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     Hon. Hugh Howard was born in 1761. He was the son of Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow and Alice Forward.¹ He married Catherine Bligh, daughter of Very Rev. Robert Bligh and Frances Winthrop, on 20 December 1792.² He died on 3 November 1840.²

     Catherine Bligh was the daughter of Very Rev. Robert Bligh and Frances Winthrop.^1,2 She married Hon. Hugh Howard, son of Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow and Alice Forward, on 20 December 1792.²
     From 20 December 1792, her married name became Howard.²

     Very Rev. Robert Bligh is the son of Rt. Hon. Thomas Bligh and Elizabeth Naper.¹ He married, firstly, Catherine Elliot in July 1742.¹ He married, secondly, Frances Winthrop, daughter of Stephen Winthrop, on 24 March 1757.¹
     Very Rev. Robert Bligh held the office of Dean of Elphin.²

     Alice Forward is the daughter of William Forward. She married Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow, son of Rt. Rev. Robert Howard, on 11 August 1755.
     As a result of her marriage, Alice Forward was styled as Countess of Wicklow. Her married name became Howard.

     
     William Forward lived at Castle Forward, County Donegal, Ireland.

     Robert Howard, 2nd Viscount Wicklow was born circa 1757. He was the son of Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow and Alice Forward. He died on 23 October 1815.
     Robert Howard, 2nd Viscount Wicklow gained the title of 2nd Viscount Wicklow.

     Hon. Margaret Harriet Beaumont was born in 1856.¹ She was the daughter of Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale and Lady Margaret Anne de Burgh.¹ She married Coplestone Richard George Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baron Poltimore on 19 May 1881.¹ She died on 4 August 1931.¹
     Her married name became Bampfylde.

     Sir William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort was born on 18 January 1836 at Glenart, County Wicklow, Ireland.¹ He was the son of Admiral Granville Leveson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort and Isabella Howard.¹ He married Charlotte Mary Heathcote, daughter of Reverend Robert Boothby Heathcote and Charlotte Sotheby, on 11 April 1860 at Chingford, Essex, England.¹ He died on 4 September 1909 at age 73 at Clevehurst, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, without issue.¹ He was buried on 9 September 1909 at Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire, England.¹ His will (dated 11 March 1878 to 1 July 1904) was probated on 29 October 1909, at over £443,000.¹
     Sir William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort was educated between 1847 and 1855 at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1858 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of County Wicklow in 1866.¹ He succeeded to the title of 5th Earl of Carysfort [I., 1789] on 18 May 1872.¹ He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Carysfort, of Carysfort, co. Wicklow [I., 1752] on 18 May 1872.¹ He succeeded to the title of 5th Baron Carysfort, of the Hundred of Norman Cross, co. Huntingdon [U.K., 1801] on 18 May 1872.¹ He was invested as a Knight, Order of St. Patrick (K.P.) on 31 August 1874.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of County Wicklow between 1890 and 1909.¹
     On his death, all of his titles became extinct.¹

     Frances Howard was the daughter of Hon. Hugh Howard and Catherine Bligh.² She married Willam Parnell-Hayes, son of Sir John Parnell, 2nd Bt. and Laetitia Charlotte Brooke, on 1 October 1810.¹ She died on 11 August 1814.¹
     Her married name became Parnell.

     Willam Parnell-Hayes was born in August 1780.¹ He was the son of Sir John Parnell, 2nd Bt. and Laetitia Charlotte Brooke.² He married Frances Howard, daughter of Hon. Hugh Howard and Catherine Bligh, on 1 October 1810.¹ He died on 2 April 1821 at age 40.¹
     Willam Parnell-Hayes was baptised with the name of William Parnell. He lived at Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland.¹