Eland Mossom, Esq. M.P. (c. 1709 – 29 April 1774)[1] was a lawyer, recorder of the City of Kilkenny, and representative in the Parliament of Ireland for the Borough of St Canice in Irishtown. He was the eldest son of Dean of Kilkenny Robert Mossom.[1] He resided at Mount Eland, near Ballyraggett.[2]
Eland Mossom Esq. | |
|---|---|
| Member of parliament for St Canice | |
| In office 1759–1774 | |
| Preceded by | Viscount Moore |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Radcliffe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c.1709 Mount Eland, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Died | 29 April 1774 County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Spouse | Hannah Birch |
| Children | Eland, Rebecca, Margaret, and Elizabeth. |
| Residence | Mount Eland |
The Great Flood of 1763 destroyed Green's Bridge in his borough,[3] rebuilt in 1766 it retains a stone plaque which says "Eland Mossom MP for this Borough 1776".
Career
editEland entered Trinity College in 1724.[4] He was called to the Bar in England by The Honorable Society of the Middle Temple on 4 February 1743 and to the Bar in Ireland on 4 April 1745.[1]
Eland was chosen recorder of the city of Kilkenny in 1750.[1] He served as Member of parliament for the Borough of St Canice in Irishtown from 1759 till his death on 29 April 1774.[1][5]
Background
editThe family of Mossom, Massam, or Masham, was anciently seated in the north parts of England, where they were of good account.[6] The Mossoms of Mount Eland, County Kilkenny, were originally of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.[6][7] The Masham Baronetcy, of High Lever in the County of Essex, was created on 20 December 1621 by James I as a Baronetage of England for William Masham. Courtier Samuel Masham was raised to the peerage in 1711-2, by the title of Baron Masham of Otes, in County Essex. In 1723 he also succeeded as fourth Baronet of High Lever. Around the time of Henry VI of England one branch became seated at Badwell Ash in Suffolk.[6]
The first Mossom to go to Ireland, a native of Lincolnshire, was the Rt Rev. Robert Mossom who became the Bishop of Derry from 1666 to 1679.[8] He was a near relation of Sir Thomas Grlemham.[9] Bishop Mossom had a son Robert Mossom, who became Master in the Court of Chancery, in Ireland, in 1662. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Reresby, and had three children, including Robert (the father of Eland Mossom), Mittley, and Elizabeth.[10][11] He was buried in St. Catherine's Church, Dublin.
Eland's' father the Rt Rev. Robert Mossom (c.1666–8 February 1747) was promoted to the Deanery of Ossory on 25 February 1701. And on 10 April 1730 he was presented by the Crown to the Rectory of Clonenagh.[12] He was a great friend of Dean Swift.[13] On 15 April 1703, he married Rebecca, the daughter and co-heir of Robert Mason, Esq.[14] and had two children Eland Mossom and Thomas Mossom (c1720–1777), of Grange Macombe, County Kilkenny, also a Barrister-at-Law.[15]
Dean Mossom died in 1747 and was buried in his own vault in St. Canice Cathedral, Kilkenny. In accordance with testamentary request from Eland's brother Thomas Mossom, a monument was erected to him and his father in the Cathedral. This was done by Lady Wheeler-Cuffe the executor of his will.[16]
Family
editEland married Hannah Birch, the daughter of John Birch Esq. She was the widow of Charles Heydock, Esq. of Kilcreene, near Kilkenny.[1] They had four children Eland, Rebecca, Margaret, and Elizabeth.[17] Margaret married a Lieutenant Col Birch, of Birchfield, and Elizabeth died unmarried. Eland is buried in the family vault, in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny.[1]
Eland's son, Colonel Eland Mossom M.P. (c.1749), was a magistrate for the County Kilkenny, and was elected in 1777 to serve in parliament for Kilkenny City,[5][18] he served in the 4th Regiment of Dragoons and was colonel of the Kilkenny Rangers.[1] He first married Hannah-Maria, the daughter of Sir William Barker, 3rd Baronet of the Barker baronets of Bocking Hall[4][19] and later then married Jane Hewetson, daughter and heir of Christopher Hewetson, Esq., of Thomastown, (grandson of Col. Christopher Hewetson), by Sarah, sister (or daughter) of Col. John Flood, of Flood Hall, County Kilkenny.[4]
Rebecca Mossom, his eldest daughter Rebecca married Sir Richard Wheeler-Cuffe of Lyrath, on 10 December 1768.[4] Rebecca was a grandmother of the Sir Charles Frederick Wheeler-Cuffe captain of the 66th Regiment.[1] Rebecca's son Sir Jonah D. Wheeler Cuffe, Bart., Baronet of Leyrath, married the daughter of Browne, Esq, and granddaughter of Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i (Graves 1857, p. 331, p.331)
- ^ (Burke 1838)
- ^ (NIAH, Green's Bridge Reg. No. 12004007.) NIAH, National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Building Survey, Ireland: Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service, archived from the original on 6 June 2016, retrieved 12 July 2016
- ^ a b c d e (Burke 1832, p. 307, p.307)
- ^ a b "Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ a b c (Burke 1853, pp. 64–66)
- ^ The name was derived from Massham, a village near Richmond, in the Western Riding of Yorkshire. (vide Regist. Honoris dc Richmond., Edit. S. Gale, p. 15, 21, 23, &c.)
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 345. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Thomas Grlemham celebrated general of Charles I, who was Governor of York. Carlisle, and Oxford, and uncle to the Marquess of Dorchester, the son of the Good Earl of Kingston.
- ^ Mittley (c.1672) was educated at Westminster School, London, and entered Trinity College, Dublin on 10 May 1692.
- ^ Elizabeth, married Win. Wybrants, Esq., of Dublin.
- ^ He was an alias Montrath, dio. Leighlin.
- ^ he Very Rev. Robert Mossom (c.1666) entered Trinity College, Dublin, 29 June 1682; Robert was elected Fellow of Trinity 23 May 1692 and co opted Senior Fellow on 4 July 1696.
- ^ Rebecca was co-heir of Robert Mason by Barbara, daughter and co-heir of Richard Gustard, Esq.
- ^ Thomas Mossom (c1720–15 August 1777), of Grange Macombe, in County Kilkenny was a barrister-at-Law. He married Miss Ouseley, sister to Mrs. Warren, of Lowhill House, county Kilkenny; his only child, Maria, married R. Meekins, Esq.
- ^ He was buried in the Cathedral of St. Canice, Kilkenny, where, in accordance with his testamentary request, a monument was erected to him and his father by Lady Wheeler Cuffe, his executor, and guardian of his only child, Maria.
- ^ (Burke 1853, Bernard Burke)
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik (1 January 2007). History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800: Commons, Constituencies and Statutes. Ulster Historical Foundation. pp. 302, 326–237. ISBN 978-1-903688-71-7.
- ^ William Betham (1805). The Baronetage of England, Or the History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families: With Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Armorial Bearings. Miller. pp. 12–.
Further reading
edit- Burke, John (1832). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. 1. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley. p. 307..
- Burke, John (1838). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England. London: scott webster and Geary..
- Burke, Bernard (1853). A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain. Vol. 2. London: Colburn.
- Graves, James (1857), The history, architecture and antiquities of the cathedral church of st. Canice, Kilkenny, by J. Graves and J.G.A. Prim, Kilkenny: Hodges, Smith, & Company, p. 331.