 (married William Henry West Esq. of Farmley). The family was seated at The Island, Oulart, Gorey.
Bolton of Castle Ring
The pedigree of this family begins with John Bolton, of Great Fenton, Staffordshire, England, son of Roger Bolton, who desceded from the Boltons of Bolton, Lancashire. John married Margaret, daughter of Richard Ashe of Ashe, and had a son with her named Richard.
This son, Sir Richard Bolton, Knight, of Courtduff, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, married his first wife, Frances, daughter of Richard Walter of Stafford, and had issue with her as follows: 1) Sir Edward (Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, from whom descended the Boltons of Bective Abbey), 2) Richard, 3) John, 4) Thomas (discussed below), 5) Anne (married Arthur Hill, Member of Parliament for Hillsborough, had issue), and 6) Mary (married Patrick Nangle of Navan and later Edward Bermingham). Richard married his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Patrick Barnewall, Knight of Turvey.
He was succeeded by his son, Thomas. This son, Thomas Bolton of Knock, married Alice Knilton, and had a son with her named Nicholas. Nicholas Bolton of Knock, county Louth, married Anne, daughter of Anthony Buckworth of Drogmore and Sarah Bermingham, and had issue with her as follows: Thomas (ancestor of the Boltons of Tullydonnell), Anthony, and Theophilus (Archbishop of Cashel). The second son, Anthony Bolton, of Grange, county Louth, married Martha Sheldon and had a son with her named Charles. Charles Bolton of Castle Rigg, married his cousin Sidney, the daughter of Richard Bolton of Dromiskin, and had a son with her named Richard. This son, Richard Bolton of Castle Rigg, was born in 1772. In 1808, he married Marianne, daughter of Gibbons Ruxton of Blackcaster and Ardee and had three sons with her as follows: 1) Charles (Major of Ulimbah, Newcastle, New South Wales, had a daughter named Sidney Elizabeth), 2) John, and 3) Richard. The third son, Richard Bolton of Castle Rigg and Donaghmoyne, was born in 1811. He was a Justice of the Peace. In 1853, he married Mary Sophia Ward, daughter of Reverend Cornelius Marshall, and had issue with her as follows: 1) John Marshall (discussed below), 2) Archer Clive (Major of Northants Regiment), 3) Richard (married Clare Barrett), 4) Anna Sophia (married Richard Baillie Henry of Rathneston), 5) Sidney, 6) Margaret Cornelia, 7) Elizabeth Gason Ruxton (married Reverend Hugh Massy), and 8) Josephine Florinda (married Reverend Charles Francis Bosvile Tottenham). John Marshall Bolton, of Castle Ring, county Louth, and Donaghmoyne, county Monaghan, was a Justice of the Peace, High Sheriff, and graduate of Trinity College Dublin, was born in 1858. In 1895, he married Florinda Julia, daughter of Reverend James Robert Ffolliott, Rector of Moira, and Julia, daughter of Charles Warner Hovenden of Ballylehane. The Bolton coat of arms is blazoned as follows in the medieval art of heraldry: Or, on a chevron gules three lions couchant of the field. Crest: A hawk proper belled or. This family was seated at Castle Ring, Louth, and Donaghmoyne, Carrickmacross, county Monaghan, Ireland.
The lineage of this family traces back to Joseph Bolton of Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, an officer in the Hanoverian Legion. His son, Joseph Cheney Bolton of Carbrook, Stirlingshire, was born in 1819. In 1850, Joseph married Emma, daughter of Samuel Higginbotham, and had issue with her, including a son named Edwin, born in 1858. Sir Edwin was Convenor of Stirlingshire and Vice Lieutenant. He was a Lieutenant of the Scots Greys. Sir Edwin was created a Baronet in 1927. In 1888, he married Elinor Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John H.N. Graham, 1st Baronet of Larbert, and had issue as follows: 1) Sir Ian Frederick Cheney, 2) Edwin Graham, 3) Mona Graham, and 4) Florence Marjorie (married Alexander Fleming Campbell). He died was succeeded by his son Ian in 1931. Sir Ian Frederick Cheney Bolton, 2nd Baronet, of West Plean, county Stirling, was born in 1889. He was a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant, and Captain of the 3rd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders who