Edward Archdale

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Archdall, Edward (1775-1864) of Riversdale. Third son of Col. Mervyn Archdale (c.1724-1813) and his wife Mary, daughter of William Henry Dawson, 1st Viscount Carlow, born 4 March 1775. Educated at St Mary's Hall, Oxford (matriculated 1795; BA 1803). He raised and commanded the Lurg and Magheraboy True Blue Infantry, 1798. JP and DL for Co. Fermanagh; High Sheriff of Co. Fermanagh, 1813. He married, 2 October 1809, Matilda (d. 1859), third daughter of William Humphrys of Ballyhaise (Cavan) and had issue:

• Mary Archdall (1810-78), born 1 October 1810; died unmarried, 1 October 1878;
• Mervyn Edward Archdall (later Archdale) (1812-95) (see above, under Archdale family of Castle Archdale);
• William Humphrys Mervyn Archdall (later Archdale) (1813-99) (q.v.);
• Letitia Jane Archdall (1815-1900), born 22 February 1815; married, 6 November 1834, Rev. Butler Brooke (d. 1869), rector of Aghavea (Fermanagh), fourth son of Sir Henry Brooke, 1st bt. of Colebrooke (Fermanagh) but had no issue; died 2 January 1900; will proved 20 March 1900 (estate in England £7,917);
• Lt-Col. Edward Archdall (1816-86), of Clifton Lodge, Lisnakea (Fermanagh), born 4 and baptised 29 October 1816; educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst; served in the army, 1834-52, retiring as Capt. in 14th Foot; Lt-Col. of Fermanagh Militia; JP for Fermanagh; High Sheriff of Co. Fermanagh, 1872; married 1st, 21 November 1846 at Wrockwardine (Shropshire), Caroline Anne (c.1819-70), daughter of Charles Claude Clifton of Tymawr (Brecons) and widow of Lt. John Francis Theophilus Starke (d. 1844); married 2nd, 9 February 1875, Eleanor Jane (c.1837-1907), youngest daughter of Robert Stewart of Lisburn (Antrim), but died without issue, 17 June 1886; will proved at Dublin, 26 October 1886;
• Rev. Henry Montgomery Archdall (later Archdale) (1818-98) (see above, under Archdale family of Castle Archdale);
• Nicholas Montgomery Archdall (later Archdale) (1820-77) (q.v.);
• John Archdall (1822-41), born 28 April 1822; Ensign in 52nd Light Infantry; died unmarried of yellow fever at Berbice, British Guiana, 26 August 1841;
• Hugh Montgomery Archdall (1824-80) of Drumadravy (Fermanagh), born 6 February 1824; Capt. in 52nd Light Infantry who served in India, 1853-57; Secretary to Fermanagh Grand Jury, 1873-80; married, 23 September 1857 at Fivemiletown (Tyrone), Elizabeth (c.1833-1923), second daughter of Sir Hugh Stewart MP, 2nd bt., of Athenree and had issue seven sons and four daughters; died 22 September 1880; will proved 24 December 1880 (estate in England under £2,000);
• Audley Mervyn Archdall (later Archdale) (1825-93) of Underdown, Ledbury (Herefs), born 9 June 1825; served in the army, 1844-55, retiring as Captain in Royal Artillery; JP for Herefordshire; married, 2 May 1854 at Henbury (Glos), Sybilla Mary (1834-89), sixth daughter of Philip John Miles of Leigh Court (Somerset) and Kings Weston House (Glos) and had issue three sons and one daughter; resumed the traditional spelling of the family name about 1875; died 27 February 1893; will proved 6 June 1893 (estate £2,580);
• James Mervyn Archdall (1826-40), born 12 September 1826; died young, 11 November 1840;
• Richmal Mangnall Archdall (later Archdale) (1827-1919), born 9 December 1827; sher resumed the traditional spelling of the family name about 1875; died unmarried, 24 January 1919; buried at Trory (Fermanagh);
• Matilda Archdall (1829-51), born 6 November 1829; died unmarried, 5 April 1851. He purchased the Riversdale estate between 1800 and 1817, and built a house there, which was apparently rebuilt or remodelled between 1840 and 1860. He died 12 May 1864 and was buried at Trory (Fermanagh). His wife died 10 July 1859 and was buried at Trory.