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Leslie of Tarbert House

• References:
  • LESLIE in [Burkes Irish, 1976]
  • TARBERT HOUSE in [Houses of Kerry]
  • TARBERT HOUSE in [Irish Country Houses]

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • The Leslies of Tarbert, Co.Kerry, Pierce Leslie Pielou, Dublin, 1935. [NLI] Ir 9292 I 12 (or GO 132). [KCL] 929.2.
  • LESLIE in The Irish Builder, 1890.
  • LESLIE in [Denny, 1923]
  • "Tarbert House, Co.Kerry", The Knight of Glin, Irish Arts Review, Autumn 2006, 106-109.

Tarbert House.
See larger and full size.
Photo 2005 from Sandra Lindsay.

Tarbert House, Tarbert, Co.Kerry, is to the N of Tarbert, on the road to Tarbert Island.
See 1829 to 1842 map and 1887 to 1913 map.

James Leslie, born 1678,
of Tarbert, Co.Kerry,
had issue:

1. Sarah Leslie,
   mar 1728 to John Rowan and had issue.

   
   

2. Rev. James Leslie, born 1707,
   of Tarbert House,
   Bishop of Limerick,
   died 1770, had issue:
   1. Sir Edward Leslie, 1st (and only) Baronet, born 1744,
      succeeded to Tarbert House 1770,
      cr Baronet 1787,
      his agent was Joseph Lindsay,
      died 1818, Weymouth, Dorset, age 74 yrs [The Gentleman's magazine, 1818, p.573],
      succeeded by his 1st cousin.

   
   

3. Robert Leslie, born c.1712,
   of Leslie Lodge, near Tarbert,
   built Leslie Lodge 1740s,
   had issue:
   1. Robert Leslie,
      of Leslie Lodge,
      inherited Tarbert House 1818,
      "Robert Leslie junior" is listed as of Tarbert House in 1816 in [Vestry Minutes Book, Kilnaughtin],
      looks like moved in before Sir Edward died.
      Ancestor through female line of Pierce Leslie Pielou.

   2. Alice Leslie,
      mar 1770 to Thomas Wren and had issue.

Figures in the grounds of Tarbert House.
Tarbert Island to LHS. Tarbert House to RHS.
Painted 1795 by Joseph Charles Barrow.
From the Glin Castle collection. Sold by Christie's 2009.
This shows Tarbert House with the old dormer windows in the roof. It was made into a full 3 storey building by Sir Edward Leslie, 1st Baronet, around 1810.

Tarbert House.
Photo 1990 by Jackie Lindsay.
See larger and full size.

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• Leslie houses in Tarbert:
  1. Tarbert House.
     The head of the family would live here.

  2. The Dower House (also called "Woodlands", on the Listowel road, see 1887 to 1913 map).
     The widowed mother of the head of the family would live here.

  3. Leslie Lodge.
     The son and heir of the head of the family would live here.
     Or the younger brother of the head of the family.

• There was only one Leslie Baronet.