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Simon Luttrell

Entrance to Luttrellstown, 1795, by Jonathan Fisher.
From [Ball, vol.4, 1906].

Simon Luttrell, of Luttrellstown, born 1600, had issue:

Thomas Luttrell, had issue:

1. Col Simon Luttrell,
   loyal to King James, Governor of Dublin under him.

2. Col Henry Luttrell,
   officer in army of King James, deserted him for William,
   murdered by a mob in Dublin, 1717,
   bur Clonsilla Church,
   having had issue:
   1. Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton (see here), had issue:
      1. Henry Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton,
         active in suppressing the 1798 Rising, which increased the hostility toward the family in Ireland dating from his grandfather's betrayal,
         around this time the grave of his grandfather in Clonsilla was violated and his skull broken to pieces with a pickaxe,
         sold Luttrellstown c.1800 to Luke White (see ANNALY in [Burkes Peerage]), who remodelled the castle, and changed its name to Woodlands.

Luttrellstown Castle, c.1900.
Photo originally published in Ireland, vol.4, p.643, c.1901.
Republished in [Ball, vol.4, 1906].

Luttrellstown Castle.
Photo 2006. See full size.
From Ailish Brennan. Used with permission.

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• Luttrellstown Castle survives today, known again by that name. It is now a Country Club.
• There was a celebrity wedding of footballer David Beckham and singer "Posh Spice" at Luttrellstown, 1999.