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Sir Henry Colley, or Cowley (died 1584) was an Irish soldier and landowner of the Elizabethan era. He is chiefly remembered today as an ancestor of the 1st Duke of Wellington.
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Sir Henry Colley, or Cowley (died 1584) was an Irish soldier and landowner. He is chiefly remembered as an ancestor of the 1st Duke of Wellington.
Little is known of his early years, except that he was the son of Walter Cowley (c.1500-1548), Principal Solicitor for Ireland and grandson of Robert Cowley (c.1470-1546), Master of the Rolls in Ireland.[1] Robert had come to Ireland from Rutland about 1500 ; both he and his son rose to positions of eminence through the patronage of Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell's downfall was disastrous for the Cowleys, who were generally unpopular and mistrusted: both were removed from office and imprisoned in England.[2]
Walter in his last years was restored to favour and was appointed Surveyor-General. He presumably left a comfortable inheritance, since in 1554 Henry was able to lease Carbury Castle, County Kildare for 21 years and later acquire it permanently.[3] His qualities attracted the attention of Sir Henry Sidney, the Lord Deputy of Ireland who later recalled him as a young man "valiant, fortunate and a good servant". He was knighted in 1560[4] and given a Commission of Array for Kildare, and power to impose martial law in Offaly and adjoining territories. He was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland and sat on the Court of Castle Chamber. His principal duty for many years was keeping the peace in Offaly. Sidney in 1580, recommending him to his successor Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton called him as " good a border-keeper as I have ever met" who had for many years kept the county in peace and good obedience. Sir Nicholas Malby, Lord President of Connaught had written a year earlier that while Colley had kept the peace in Offaly for many years he was now sorely oppressed by rebels. In his last years he was described as " blind and helpless".[5] He died in the early autumn of 1584.
He married Catherine Cusack, daughter of Sir Thomas Cusack, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, whose mother was a Wellesley, the name the Colleys adopted in the eighteenth century.[6] After his death she remarried William Eustace and died in 1598. They had five children:[7]
•Sir Henry Colley (died 1637), ancestor of the Dukes of Wellington
•Sir George Colley of Edenderry
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Henry Colley (1648–1719) was an Irish Member of Parliament. [a] Early life. Henry Colley, born in 1648, was the son of Dudley Colley, MP for Philipstown, and the former Anne Warren, daughter of Henry Warren. [1]
- 1648
- Robert FitzGerald, George FitzGerald
- 1719 (aged 70–71)
- Thomas Keightley, Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt
Dudley Colley (ca. 1621 – July 1674) [1] was an Irish Member of Parliament . He was the son of Sir Henry Colley (ca. 1585-1637) and Anne Peyton, daughter of Sir Christopher Peyton. The Colley or Cowley family had come to Ireland from Rutland about 1500 and produced a line of Crown servants and soldiers.
21 de ene. de 2023 · Biography. Henry Colley was born in Ireland. Henry Colley born approx 1540 was the son of Sir Henry Colley who was an Irish soldier and landowner and Catherine Cusack, daughter of Sir Thomas Cusack, of Cussington / Cushinstown, Co. Meath, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. [1]
