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Maurice (née Staples). These legal difficulties resulted in almost a century of court proceedings which were eventually conclusively settled in favour of Sir Alexander and Rev. Thomas in the wake of the House of Lords appeal in Sir Robert Staples v Margaretta Maurice (1774) Mews Dig. vi, 328; xii, 950, by which time all the original protagonists were dead. During the course of the proceedings, Sir Alexander and Rev. Thomas had effectively divided the Staples estates between them, with Sir Alexander tending to lands in
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The Charitable Trust was thus re-formed in 2004 as the Lissan House Trust. Hazel Radclyffe-Dolling died in April 2006 and under the terms of her will, the entire estate was bequeathed to the Charitable Trust on condition that a viable scheme of restoration was secured within three years of her death.
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All three of the last Lissan Baronets inherited the title well into their eighties and none had any male heirs. As a result, a search was instigated by Debrett's in 1990 seeking the next Staples Baronet and a 10-year Genetic Research Programme started in 2002 which it was hoped would locate the 18th
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and dated 12 March 1682, ownership of the Estate became the subject of protracted legal proceedings following the death of the 4th Baronet in 1714 conducted between his four surviving children; Sir John the fifth Baronet, Sir Alexander the sixth Baronet, the Rev. Thomas Staples and their sister Mary
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In 2010, Phase I of the Restoration of the Estate started and major structural restoration work was carried out on the main House including making the building structurally safe; re-roofing; removal of the 1940s cement render and its replacement with lime-washed lime mortar and re-fenestration with
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and brought the Sardinian architect, Davis Ducart, to Ireland to design “dry hurries” which transported coal from the pits to the Canal for transport to Dublin. He also persuaded Ducart to design the White Bridge on the Lissan Estate along with an important water garden with fountains and cascades.
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passed to a distant cousin and descendant of Major General Thomas Staples (younger brother of the 10th Baronet), Sir Jack Staples, who became the 14th Baronet aged 64. Having himself only two daughters as issue, the Baronetcy passed from him to another cousin, Sir Thomas Staples, 15th Baronet (who
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Following inheriting the house, Hazel lived with her husband and mother until the former's death in 1986 and the latter's death in 1990. From 1990 she lived at Lissan alone. By 1997, it had become clear to Hazel that no member of the family would be able financially or practically to inherit the
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had emigrated to Canada, married but with no issue) and from him to his younger brother Sir Gerald James Arland Staples who became 16th Baronet at the age of 88 and died only two years later in Hampshire, England, leaving wife Henrietta, Lady Staples and two daughters. The 17th
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when the estate was seized by Niall Og O'Quinn who had marched with a troop of rebels from Moneymore. Prior to the rebellion Sir Staples had purchased the townland of Loy from O'Quinn. Charity, Lady Staples, and the couple's four children were imprisoned briefly in the
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before being moved more permanently to the Castle at Castlecaulfield where they spent almost two years in captivity until Moneymore was relieved and the rebels suppressed. Throughout the Rebellion, the rebels used the estate and its workers to manufacture
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Sir Robert George Alexander feared that he would be the last Staples owner of Lissan. He had only two daughters as issue. The younger, Elizabeth, had settled with her own family in England while the elder, Hazel, (following a spell in the
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These survive on the estate today but are in need of restoration. In the 1830s, the balustrade on the White Bridge was reconstructed according to the wishes of Catherine, Lady Staples, wife of the ninth Baronet Sir Thomas Staples
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Mary Banks, (daughter of Sir John Banks), inherited the Staples' Dublin property including the fine portrait of Catherine, Lady Staples by Martin Cregan now restored to Lissan. Harriet Gage (née Lenox-Conyngham, a relative from
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as the Duke mounted his horse just in time for the equerry to hoist the Duke up thus avoiding a cannonball which decapitated the equerry. Henrietta lost a leg in a fire in her mother's house during her youth. King
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Rubbing of the Brass tomb plate of Alexander Staples of Yate Court (d. 1590). He is shown with his two wives and eleven children. His youngest son was Sir Thomas Staples, 1st Baronet Lissan & Faughanvale
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and dining room. The house is well-shingled and stands near a small tenement with four pretty rooms. He has built a handsome stable, large barns and a turf house all well shingled." Sir Robert died in 1714.
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Funding for Phase II (the restoration of the interior decorative schemes, re-building the Conservatory and the complete restoration of the farmyard and outbuildings) is currently being sought.
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and other weapons as a result of which all the buildings on the estate survived despite the rebels' destruction of the town of Cookstown and the nearby plantation estate at Ballydrum (later
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Georgian glazing. In addition, the interior of the house was re-presented, forest trails laid, an adventure playground constructed and an interpretative exhibition installed in the house.
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who thereupon adopted the name Conolly by Royal Licence on 27 August 1821. His descendants remained at Castletown until 1965. His second wife was Henrietta Molesworth, younger daughter of
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which survives to this day. The main feature of his house was the huge oak staircase which still (following a reconstruction due to collapse in the 1880s) dominates the house today.
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his own paintings to raise funds. A great sale was held during his tenure which lasted two full days and which saw the remaining pictures and fine furnishings sold off, many to the
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John's father, Rev. Thomas Staples had entered into partnership with the Archbishop of Armagh, the Archbishop of Tuam, the Rev Hon Arthur Hill and Charles Caulfield to found the
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in 1902 which supplied the house with its sole source of electricity until 2004 and which is still in working order today. The estate remained, however, in terminal decline.
