Brief account of the Irvine family, County Fermanagh

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Ballindullagh in 1691, and afterwards when
his eldest brother removed to Castle Irvine in
1714, he succeeded him at Cules. He was
ancestor of the Rockfield line of the Irvine
family, and died in 1716.
3. Charles, third surviving son of William
Irvine, was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army,
and served in the Continental wars under
Marlborough. He married in 1698 Margaret
King, sister of Dr. William King, Archbishop
of Dublin. After he retired from the army, he
lived in England, and died at London without
issue in 1745.
4. Lancelot, the fourth son of William
Irvine, was Lieutenant in Colonel Wolseley's
Regiment of Enniskilleners. He died un-
married in 1701.
William Irvine also married, secondly, Anne
Armstrong, by whom he left another son, Cap-
tain Gerard Irvine, of Green Hill, County
Fermanagh, who married Alice Forster, and
died without issue in 1755.
On the death of Dr. Christopher Irvine Jun.
of Castle Irvine, gth May, 1714, Christopher,
the eldest son of William Irvine, as already
stated, obtained possession of the Castle Irvine
estates. He did so, owing to his being next
of kin and heir-at-law of the deceased Dr.
Irvine. But his actual right to these estates
was disputed by Guy Carleton, eldest sur-
viving son of Lancelot Carleton of Rossfad, on