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Richard St Lawrence, 7th Baron Howth

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and his wife Anne Bermingham. He succeeded to the title in 1549 on the death of his brother Edward, 6th Baron Howth, who had married Alison FitzLyon, daughter of James FitzLyon, but had outlived his only son. Richard married Lady Catherine FitzGerald, daughter of
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Whereas his elder brother Edward is said to have left no mark on the history of his time, Richard was a political figure of considerable importance. He had some legal training, having entered
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He is chiefly remembered as a soldier, and he played a leading role in all the military expeditions of his time. His most famous campaign was against the
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in an engagement in 1553, and saw further action in 1555. In 1556 Sussex sent him on another expedition against the Scots, whom he defeated at
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in the autumn of 1558, and was succeeded in the title by his brother
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Index

Anglo-Irish
nobleman
military commander
Tudor era
Christopher St Lawrence, 5th Baron Howth
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
Elizabeth Grey
Viscount Gormanston
Lincoln's Inn
justice of the peace
Meath
Dublin
oyer and terminer
subsidies
English Crown
Deputies
Edward Bellingham
James Croft
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
Scots
Lecale
County Down
Shane O'Neill
Glenarm
County Antrim
Lord Deputy of Ireland
the Pale
Drogheda
Christopher, 8th Baron Howth

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