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Baronetcy in the Baronetage of Ireland
The
Tuite Baronetcy
, of Sonna (
An Sonnach
) in the County of
Westmeath
, is a title in the
Baronetage of Ireland
. It was created on 16 June 1622 for Oliver Tuite. At the time of the
Norman Invasion of Ireland
,
Henry II
granted to
Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster
, the lands of O Maoilsheachlainn,
king of Meath
in return for the service of 50 Knights. As one of de Lacy's barons
Risteard de Tiuit
received large grants in Westmeath and Longford. His descendants became the barons of Moyashell, in Westmeath. De Lacy conferred on the Tuite family the castle of O'Casey (
Irish
O Cathasaigh), chief of Saithne, now "Sonnagh," in
Westmeath
. The seventh Baronet was murdered at Sonnagh. This senior branch of the family became Protestant in order to hold on to their lands and in the early twentieth century moved to Britain. The Sonnagh estate is today in ruins outside the town of
Ballynacargy
in
County Westmeath
.
Hugh Tuite
,
Member of Parliament
for
Westmeath
, was
gazetted
a baronet, "of Sound in the County of Westmeath", on 3 July 1838,
[1]
which was reported in
The Times
on 4 July. However, it appears that the announcement was an error
[2]
and on 6 July a notice appeared in
The Gazette
that the creation of the baronetcy was "not to take place."
[3]
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