The Crosbie Baronetcy, of
Maryborough in
Queen's County, was created in the
Baronetage of Ireland
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To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...
on 24 April 1630.
The family was of Gaelic and
Roman Catholic
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origin, but this branch converted to the
Church of Ireland
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and Anglicized their name. Sir Walter, the first baronet, was the eldest son of
John Crosbie
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,
Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe
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History
The diocese of Rá ...
, and a first cousin of the leading statesman Sir
Piers Crosby
Sir Piers Crosby (1590–1646) was an Irish soldier and politician. Crosby was also a leading Irish magnate, owning various estates across the island. He was a man of strong and determined character, and had sufficient political skills to help ...
. His brother David founded a junior branch of the family, which gained the title of
Earl of Glandore. Sir Edward, the fifth baronet, was executed for
treason
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after the
1798 Rebellion
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. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth baronet in 1936.
Crosbie baronets, of Maryborough in Queen's County (1630)
*Sir Walter Crosbie, 1st Baronet (died )
*Sir John Crosbie, 2nd Baronet (died c. 1695)
*Sir Warren Crosbie, 3rd Baronet (died 1759)
*Sir Paul Crosbie, 4th Baronet (died 1773)
*
Sir Edward William Crosbie, 5th Baronet (c. 1755–1798)
*Sir William Crosbie, 6th Baronet (1794–1860)
*Sir William Richard Crosbie, 7th Baronet (1820–1877)
*
Sir William Edward Douglas Crosbie, 8th Baronet (1855–1936)
References
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External links
www.burkespeerage.com* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors): ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (2011 edition).
''Cracroft's Peerage''
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland
Crosbie family