Baron Kingsale


Baron Kingsale is a title in the Peerage of Ireland, that of the premier baron in that peerage. The feudal barony dates to at least the thirteenth century. The first peerage creation was by writ. The numbering of the barons varies, some sources including the holders of the feudal barony, others commencing with the peers from 1340, and still others from 1397; a licence of that year issued to the fourth peer has often been mistaken for a patent creating the peerage, but this is not the case. This article follows the numbering of The Complete Peerage.
The Baron also holds the feudal titles of Lord Courcy and Lord Ringrone, probably created in the twelfth century. Several sources claim that the Baron holds the privilege of being covered in the presence of the monarch. The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, however, disagrees, claiming that the story "is a legend without historic foundation". Despite the antiquity of the title, the family no longer retains its property or wealth, having supported the losing side in past conflicts; the 30th Baron, despite education at Stowe and the Universities of Paris and Salzburg due to his father's marriage to the daughter of a Yorkshire lanolin oil business, was, due to the failure of that business, amongst other things, an odd-job man and plumber, and died a resident of sheltered housing.

Feudal Barons (before 1222)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's kinsman Joseph Kenneth Charles de Courcy
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Patrick Miles Hugh de Courcy.