Toby Caulfeild, 1st Baron Caulfeild

In 1596 he served at sea under the adventurer Sir Martin Frobisher against Spaniards in the Azores and under the naval commander Lord Howard of Effingham, notably in the taking of Cadiz. He was He subsequently served under Sir Horace Vere in France and Flanders and as cavalry commander under Earl of Essex and his successors in Ireland, notably the taking of Kinsale in 1601, there commander of a regiment. In 1601 he was made commander of a post on the River Blackwater called Fort Charlemont (so named by Charles Lord Mountjoy, the English Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, after part of his forename and the first part of his title). Over the period 1603-27 he allegedly acquired 25,000 acres in Counties Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Louth, Monaghan and Tyrone. He was invested as a Knight on 25 July 1603 at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. He held the office of Governor of County Armagh in 1608. In 1608 he was granted a 21–year lease over Fort Charlemont plus 300 acres. He held the office of Governor of County Tyrone in 1608. In 1610 he acquired 1,000 acres of the O'Neill Earls of Tyrone's estates (he being official Receiver superintending their confiscation between 1607–10) and built 1612–19 a house there called Castle Caulfeild (burnt down in 1641 Uprising, partly restored and inhabited by Caulfeild family members, but burnt down again in 1690, and then abandoned. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Armagh between 1613 and 1615. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] on 17 April 1613. He was a Commissioner for the escheated estates in Ulster in 1616. He held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance [Ireland] between 1617 and 1627. He was created 1st Lord Caulfeild, Baron of Charlemont, co. Armagh [Ireland] on 22 December 1620, with a special remainder to his nephew, Sir William Caulfeild. In 1622 his land holdings converted from temporary leases to grants in perpetuity.

His last will was dated 22 July 1627. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Other Referfences

• Wikipedia contributors. "[_1st_Baron_Caulfeild Toby Caulfeild, 1st Baron Caulfeild]." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. London : Harrison 1869. page 207