B48157-Russell

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Name of the family:

Russell

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Info about the family:

Baron of Killough, in the co. Down; descended from Russell, of Kingston-Russell, co. Dorset, a cadet of which house accompanied Sir John Do Courcy to Ireland, temp. Henry II., and assisted him in the conquest of Ulster, from whom he received a grant of the lordships of Killough and Rathmullen, with cognizance of such pleas as constituted the possessor " Unus Baron urn Libcrtatis comi-tatls TJltoniss." Jacob Russell was Baron of Killough, 1316; from him descended the subsequent Barons of Killough; Russell, of Quoniamstown, co. Devon, now representative of the Barons of Killough; Rossbll, of Seaton, co. Dublin; and Russell, of Coll in Blown, in same co. Geoegb Russell, Baron of Killough, o. 1598, leaving three tons: I. Nicholas, Baron of Killough, who with his son and heir, Patrick, mado an alienation of the barony and lands of Killough to his next brother: II. John, ancestor of Russell, of Sheephouse, co. Meath; III. James, ancestor of Russell, of Quoniamstown, co. Down

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