Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass


Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass PC, was an English nobleman, son of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass and Elizabeth Meverell.

Life

Vere Essex Cromwell was born at Throwleigh, Staffordshire and was educated at Stone School, Staffordshire, and at Finstock, Oxfordshire. He succeeded his nephew Thomas Cromwell as Earl of Ardglass and Viscount Lecale in the Peerage of Ireland in 1682, as well as Baron Cromwell in the Peerage of England. He died 26 November 1687 at his home in Booncastle, County Down and was buried 29 November at Downpatrick Abbey, County Down. On his death without male issue, all of his titles became extinct.

Marriage and issue

He married in 1672 Catherine Hamilton, widow of Richard Price, of, Greencastle, Kilkeel, County Down, daughter of James Hamilton, of Newcastle Kilcoo, County Down and Margaret Kynaston, of Saul, County Down, and by her, had an only daughter: