The Langrishe Baronetcy, of Knocktopher Abbey in the County of Kilkenny, is a title in the

Baronetage of Ireland Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

. It was created on 19 February 1777 for Sir Hercules Langrishe, who represented

Knocktopher Knocktopher (historically ''Knocktofer'' and ''Knocktover''; ) is a village in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is situated on the R713 road (Ireland), R713 road between the villages of Stoneyford, County Kilkenny, Stoneyford t ...

in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ...

. The family seat from 1679 to 1981 was Knocktopher Abbey, near Knocktopher,

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ...

Langrishe baronets, of Knocktopher Abbey (1777)

Sir Hercules Langrishe, 1st Baronet Sir Hercules Langrishe, 1st Baronet (1729 – 1 February 1811) was an Irish politician. Life and career He was the only son of Robert Langrishe of Knocktopher, County Kilkenny and Anne Whitby, daughter of Jonathan Whitby of Kilcreggan, and ...

(1731–1811) *

Sir Robert Langrishe, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(1756–1835) *

Sir Hercules Richard Langrishe, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(1782–1862) * Sir James Langrishe, 4th Baronet (1823–1910) * Sir Hercules Robert Langrishe, 5th Baronet (1859–1943) * Sir Terence Hume Langrishe, 6th Baronet (1895–1973) * Sir Hercules Ralph Hume Langrishe, 7th Baronet (1927–1998) * Sir James Hercules Langrishe, 8th Baronet (born 1957) The

heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...

is the present holder's son Richard James Hercules Langrishe (born 1988).

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Langrishe Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland 1777 establishments in Ireland