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The Meredyth family (sometimes spelled Meredith) were an Anglo-Irish family descending from Richard Meredith, a Welsh clergyman who went to Ireland in 1584 and became Bishop of Leighlin.

Family tree
Richard
(died 1597)
Bishop of Leighlin
Sir Robert
(died 1668)
Chancellor of the Exchequer		Sir Thomas
(died 1677)
MP for Old Leighlin
Sir William
(died 1665)
1st Baronet, of Greenhills		Sir Charles
(died 1700)
Chancellor of the Exchequer		RobertCharles
(died 1710)
MP for Meath and Kells		Arthur
(1639–1732)
MP for Navan
parentage uncertain
Richard
(1657–1743)
MP for Athy; de jure 2nd Baronet?		Henry
(1675–1715)
MP for Kells and Navan		Thomas
(died 1732)
MP for Wexford, New Ross and Navan		Thomas
(1665–1719)
MP for Navan, Lismore and Midhurst
Robert
(died 1747)
de jure 3rd Baronet?		Paul
(died 1783)
de jure 5th Baronet?		Moore
(died 1789)
de jure 6th Baronet?		Joshua
(died 1787)		Charles
(died 1747)
dean of Ardfert		Thomas
(died 1773)		Henry
(died 1789)
MP for Armagh		Arthur Francis
(1726–1775)
MP for Meath
Richard
(1733–1777)
de jure 4th Baronet?		Sir Barry Colles
(died 1813)
7th Baronet		Sir John
(1740–1799)
1st Baronet, of Carlandstown		Mary
married Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Baronet
Sir Joshua Colles
(1771–1850)
8th Baronet		Sir Edward Newenham
(1776–1865)
9th Baronet		Sir Thomas
(1770–1815)
2nd Baronet		Sir Henry
(1775–1859)
3rd Baronet		Mary Anne
married Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet
Sir Edward Henry John
(1828–1904)
10th Baronet		Sir Henry
(1802–1889)
4th Baronet		William Meredyth Somerville
(1802–1873)
1st Baron Athlumney and Meredyth
Henry William
(died 1878)		James Herbert Gustavus Meredyth Somerville
(1865–1929)
2nd Baron Athlumney and Meredyth
Sir Henry Bayly
(1863–1923}
5th Baronet

References

  1. ^ Sidney Lee ed., Dictionary of National Biography, vol. XXXVII (1894) pp. 270–271.
  2. ^ G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. III (1903) p. 306.
  3. Edith Mary Johnston-Liik, The History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) pp. 243–244.
  4. ^ History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 246–247.
  5. History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 244.
  6. History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 242–243.
  7. History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 244–245.
  8. History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 248.
  9. History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 247.
  10. ^ The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, p. 307.
  11. ^ The Complete Baronetage, vol. V (1906) p. 436.
  12. History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 245–246.
  13. History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 243.
  14. The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, pp. 306–307.
  15. The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, p. 424.
  16. ^ The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, p. 358.
  17. Who Was Who, vol. I, p. 488.
  18. Who Was Who, vol. III, p. 43.
  19. The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, pp. 436–437.
  20. Who Was Who, vol. II, p. 724.
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