Judkin-Fitzgerald baronets

The Baronetcy of Lisheen, County Tipperary, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 August 1801 for Col. Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald (Uniacke), who had adopted the surname of Judkin in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle Judge John Lapp Judkin, of Cashel. The title was a reward for suppressing the United Irish Rebellion of 1798 in Co Tipperary as High Sheriff of Tipperary.[1] On his death in 1810, in a "criminatory obituary" and in reference to his excessive use of the cat o' nine tails at this time, it was said that "The history of his life and loyalty is written in legible characters on the backs of his fellow countrymen."[2]

He was succeeded by his son, Sir John, the second Baronet[3][4] John who also went onto becoming Mayor of Cashel and High Sheriff of Tipperary, the latter during the last year of King George III reign 1819, then by his grandson the third Baronet, Sir Thomas who also was a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for the County Tipperary.[5][6] With the death of the fourth Baronet in 1917, the baronetcy became apparently extinct or dormant. The Crown Office Baronetcy Register Official Roll mentions Capel Gerald Judkin-Fitzgerald (1872–1898) and Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald (born 1873) as his heirs. The Roll shows also the latter as the fifth Baronet, but it is doubtful as the entry appears incomplete. The further entry considers the baronetcy extinct or dormant and gives no date of death for Thomas, nor does it say what relationship he was to the fourth Baronet. The late Linda Gullette Hudson, a possible descendant had done considerable genealogical research into her thus this FitzGerald family relationship with the result that it seemed her 1st cousin FitzGerald may in fact be the current Heir male of the body but due to unclear circumstances as further detailed by Linda's cousin James Rogers "of Richard H. Fitz-Gerald, born 17 Oct 1855 in Tipperary, Ireland ... immigrated to the USA in 1885, possibly after schooling in England"[7] (perhaps related to the infamous notoriety of the Baronetcy Creation), their ancestor Richard H Fitz-Gerald did not prove Claim to the Title hence it became dormant or extinct.

Judkin-Fitzgerald baronets, of Lisheen (1801)

Heraldic insignia

Coat of arms

The crest represents a chevalier in complete armour, on horseback, at full speed, with his sword drawn, and his beaver up.
  • Seat: The Seat of baronets was Lisheen.
  • Motto: unknown - see also Uniacke Unicus est & faithful and brave Fitzgerald Black & Green Knights of Glyn or Glin & Kerry Shanit a boo[10]

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Judkin-Fitzgerald, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ↑ Fitzpatrick, William John (1866). "The sham squire;" and the informers of 1798: with a view of their contemporaries ; to which are added, in the form of an appendix, jottings about Ireland seventy years ago (3 ed.). W.B. Kelly. p. 219. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  3. ↑ The baronetage of England By John Debrett (1839) p294
  4. ↑ The baronetage of England. revised, corrected and continued by G. W. Collen By John Debrett (1840) p203
  5. ↑ The Peerage and Baronetage By Edmund Lodge (1861)
  6. ↑ THE FITZGERALD SUICIDE—EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT THE BURIAL.
  7. ↑ Richard H Fitz-Gerald research request by James Rogers
  8. ↑ "Site Fact Sheet: Golden Hills". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  9. ↑ "The Irish Times"; Page 3; published Monday, 2 May 1864 "DEATH OF SIR THOMAS J FITZGERALD, BART"
  10. ↑ The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time p.354 By Bernard Burke Published by Harrison & sons, 1864 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized 4 June 2008 1185 pages
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