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estate. After a life devoted to the preservation of what was now an absolutely unique property of great antiquity and historic value, Hazel decided to establish a
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K.C., P.C., M.P., whilst the seventh and eighth Baronets remained at Dunmore. John Staples was a talented lawyer and one of the longest standing members of the
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As a result of a legal uncertainty contained in the Marriage Settlement executed by the fourth Baronet and his wife Mary Vesey at the request of Mary's father
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By the time of his death in 1899, the family were all but financially ruined. To compound their difficulties, the 11th Baronet, Sir John Staples was declared
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Sir Thomas died childless in 1865 as a result of which the title and estate were inherited by Rev. John Molesworth Staples' eldest son Nathaniel, the 10th
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carved out of the once elegant public rooms and bedrooms. Many of the remaining contents (including the remnants of John Staples' Library) were sent to
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by only 140 votes. Sadly however while bringing the estate to huge public attention, the programme resulted in no funding for the project whatsoever.
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The eighth Baronet, Sir Robert, died without legitimate issue, so the Dunmore property was bequeathed to his eldest (illegitimate) son, while the
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which promised to the winner of a phone in competition a fund in excess of ÂŁ1,000,000 for the restoration of the building. Lissan and Hazel, its
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By 1911, James Head Staples' health had declined to such an extent that he was no longer able to run the Estate. His eccentric younger brother,
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leg. The children of the Rt. Hon. John Staples and his wife Henrietta married into some of the best connected families in Ireland including the
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Sir Richard Molesworth Ponsonby Staples, 17th and last Baronet (1914-2013), photographed at the official opening of Lissan House, April 2010
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As a result of this, the estate was first occupied by the second eldest son of the family, James Head Staples who had originally settled in
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Evidence of building on site c.1580; first constructed c.1620; reconstructed c.1690 with notable alterations in c.1780, c.1840 and c.1880
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of Italy, furnishing Lissan with a fine collection of books, paintings and marbles and was painted twice by the famed Italian artist
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When this arrangement was confirmed in 1774, Lissan became the permanent seat of a junior branch of the family under the Rt. Hon.
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during the 1880s he quickly became one of the most renowned portrait artists of his day. He exhibited his first picture at the
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the iron deposits found across the estate. Mainly as a result of the existence of the forge, the dwelling house survived the
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thus settled at Lissan in November 1912. Robert Ponsonby Staples was an exceptionally talented artist. He had gone to
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estate). It is thought that a dwelling existed on the estate at this time along with an Iron Forge which was used to
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The house opened to the public for the first time as a tourist attraction and events location in Spring 2012.
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in Ireland in 1845. He married Catherine Hawkins, another heiress. He purchased the largest town house on
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were immediately put in the care of the Trust and a scheme was sought for the future of the estate.
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who thus became the ninth Baronet and reunited the title with the Lissan Estate. Sir Thomas Staples
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In around 1622 Thomas Staples married Charity Jones, heiress of Sir Baptist Jones, Master of the
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The estate was home to the Staples family from about 1620 until the death of the last incumbent,
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By 1943, the estate, stripped of its furnishings and its lands largely sold off, was virtually
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Today his paintings are hugely valuable but, while living at the centre of the social scene in
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died in 1821, she bequeathed the Castletown estate to the eldest son of Louisa Anne Staples,
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had provided her dowry and also instructed the Court physician to fashion for her a wooden
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The present house substantially owes its existence to Sir Thomas' third son, the fourth
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which could begin to seek a plan for a viable future for the estate. The Farm Yard and
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Sir Nathaniel Staples, 10th Baronet (1817-1899) by his son Robert Ponsonby Staples
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to the front of the house and purchased the clock tower from the Market House in
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Lissan House c.1890 showing the Porte Cochère added by Sir Nathaniel Staples
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from his home at Dunmore House whilst Thomas operated the Estate at Lissan.
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Sir Thomas' younger brother, the Rev. John Molesworth Staples, Rector of
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Catherine, Lady Staples (d.1872), wife of the 9th Baronet Sir Thomas, by
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and his stone house is marked on a Thomas Raven map of 1622 beside the
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with a capital of ÂŁ10,000. With this, they founded the coal mines in
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where he could find work. Harry Dolling had the house divided into
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Lissan House from the East by Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples c. 1936
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who had been granted large swathes of the new County in 1611) in
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While Hazel inherited the house and estate from her father, the
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Baronet. Three candidates; Garth Staples and Gerald Staples of
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Ulster Plantation House with Georgian and Victorian additions
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to study architecture at the age of twelve before moving to
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Today, Lissan represents a unique and fascinating part of
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Phase I of the restoration complete, scaffolding is removed
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in Ireland, to a design taken from a screen in the house.
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An Imaginary Cricket Match, Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples
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amid ancient woodland near the historic market town of
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in Southwestern England, in about 1610 as part of the
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and 180 acres (0.73 km) at Tatnagilta (now the
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Lissan House is located in Northern Ireland
Cookstown
County Tyrone
Coordinates
54°40′58″N 6°45′52″W / 54.682702°N 6.764539°W / 54.682702; -6.764539
Davis Ducart
http://www.lissanhouse.com
County Tyrone
Northern Ireland
Staples baronets
Sperrin Mountains
Cookstown
Hazel Radclyffe-Dolling
Ireland
Thomas Staples
Bristol
plantation of Ulster
Moneymore
Worshipful Company of Drapers
County Londonderry
Market Cross

Worshipful Company of Vintners
Baronet of Lissan and Faughanvale
Charles I
Cookstown
Lissan
smelt
Rebellion of 1641

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