In 1689 he was attainted by the Irish Parliament of James II and his estates were sequestered.
However, after the deposition of James II he was restored and allowed to take his seat in the Irish House of Lords in 1695.
He was succeeded by his son James, the second Baron, who died as an infant shortly after his father.
He was succeeded by his son, Arthur, the fourth Baron, whose son and rightful heir James Annesley was overlooked for the succession by his uncle, Richard Anglesey, the fifth Baron Altham and later sixth Earl of Anglesey.
For further history of the legal battle that followed and the descent of the title, see Viscount Valentia.