This is the line of descent for the Needham family, the Barons of Orhera. Orhera in earlier times was called Orier Bar and in current times, Orior Lower. The Barony of Orhera, Co Armagh, Ulster, one of 331 Baronies in Ireland, is in the Poor Law Union's of Armagh, Banbridge and Newry, the Probate District of Armagh, the civil Dioceses of Armagh. [W6 24' by N54 17']

It covers the civil parishes of Killevy, Kilmore, Ballymore, Loughgilly and part of Newry and the Catholic parishes of Ballymore, Mullaghbrack, Killeavy lower, Killeavy Upper, Drumintee, Kilmore, Loughgilly and part of Newry. Kilmorey is pronounced Kilmurry. The 1st Viscount Kilmorey acquired the Barony of Orhera from James I in 1625.

ob = year of death, dsp = died without issue, dvp = died in life of father, unm = unmarried

William de Stanton, of Stanton, Co Cheshire, living 1103 = ? Living in the reign of Henry I.

Willian fitz William de Stanton, of Stanton, Co Cheshire, = ?

Roger / William de Stanton, of Stanton, Co Cheshire, = the heiress of the Manor of High Peak Nedham, Derbyshire.

Henry de Nedham, = ?

John de Nedham, of Nedham = ?

John Nedham, of Nedham living in 1331 = ?

Thomas Needham, of Needeman, Co Derby, living in Derbyshire, England 1330, ob 1363 = Maud, dau of Roger Mellor of Thomasett Hall. Living in the reign of Edward III.

William Needham, youngest son, living 1376 = Alice, dau of William de Craunacre [Cranch], Cheshire. Justice of Chester. Living in the reign of Richard II. Amy Parrish is a descendant of Lady Alice.

Robert Needham of Granage, ob June 23, 1448, buried at Holmes Chapel, Cheshire = Dorothy, dau of Sir John Savage, K.G., of Clifton, Cheshire. Died in the reign of Henry VI.

Thomas Needham of Granage, ob 1463, buried in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire = Maud, dau of Sir William Brereton of Brereton. Died in the reign of Edward IV.

Sir William Needham of Granage & Shavington, Cheshire = Isabel, dau of Sir John Bromley

Sir Robert Needham Kt., purchased the Lordship of Shavington, Salop, 1506, ob June 4, 1556 buried at Adderley, Shropshire = Agnes, dau of John Mainwaring of Peover, Cheshire. Living in the reign of Queen Mary I.

Thomas Needham of Shavington, [Shenton], ob c. 1560 = Anne, dau of Sir John Talbot of Grafton & Albrighton, Worcestershire. Died in the reign of Elizabeth I.

Robert Needham of Shavington, Shropshire, Earl of Tyrone, Vice President of the Council of the Welsh Marshes, served Elizabeth I in her wars in Ireland against the O'Neills, Sheriff of Salop, buried Dec. 18, 1603 at Adderley, Shropshire = Frances, dau of Sir Edward Aston of Tixall, Straffordshire. Died in the reign of James I.

Robert Needham, created 1st Viscount Kilmorey in Queen's County by King Charles I, on 4-18-1625, one of the Council of the President of Wales, ob 1631 = (1)Jane Lacey, (2)Anne, dau of Mr. D'Oyley, (3)Catherine Robinson, (4)Dorothy Smith. Sir Robert Needham received a grant of the Barony of Orhera, (Orier Bar) and other lands in Co Armagh from King James I in the 10th year of his reign. The 1st Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh. Died 11-26-1631 in the reign of Charles I.

Robert Needham(1), 2nd Viscount of Kilmorey, Queen's Co & 2nd Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, ob 1653 = (1) Frances, dau of Sir Henry Anderson, Alderman of London. (2) Eleanor, dau of Thomas Dutton of Dutton. Died in the reign of Oliver Cromwell.

(1) Robert Needham, 3rd Viscount Kilmorey, Queen's Co & 3rd Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, b 1608, dsp 1-1657 = Frances, dau of the 2nd Baron Gerard. Died in the reign of Oliver Cromwell. Succeeded by his half brother.

(2) Charles Needham, 4th Viscount Kilmorey, Queen's Co & 4th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, ob 1660 = Bridget, dau of Sir William Drury of Besthorpe, Norfolk. Died in the reign of Richard Cromwell. Joyce Ream is the 7 x ggd of Sir Charles Needham

Robert Needham, 5th Viscount Kilmorey, Queen's Co & 5th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, ob unm 1668. Died at 13 years of age in the reign of Charles II. Buried at Besthorp, Norfolk. Succeeded by his brother.

Thomas Needham, 6th Viscount Kilmorey, Queen's Co & 6th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, ob 1687 and buried at Adderley, Shropshire = Frances, dau of Francis Leveson Fowler of Harnage Grange, Salop. Died in the reign of James II.

Robert Needham, 7th Viscount Kilmorey, Queen's Co & 7th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, ob 1710 = Mary, dau of John Offley of Crewe, Cheshire. Died in the reign of Queen Anne.

Robert Needham, 8th Viscount Kilmorey, Queen's Co & 8th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, b c. 1702, ob unm 1717 (may be the 1st Baron in the Needham line due to split of the Bagnall [Bagenal] Will in 1716). Died in the reign of George I. Succeeded by his brother.

