Edward Brabazon, 1st Baron Ardee

Ballinasloe Castle, built by a Hiberno-Norman knight in the 13th century, was granted by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Nicholas Malby.

He occupied Ballinasloe castle in the 1570s/80s, on land previously held by Seán na Maighe Ó Cellaigh.

In 1585, he was elected as Member of Parliament for County Wicklow in the Irish House of Commons.

On 19 July 1616, he was created Baron Ardee in the Peerage of Ireland and took his seat in the Irish House of Lords.

of Surrey, Clerk of the Green Cloth to Elizabeth I and his wife Eleanor Hazelrigg, and together they had at least six children.