Christopher Wandesford (1592–1640), lord deputy of Ireland, was the son of Sir George Wandesford (1573-1612) of Kirklington, Yorkshire, and was born on the 24th of September 1592. Educated at Clare College, Cambridge, he entered parliament in 1621, and his rise to importance was due primarily to his friendship with Sir Thomas Wentworth, afterwards earl of Strafford. Although at first hostile to Charles I, this being evidenced by the active part he took in the impeachment of Buckingham, Wandesford soon became a royalist partisan, and in 1633 he accompanied Wentworth to Ireland, where he was already master of the rolls. His services to his chief were fully recognized by the latter, whom in 1640 he succeeded as lord deputy, but he had only just begun to struggle with the difficulties of his new position when he died on the 3rd of December 1640. Events January 30 - The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. ... Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Full name Clare College Motto - Named after Elizabeth de Clare Previous names University Hall (1326), Clare Hall (1338), Clare College (1856) Established 1326 Sister College(s) Oriel College St Hughs College Master Prof. ... States currently utilizing parliamentary systems are denoted in orange and red—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state. ... Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ... Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868. ... Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire approximately 10 miles from the border with Northamptonshire. ... Prince Rupert of the Rhine Cavaliers was the name used by Parliamentarians for the Royalist supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War (1642–1651). ... Look up Partisan (political) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In politics, a partisan is a person who supports a cause, party, or goal fervently, usually to the exclusion of all others. ... The Master of the Rolls is the third most senior judge of England, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain traditionally being first and the Lord Chief Justice second. ...

His son Christopher (1628-1687), made a baronet in 1662, was the father of Sir Christopher Wandesford (d. 1707), who was created an Irish peer as Viscount Castlecomer in 1707, Castlecomer in Kilkenny having been acquired by his grandfather when in Ireland. Christopher, the 2nd viscount (d. 1719), was secretary-at-war in 1717-1718. In 1758 John, 5th viscount, was created Earl Wandesford, but his titles became extinct when he died in January 1784. A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt), is the holder of an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown, known as a baronetcy. ... Castlecomer is the main town in north County Kilkenny, Ireland, with a population of about 2000. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ...

For Wandesford's life see Thomas Comber, Memoirs of the Life and Death of the Lord Deputy Wandesford (Cambridge, 1778); T. D. Whitaker, History of Richmondshire, vol. ii (1823); and the Autobiography of his daughter, Alice Thornton, edited by Charles Jackson for the Surtees Society (Durham, 1875). Richmondshire is a local government district of North Yorkshire in England. ...

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Defence was obviously a high priority for Christopher Wandesford when he built a castle in Castlecomer sometime between 1635 and 1640. He had just been granted Castlecomer after he argued that the O'Brennans or Brennans who had been there since 1200 AD held the area without legal right. Because of this he had to build a castle “to protect his steward and collieries from the wild Irish”. (See Carrigan, W. History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Vol. II p. 158, quoting from Comber, T. Memoirs of the Life and Death of the Lord Deputy Wandesford (Cambridge, 1778) ) Apparently he regretted this decision on his death bed and asked that half the rent for the entire area for the last 21 years be repaid to the O'Brennans. Unfortunately this was not done despite the legal efforts of the clan. Encyclopædia Britannica, the 11th edition The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...