George TUCHET 1st Earl of Castlehaven, 11th Lord Audley
- Born: 1551
- Marriage (1): Lucy MERVYN in 1574 1
- Died: 1617 aged 66
General Notes:
GEORGE TUCHET, 1st Earl of Castlehaven,(1550?-1617). 11th (8th according to NB) Lord Audley, was created Earl of Castlehaven, and Baron Orier in Ireland, 1617. He was the governor of Utrecht, was wounded at the seige of Kinsale on 24 Dec.1601, was an undertaker in the plantation of Ulster, was summoned by writ to the Irish Lords on 11 March 1613-14, was created a peer of Ireland as Baron Audley of Orier, co. Armagh, and Earl of Castlehaven, co. Cork, on 6 Sept. 1616, and died in March 1617 (Hill, Plantation of Ulster, pp. 134,335; Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1611-18, p.449)
He married 1st, Lucy, daug of Sir John (some say James) Mervyn of Fonthill, d before 1610.
m 2nd Elizabeth Noel, daug of Sir Andrew Noel , Leic, d 1644- m 2nd Sir Piers Crosby. His children were,
MERVYN, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, see below
Ferdinando, K.B., d.1632, m. widow of Sir John Rodney of Pilton, Somerset
Elizabeth, d. 1662, m 1st Sir John Stavel or Stawel, Somerset and m 2nd, Sir Thomas Giffin of Dingley, Northants.
Mary, b 1579, m. Sir Thomas Thynne of Longleat, Wilts
Christian, m. 1646 Sir Henry Mervyn of Petersfield, Wilts. M.P for Wooton Bassett.1614 Admiral of the narrow Seas
Deborah,.m Sir Leonard Blennerhasset
Eleanor, 1590-1652, m 1st, Sir John Davies, d.1626; m 2nd Sir Archibald Douglas
Lucy, m Ferdinando Hastings
George married Lucy MERVYN, daughter of Sir James MERVYN and Amy CLARK, in 1574.1 (Lucy MERVYN was born in 1553 in fonthill, wiltshire, England 2 and died in 1609-1610 2.)
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