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Thomas Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Ardglass

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Tenure
  
1653-1668

Died
  
April 11, 1682

Name
  
Thomas 3rd


Nationality
  
English

Known for
  
English nobleman

Education
  
Christ Church, Oxford

Resting place
  
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 53°20′22″N 6°16′17″W / 53.339444°N 6.271389°W / 53.339444; -6.271389

Other titles
  
3rd Viscount Lecale 6th Baron Cromwell

Spouse(s)
  
Honora Boyle Mary O'Brien

Role
  
Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass' son

Parents
  
Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass

Successor
  
Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass

Grandparents
  
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass

Great-grandparents
  
Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Ardglass (29 November 1653 – 11 April 1682), was an English nobleman, the only son of Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass of Ilam, Staffordshire and Mary Russell. He held the subsidiary titles of 3rd Viscount Lecale and 6th Baron Cromwell of Oakham.

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Life

He succeeded to the titles of 6th Baron Cromwell of Oakham, in the Peerage of England (1540), 3rd Viscount Lecale, in Ulster, in the Peerage of Ireland (1624) and 3rd Earl of Ardglass, in the Peerage of Ireland (1645) on 3 October 1668. On 29 of the same month and year he matriculated at Christ Church, University of Oxford.

Marriages

He married firstly,

  • Honora Boyle (d. c. November 1710, buried 14 November 1710 St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, sister and co-heiress of Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington, daughter of The Most Rev. Michael Boyle, DD, Archbishop of Armagh and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, without issue.
  • He married secondly,

  • Mary O'Brien, without issue.
  • Death

    Thomas Cromwell died 11 April 1682 and was buried at Ilam, Staffordshire. He was succeeded by his uncle Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass. His widow Mary, married secondly, before 1687, Francis Cuffe (12 September 1656 - 26 December 1694), Member of Parliament for County Mayo in the Parliament of Ireland, son of Sir James Cuffe of Ballinrobe, County Mayo, and had issue, and married thirdly, c. 1700, as his first wife Captain Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet, of Garahill, County Carlow (14 September 1668 - 14 April 1727), without issue. She died 14 April 1727 and was buried at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

    References

    Thomas Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Ardglass Wikipedia