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- Robert Preston, Viscount Gormanstown - Joan (Janet) Molyneux
Robert Preston, Viscount Gormanstown was born at of Gormanston, Meath, Ireland Abt 1416. His parents were Christopher Preston, Baron Gormanston and Jane Dartois.
He married Joan (Janet) Molyneux Abt 1446 at of Sefton, Lancashire, England . Joan (Janet) Molyneux was born at of Lancashire, England Abt 1430 .
They were the parents of 4 children:
Elizabeth Preston born Abt 1456.
William Preston, Viscount of Gormanston born Abt 1463.
John Preston born Abt 1465.
Catherine Preston born Abt 1467.
Robert Preston, Viscount Gormanstown died 9 Apr 1503.
http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=6152:31469&ref2=6152:31181
Sir Robert Preston b.xxxx d.4-5-1503 was appointed deputy to Sir John Dynham, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Richard Duke of York, youngest son of Edward IV; and being constituted lord-deputy of Ireland, May 5, 1478. Sir Robert was appointed that Prince's deputy (he being in minority) with power to elect a deputy to himself. On the seventh of August in the same year (1478) he was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, by the title of Viscount Gormanston of Gormanston. His lordship sat in the Parliament of 1490 and in that of 1493. He married Janet Molyneux, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, of Sefton, co. Lancaster. He was succeeded by his eldest son:
Sir William Preston, 2nd Viscount Gormanston
SOURCE: The source for information on the Prestons of Ireland is from "Preston Genealogy" by William Bowker Preston, however, the same information can be found in "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage" under Gormanston Prestons.
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/fpreston/presirel.htm
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