Sir
Ambrose
Forth
Born after in London, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Anne Cusack
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Edward Forth and Margaret (Forth) Moore
Died
before age 65
[location unknown]
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Biography
Ambrose was born in London around 1545.
Educated Eton and Cambridge, admitted to King's College 1560, BA 1564; MA 1568 with LL.D from Trinity, Dublin 1581 [1]
He went to Ireland and in 1573 became a master in Chancery and resided at Finglas [2]
He married Anne Cusack daughter of Edward Cusack of Lismullen co. Meath, and his wife Elizabeth Aylmer. [2]
1604 From his house in Cabra in Dublin in a letter he referred to his 32 years in office and was knighted in August that year at Leixlip by Sir George Carey, Lord Deputy of Ireland [3]
He died in 1610. (Cooper, 11. 525; Midds. Pedigrees.)
Issue 2 sons + 2 dau [2]
- Robert Forth (c.1600-c.1663) MP and member of the Privy Council of Ireland - Issue
- Edward Forth (1594 -1626) [4] & [5]
- Margaret Forth m1). Thomas Moore of Croghan, King's co - Issue and m2). Philip Digby youngest son of Sir Robert Digby and his wife Lettice Fitzgerald, Baroness Offaly][6]
- Katherine Forth m. Edward Nugent of Dysart, Co. Westmeath
Sources
- ↑ Venn, John; Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900., Vol 2 Pt 1 pg 160
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ball, Francis Elrington;A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century; Pub 1902/20 Vol 6 pg 88-89
- ↑ Shaw, William Arthur; The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland pg 135
- ↑ Betham Genealogical Abstracts Prerogative Wills. via FindMyPast (Subscription)
- ↑ Ireland Diocesan And Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes 1595-1858 via FindMyPast (Subscription)
- ↑ Lodge, John; The peerage of Ireland : or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom. Pub 1789 pg 88-89
- See Also
- Wikipedia - Ambrose Forth
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Ball, Francis Elrington. A History of the County Dublin; The People, Parishes and Antiquities from the Earliest Times to the Close of the Eighteenth Century. Vol 6, pp 88-89 Archive.org
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