He was a noted soldier and also represented Armagh in the Irish House of Commons.

[2] The latter's son, the third Baron, was shot in 1642 on the orders of Sir Phelim O'Neill, the leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.

[3] His eldest son, the second Earl, sat in the House of Lords as an Irish representative peer from 1806 to 1863.

On his death the earldom and barony of 1837 became extinct, while he was succeeded in the other titles by his kinsman, the seventh Viscount.

As of 2014[update] the titles are held by the latter's son, the fifteenth Viscount, who succeeded in 2001.

Other members of the family include Thomas, son of the second Baron, who was MP for Charlemont.

He was the father of William, MP for Tulsk and father of Thomas, Toby, and St George, all of whom were also MPs for Tulsk: St George was also a highly successful lawyer who ended his career as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.