Capt. Anthony Brabazon

The Brabazon family first appears in the east of county Galway in the person of Captain Anthony Brabazon, second son of Sir William and younger brother of Edward Lord Baron of Ardee, who rose to prominence in Connacht during the term in office of Sir Nicholas Malbie as governor of that province... In or about 1580 Anthony Brabazon married Ursula, daughter of Sir Nicholas Malbie. That year he was listed among a number of men appointed justices and commissioners of the province of Connacht and Thomond. Under Malbie, Brabazon would play a leading part in the Elizabethan military presence in Connacht and after the castle of Ballinasloe was granted to Malbie and his heirs, Anthony Brabazon took up residence therein, holding it in fee by knight’s service... Brabazon had two sons by his wife Ursula, the eldest named Malbie, born about 1580, the younger named Edward and a daughter Catherine. He further consolidated his position in Connacht through the marriage of his daughter Catherine to John Burke of Dunsandle (later Viscount Clanmorris), third surviving son of Ulick 3rd Earl of Clanricarde. His daughter Sarah married John Hamilton of Corronearie in County Cavan, fourth son of Hans Hamilton of Dunlapp in Scotland, the latter a younger brother of James Viscount Clandeboy... Anthony Brabazon died on 29th June 1597 and was buried at Christchurch in Dublin. Fr. Egan in his ‘Parish of Ballinasloe’ and the early nineteenth century family pedigree recorded in the office of the Ulster King of Arms gives Anthony’s son Edward as older than Malbie, but it appears clear from both Anthony’s Funeral Entry and that of his eldest son entered in the office of the Ulster King of Arms that Malbie was the elder. Following his death, his widow Ursula married in 1603 Sir Thomas Burke, second son of Ulick 3rd Earl of Clanricarde, who later, as Sir Thomas Burke of Ballinasloe, claimed to be the rightful heir to his father’s title and unsuccessfully disputed his older brother Richard’s right to the earldom. Source: Donal G. Burke http://burkeseastgalway.com/brabazon-of-ballinasloe-2/#_edn8

Biography

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Anthony Brabazon is the son of Sir William Brabazon and Elizabeth Clifford.1

He was ancestor of the Brabazons of Brabazon Park, County Mayo.2 He lived at Ballinsloe Castle, County Roscommon, IrelandG.1

Children of Anthony Brabazon

1. Sarah Brabazon+1
2. Captain Anthony Brabazon+3

Citations

• [S31] Bernard, Sir Burke, editor, Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 4th ed. (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1958), page 346. Hereinafter cited as Landed Gentry of Ireland.
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2656. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S37] BP2003. [S37]