Sir Richard STEELE 1st Bart of Ireland [28789]

  General Notes:

Lineage
1 . Steele Richard, Esq, of a respectable English family, settled at Hampstead, co. Dublin, and was created a Baronet of Ireland, August 1768; dying in 1785 he was succeeded by his eldest surviving son.

2. Steele Sir Parker, a military officer who participated in the glories of Minden in 1759, and was severely wounded at the taking of Hesse Cassel. Sir Parker married Maria, daughter of John Verity, Esq of Bowling Hall, in Yorkshire, by whom he had Richard, the present Bt, with 3 other sons and 3 daughters. Sir Parker died 13 May, 1787.

3. Steele, Sir Richard, of Hampstead, co Dublin; succeeded as 3rd Bt upon the decease of his father, 13 May, 1787; married in 1798, France's s Mary Collette, daughter of the late Edward, Count D'Alton, (a lieutenant general in the Austrian service, who fell at the siege of Dunkirk in 1793, commanding the Imperial troops,) by whom he has had issue.
Richard, who died in the 22nd year of his age.
John Maxwell, born 4 May, 1811; married 31 July, 1838, Elizabeth Ann Graves, of Mickleton Manor House, Gloucestershire, eldest daughter, of the late J Graves Esq
Edward.
Frances.
Bertha.
Lucy.
Harriet, married 1 October 1835, to the Rev E Elliott.
Catherine.
Emily.

Created: 2 August 1768

Arms: Ar., a bend, counter-company, sa. and or. between two lions heads, erased, gu.; on a chief, az.,three billets, gold.
Crest: A demi-eagle, displayed, holding in his beak a snake, all ppr.
Motto: Absque labore nihil.
Seal: Monkstown, co. Dublin.

Peerage and Baronetage.
John Burke Esq
6th Edition
1839

Richard married Dorothy ARMSTEAD [28805] [MRIN: 10189] on 13 Feb 1731/32 in St Mary Dublin IRL. (Dorothy ARMSTEAD [28805] was born in 1710.)

Richard next married Margaret SMITH [28826] [MRIN: 10203] on 16 Sep 1756 in St Thomas Dublin IRL. (Margaret SMITH [28826] was born in 1720 in Scotland.)