name and his family, adding sorrow to sorrow to a mother, who has taken all imaginable care of his education. There is a daughter [aged 17] very young married to the Earl of Clancarty [aged 20], who has a great and fair estate in Ireland, but who yet gives no great presage of worth,-so universally contaminated is the youth of this corrupt and abandoned age! But this is again recompensed by my Lord Arran [aged 30], a sober and worthy gentleman, who has espoused the Lady Ann Spencer [aged 21], a young lady of admirable accomplishments and virtue.
John Evelyn's Diary. 3rd November 1690. Went to the [his mother] Countess of Clancarty [aged 48], to condole with her concerning her debauched and dissolute son [aged 22], who had done so much mischief in Ireland, now taken and brought prisoner to the Tower [Map].
On 1st July 1694 [his uncle] Justin McCarthy 1st Viscount Mountcashel [aged 51] died at Barèges where he had gone to take the waters for his health; he was buried there. His estates were inherited by his niece [his sister] Catherine MacCarty Viscountess Mount Cashel
In February 1695 [his brother-in-law] Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland [aged 19] and Arabella Cavendish [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 64]. He the son of [his father-in-law] Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland [aged 53] and [his mother-in-law] Anne Digby Countess Sunderland [aged 49].
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Around 1698 [his mother] Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty [aged 56] died.
In 1698 [his son] Robert MacCarty was born to Donough MacCarty 4th Earl Clancarty [aged 30] and [his wife] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty [aged 27].
Before 2nd December 1700 [his brother-in-law] Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland [aged 25] and Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough [aged 50] and Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough [aged 40]. He the son of [his father-in-law] Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland [aged 59] and [his mother-in-law] Anne Digby Countess Sunderland [aged 54].
On 28th September 1702 [his father-in-law] Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland [aged 61] died at Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles [aged 27] succeeded 3rd Earl of Sunderland, 5th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland [aged 19] by marriage Countess of Sunderland.
In 1704 [his wife] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty [aged 33] died.
In or before 1710 [his brother-in-law] Paul Davys 1st Viscount Mount Cashell [aged 39] and [his sister] Catherine MacCarty Viscountess Mount Cashel were married. She by marriage Viscountess Mount Cashell of the City of Cashell. The previous creation of Viscount Mount Cashel had been for his wife Catherine's uncle Justin McCarthy 1st Viscount Mountcashel. She the daughter of Callaghan MacCarty 3rd Earl Clancarty and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty.
On 25th May 1721 [his son-in-law] John West 1st Earl De La Warr [aged 28] and Charlotte MacCarty Baroness De La Warr were married. She the daughter of Donough MacCarty 4th Earl Clancarty [aged 53] and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 1st October 1734 Donough MacCarty 4th Earl Clancarty [aged 66] died at Hamburg.
[his daughter] Charlotte MacCarty Baroness De La Warr was born to Donough MacCarty 4th Earl Clancarty and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty. She married 25th May 1721 her fifth cousin once removed John West 1st Earl De La Warr, son of John West 6th Baron De La Warr, and had issue.
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Grandfather: Donough MacCarty 1st Earl Clancarty
father: Callaghan MacCarty 3rd Earl Clancarty 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 9th Earl Ormonde 2nd Earl Ossory 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Butler 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory 
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Butler 11th Earl Ormonde 4th Earl Ossory 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Burke 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Walsingham Countess Essex 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Butler Viscount Thurles 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Butler 1st Viscount Mountgarret 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Butler Viscountess Mountgarret 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helen Butler Countess Ormonde and Ossory 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Barnaby Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Ossory
Great x 3 Grandmother: Grizzel Fitzpatrick Viscountess Mountgarret
Grandmother: Ellen Butler Countess Clancarty 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Berkeley 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Poyntz 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Verney 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Verney 12 x Great Granddaughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Braye 
11 x Great Granddaughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Poyntz 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sydenham III 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Syndeham 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sydenham 11 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Donough MacCarty 4th Earl Clancarty 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl of Kildare 10 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerald Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare 11 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare 12 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Fitzeustace 1st Baron Portlester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Fitzeustace Countess Kildare
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Fitzgerald 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Countess Kildare 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
mother: Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork 
Grandmother: Joan Boyle Countess Kildare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Fenton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fenton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork