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3 unusual facts about Standish Hartstonge


Standish Hartstonge

The following year he was made a baronet, not a common honour for an Irish judge, and said to be due to his independent wealth: in addition to the Bruff estates he acquired property in Hereford, as well as a house at Oxmantown in Dublin.

His eldest son Francis died in 1688 and the title passed to his grandson Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Baronet.

He was born in Norfolk, eldest son of Francis Harstonge of Catton and Elizabeth Standish, daughter of Sir Thomas Standish of Bruff, County Limerick; he inherited a considerable fortune from the Standishes.



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