George Tuchet, 1st Earl of Castlehaven

Who was George Tuchet, 1st Earl of Castlehaven?

George Tuchet, 1st Earl of Castlehaven, was the son of Henry Tuchet, 10th Baron Audley and his wife, née Elizabeth Sneyd.

He succeeded his father as 11th Baron Audley and 8th Baron Tuchet on 30 December 1563, and served in the Parliament of England from 30 September 1566 to 5 April 1614. He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He was Governor of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and Governor of Kells, County Meath, Ireland. He was wounded at the Battle of Kinsale, 24 December 1601. He resided primarily in Ireland and was summoned by writ to the Irish House of Lords 11 March 1613/1614.

He was created 1st Baron Audley of Orier and 1st Earl of Castlehaven on 6 September 1616 in the Peerage of Ireland.

In the late 1570s or early 1580s he married Lucy Mervyn, who died on 20 February 1616, only child of Sir James Mervyn and of his wife Amy Clark.

They had seven children:

Eleanor Tuchet, who married 1st: Sir John Davies, attorney of the king. 2nd: Sir Archibald Douglas.

Mervyn

Sir Ferdinando Tuchet K.B., who married widow of Sir John Rodney.

Anne Tuchet, who married Edward Blount Esq.

Elizabeth Tuchet, who married 1st: Sir John Stawel. 2nd: Sir Thomas Griffin.