George Tuchet, 1st Earl of Castlehaven

The Baron Audley
The Right Honourable; The Baron Audley
	Arms of Tuchet: Ermine, a chevron gules
Member of Parliament
	In office; 30 September 1566 – 5 April 1614
Personal details
Born	George Tuchet; c. 1551
Died	20 February 1617
Spouse(s)	Lucy Mervyn (m. before 1584) Elizabeth Noel (m. 1611)
Children	Eleanor Tuchet; Mervyn Tuchet; Ferdinando Tuchet; Anne Tuchet; Elizabeth Tuchet; Maria Tuchet; Christian Tuchet;
Parents	Henry Tuchet; Elizabeth Sneyd; ;

George Tuchet, 1st Earl of Castlehaven (c. 1551 – 1617),[1] was the son of Henry Tuchet, 10th Baron Audley (died 1563) and his wife, née Elizabeth Sneyd.

He succeeded his father as 11th Baron Audley and 8th Baron Tuchet on 30 December 1563, and served in the Parliament of England from 30 September 1566 to 5 April 1614. He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He was Governor of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and Governor of Kells, County Meath, Ireland. He was wounded at the Battle of Kinsale, 24 December 1601. He resided primarily in Ireland and was summoned by writ to the Irish House of Lords 11 March 1613/1614.

He was created 1st Baron Audley of Orier (County Armagh) and 1st Earl of Castlehaven (County Cork) on 6 September 1616 in the Peerage of Ireland.

Marriage and issue

Before 28 August 1584, he married Lucy Mervyn, who died before April 1610[2], only daughter of Sir James Mervyn, Knt. (1529-1 May 1611) and his first wife Amy Clarke[3] from Fonthill in Wilts, according to Burke, John Mervyn[4].

They had seven children:

Eleanor Tuchet (1590 – 1652), who married:

Sir John Davies,[5] attorney of the king.
Sir Archibald Douglas 7th of Tilquhillie (died 1644).[6][1]

Mervyn (1593 – 1631)[1]
Sir Ferdinando Tuchet K.B., who married widow of Sir John Rodney.[1]
Anne Tuchet, who married Edward Blount Esq.[1]
Elizabeth Tuchet, who married:

Sir John Stawel.
Sir Thomas Griffin.[1]

Maria Tuchet, who married Sir Thomas Thynne of Longleat.[7][1]
Christian Tuchet (c 1587 - before 1646),[1] who married Sir Henry Mervyn, son of Sir James's distant cousin Edmund Esq, of Durford Abbey, Susssex. Adopted son of her grandfather and co-hier.[8][9][7] Henry who was knighted in 1619 sold the Foothill estate to his brother-in-law, Mervyn.[10] The had at least two sons:[10]

James Mervyn
Sir Audley Mervyn

On 29 August 1611, at St. Mary-le-Strand, Middlesex, he married his second wife, Elizabeth Noel (died 1644), the daughter of Sir Andrew Noel (died 1607) and his wife, née Mabel Harington. The couple had no children.[1]

The administration of his will was granted to his daughter Eleanor, wife of Sir Archibald Douglas. He was succeeded as Earl of Castlehaven by his son, Mervyn. His widow married Sir Piers Crosby on 6 March 1618/19, and was living in 1644.

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References

Burke, Sir Bernard, A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire, retrieved 8 December 2010
"Lucy Mervyn". Peerage (The). Retrieved 4 January 2020.
Caroline, Dakers (16 May 2018). Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History. UCL Press. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-1-78735-045-8. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
Burke, John (1833). The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Females: Including Beauties of the Courts of George IV. and William IV. E. Bull. pp. 43–. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History, Eleanor Touchet
"Eleanor Touchet". Peerage (The). Retrieved 4 January 2020.
Caroline, Dakers (16 May 2018). Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History. UCL Press. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-1-78735-045-8. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
P.W. Hasler, ed. (1981). "MARVYN, James (1529-1611), of Fonthill Gifford, Wilts.". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons. 1558-1603. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
Caroline, Dakers (16 May 2018). Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History. UCL Press. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-1-78735-045-8. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
Caroline, Dakers (16 May 2018). Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History. UCL Press. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-1-78735-045-8. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Earl of Castlehaven 1616 – 1617	Succeeded by Mervyn Tuchet
New creation	Baron Audley of Orier 1616 – 1617	Succeeded by Mervyn Tuchet
Peerage of England
Preceded by Henry Tuchet	Baron Tuchet 1613 – 1617	Succeeded by Mervyn Tuchet
Preceded by Henry Tuchet	Baron Audley 1613 – 1617	Succeeded by Mervyn Tuchet

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[Burke-1] Burke, Sir Bernard, A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire, retrieved 8 December 2010

[2] "Lucy Mervyn". Peerage (The). Retrieved 4 January 2020.

[Dakers2018_20-3] Caroline, Dakers (16 May 2018). Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History. UCL Press. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-1-78735-045-8. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[Burke1833-4] Burke, John (1833). The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Females: Including Beauties of the Courts of George IV. and William IV. E. Bull. pp. 43–. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[5] David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History, Eleanor Touchet

[6] "Eleanor Touchet". Peerage (The). Retrieved 4 January 2020.

[Dakers2018_22-7] Caroline, Dakers (16 May 2018). Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History. UCL Press. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-1-78735-045-8. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[HoP_JamesMarvyn-8] P.W. Hasler, ed. (1981). "MARVYN, James (1529-1611), of Fonthill Gifford, Wilts.". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons. 1558-1603. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

[Dakers2018_21-9] Caroline, Dakers (16 May 2018). Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History. UCL Press. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-1-78735-045-8. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[Dakers2018_23-10] Caroline, Dakers (16 May 2018). Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History. UCL Press. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-1-78735-045-8. Retrieved 5 January 2020.