Barnewall baronets

The Barnewall Baronetcy, of Crickstown Castle in the County of Meath, is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland.

He was the member of a family that had been settled in Ireland since 1172, when Sir Michael de Berneval landed on the coast of Cork.

The second and third Baronets both represented County Meath in the Irish House of Commons.

However, his cousin Thomas Barnewall, de jure sixth Baronet, never assumed the title and it remained dormant from his death in 1790 until 1821, when it was successfully claimed by Robert Barnewall, the eighth Baronet.

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Christopher Patrick Barnewall (born 1995)

Arms: Ermine a Bordure engrailed Gules; Crest: From a Plume of five Ostrich Feathers Or Gules Azure Vert and Argent a Falcon rising of the last; Motto: Malo mori quam foedari (I prefer to die than be dishonoured) [ 1 ]