Anne Fitz-Patrick

Anne Robinson was the daughter of Sir John Robinson, 2nd Bt. and Mary Dudley. She married Richard Fitz-Patrick, 1st Baron Gowran in July 1718. She died on 24 November 1744.

Still researching wether the children of Richard Fitz-Patrick, 1st Baron Gowran are Anne's children.

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• The Peerage

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From The Mansions of England: Or, Picturesque Delineations of the Seats ..., Volume 1  By John Preston Neale.

Farming Woods, Northamptonshire - THE SEAT OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADIES ANNE AND GERTRUDE FITZPATRICK.

Farming Woods, which in the reign of Edward III. were called Fermyngwodes, and, in more recent ages, Farmen or Farming Woods, are surrounded by an extensive range of woodlands, and but recently were part of the royal forest of Rockingham, forming one of the walks of the Bailiwick of Brigstock, of which the late Earl of Ossory was ranger, or Master Forester.

Being disafforested, and no longer subject to the rights of the crown, Farming Woods now form a private chase of considerable extent, and abound in deer and game. The Mansion was formerly one of the Forest Lodges, the residence of the Head Forester of the Bailiiwck. Very considerable improvements, however, have been made by its present possessors, in addition to those of the late Earl. The Grounds are laid out with taste, and it now forms one of the most enviable residences in the county.

Amongst the pictures is a portrait of Edward the Sixth, by Holbein; and there are in the possession of the family, six very curious autograph letters of this monarch, addressed to his dear friend, Sir Barnaby Fitz-Patrick, and which, some years ago, issued from the press at Strawberry Hill. There is likewise a portrait of Sir John Robinson, Bart., whose daughter married Richard, first Lord Gowran.

Anne Inherited the estate of Farming Woods

1. At the Restoration the manors of Lyveden and Churchfield, with Lyveden House, were said to be in the Crown, either by attainder or escheat, and in 1660 were granted to Edward Earl of Sandwich.

2. ...Rowland (fn. 58) in 1732 conveyed his share to Anne Fitzpatrick of Farming Woods, widow of Richard Fitzpatrick, Lord Gowran. (fn. 59)

3. She died in 1744 and her son, John Fitzpatrick, created Earl of Upper Ossory in 1751, seems to have purchased the rest of the manors of Lyveden and Churchfield. (fn. 60)

4. He died in 1758, and his son John in 1769 settled both manors. (fn. 61)

5. John the second Earl died in 1818, leaving two unmarried daughters, Gertrude and Anne, known as the ladies Fitzpatrick of Farming Woods. Both these ladies died in 1841, when the manors passed to an illegitimate daughter of the second earl, Emma Mary.

6. In 1823 she married Robert Smith, who took the name of Vernon.

7. He held various ministerial offices and was created Lord Lyveden in 1859.

8. On his death in 1873 he was succeeded by his eldest son Fitzpatrick Henry Vernon, who died without issue in 1900.

9. The manor then went to his nephew Courtenay Robert Percy, son of the Rev. Courtenay John Vernon, sometime rector of Grafton Underwood. (fn. 62)