Thomas Needham, 9th Viscount Kilmorey, Queen's Co & 9th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, b 9-29-1703, dsp 1768 = Lady Mary Shirley, dau of 2nd Earl Ferrers. Died in the reign of George III. Succeeded by his brother. Contempory of Hugh McTiernan I from Sheskin, Br. of Drumahaire, Co Leitrim.

John Needham, 10th Viscount Kilmorey, Queen's Co & 10th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, b 1-1709, ob 5-27-1791 = Anne, dau of John Hurleston of Newton, Cheshire. Died in the reign of George III. Contempory of Hugh McTiernan I from Sheskin, Br. of Drumahaire, Co Leitrim.

Robert Needham, 11th Viscount Kilmorey, Queen's Co & 11th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, b 11-14-1746, dsp 11-30-1818 = Lady Frances, dau of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart. Died in the reign of George III. Succeeded by his brother.

Francis Jack Needham, 1st Earl of Kilmorey, Queen's Co, 12th Viscount Kilmorey, created 1st Viscount Newry & Mourne, Co Down in 1822, and 12th Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh. Served as ADC to George III and in the War of American Independance and the Irish Uprising of 1798, ob 1832 = Anne, dau of Thomas Fisher of Acton, Middlesex. Died in the reign of George IV.

Francis Jack Needham, b 1787, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey, Queen's Co, 13th Viscount Kilmorey, 2nd Viscount Mourne & Newry, Co Down, MP for Newry, and 13th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, ob 1880 = Jane, dau of George Gun Cuninghame of Mount Kennedy, Co Wicklow. Known as "the Wicked Earl". Died in the reign of Queen Victoria. Leonardo Needham of Chile is a descendent of the 2nd Earl of Kilmorey. David Arathoon decends from the Pricilla Hoste side of the family and is involved with the Kilmorey Mausoleum at http://mctiernan.com/bjack.htm More info on the Black Jack Earl is at this web site: http://www.proni.gov.uk/records/private/kilmorey.htm#2ndearl More info supplied by David on the Black Jack Earl is at this web site: http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/print_detail.asp?ContentID=116

Francis Jack Needham, b 1815, dvp 1851 = Anne, dau of General the Hon Sir Charles Colville G.C.B. Did not hold the titles of Earl / Viscount of Kilmorey or Baron of Orhera. Died in the reign of Queen Victoria.

Francis Charles Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey, Queen's Co, 14th Viscount Kilmorey, 3rd Viscount Mourne & Newry, Co Down, and 14th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, ADC to HM Edward VII, ob 1915 = Lady Ellen Constance DGStJ, dau of Edward Holmes Baldock, MP for Shrewsbury. Died in the reign of George V.

Francis Charles Adelbert Henry Needham, M.V.O., O.B.E, VRD, PC, 4th Earl of Kilmorey, Queen's Co, 15th Viscount Kilmorey, 4th Viscount Mourne & Newry, Co Down and 15th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, ob 1961 = Lady Norah Frances Hastings, dau of the 14th Earl of Huntingdon. Died in the reign of Elizabeth II.

Francis Jack Richard Patrick Needham, 5th Earl of Kilmorey, Queen's Co, 16th Viscount Kilmorey, 5th Viscount Mourne & Newry, Co Down and 16th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, ob 1977 = Helen Bridget, dau of Sir Lionel Fandel-Phillips, Bart. Died in the reign of Elizabeth II.

Richard Francis Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey, Queen's Co, 17th Viscount Kilmorey, 6th Viscount Mourne & Newry, Co Down, Hereditory Abbot of the Exempt Jurisdiction of Mourne & Newry, Privy Councillor of the House of Commons and 17th Feudal Baron of Orhera, Co Armagh, b 1-29-1942 = Sigrid Juliane Thiessen-Gairdner, dau of Ernst Thiessen of Hamburg, Germany. Living in the reign of Elizabeth II.

The Honorable Robert Francis John Needham, b 5-30-1966 = Laura Mary, dau of Michael Tregaskis of Cosham, Hants. Living in the reign of Elizabeth II.

ob = year of death, dsp = died without issue, dvp = died in life of father, unm = unmarried

Joyce Ream is the 7 x ggd of Sir Charles Needham. Joyce has a great home page at http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/reamjp
Amy Parrish is a descendant of Lady Alice Needham.
Leonardo Needham of Chile is a descendent of the 2nd Earl of Kilmorey.
Robert Needham, the 1st Viscount of Kilmorey lived in Shavington in Shropshire and was buried at Adderley, Shropshire, his local parish church on November 25, 1631
Robert Needham's first wife, Jane Lacey, --1591, was the daughter of John Lacey of Borston, Somerset, an Alderman of London. They were married on August 10, 1586 and had three children. His second wife was Anne D'Oyley and their marriage settlement date was October 14, 1594. His third wife was Catherine Robinson, --1628, the daughter of John Robinson of London. Robert's fourth wife was Dorothy Smith, the daughter of Humphrey Smith, a silkman of Cheapside, London.

The Peerage explained.
The history of the Barony of Orhera.

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