John Crichton (1802 - 1885)

Born 30 Jul 1802 in Crom Castle, County Fermanagh, Ireland

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Died 3 Oct 1885 at age 83 in County Fermanagh, Ireland

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John Crichton was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

John Creighton was the 3rd Earl of Erne, 1st Baron Fermanagh.

Born in 1802

Lord Erne is remembered as the employer of the hapless Captain Charles Boycott, whose mishandling of relations with agricultural workers on Lord Erne's estate in County Mayo caused a political and public order crisis and provoked the strategy that gave the English language the term to boycott. ^[1]

Died 03 Oct 1885 Co, Fermanagh, Ireland

Note: "The Creightons were created Earls Erne in 1789, but, from the succession of the 3rd Earl in 1842, seem to have styled themselves Earls of Erne. A further complication is that in 1872 they changed the spelling of their family name from Creighton to Crichton."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Crichton,_3rd_Earl_Erne
2. ↑ https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/introduction-erne-papers

See also:

• The Erne papers comprise material, 1611-1981, relating to the family and personal affairs of the Creighton family of Crom Castle, Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, Earls Erne, most of which relate to the administration of their various estates: at Crom, Callowhill, Derrylin, Killynick, Lisnaskea, Knockballymore and Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh; at Lifford, Co. Donegal; and in Dublin City, Co. Sligo and Co. Mayo.

Most of the material relates to the period 1830-1950, with comparatively few documents for the 17th and 18th centuries as the original Crom Castle was destroyed by fire shortly after it was built in 1764. The main exception, in terms of early archival survivals, are the papers relating to the Balfour estate at Lisnaskea (Castle Balfour) and elsewhere in Co. Fermanagh which was purchased in 1821 and which provide important information about early 17th century settlement. http://www.rascal.ac.uk/collection/294

• The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing

• Thepeerage.com John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne of Crom Castle Cites: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

• Ancestry Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/87015278/family