Christiana Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Baroness Donoughmore
Christiana Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Baroness Donoughmore was a suo jure hereditary peer.
She is an ancestress of Katharine, Duchess of Kent.
Christiana Nickson was the daughter of Abraham Nickson of Munny, County Wicklow, and grand-niece and heir of Richard Hutchinson of Knocklofty.
She married Rt. Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson MP, son of Francis Hely of Gertrough, by his spouse Prudence née Earbury, on 8 June 1751. He added Hutchinson to his surname in consequence of the marriage, which brought him her considerable fortune.
They had ten children:
- Lt.-Gen. Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore
- General John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore
- Hon. Francis Hely-Hutchinson, Collector of the Customs in the port of Dublin
- Hon. Augustus Abraham Hely-Hutchinson, Commissioner of the Customs in London and in Ireland
- Christopher Hely-Hutchinson, MP for Cork
- Lorenzo Hely-Hutchinson, in holy orders; , County Wexford, 1811–1822.
- Prudence Hely Hutchinson unmarried
- Mary Hely Hutchinson married 21 June 1791 Thomas Smith, barrister, and had issue
- Margaret Hely Hutchinson unmarried
- Christiana Hely Hutchinson unmarried
Her husband declined any peerage for himself. On 20 September 1783, she was created, in her own right, a hereditary peer as Baroness Donoughmore, of Knocklofty, County Tipperary, Kingdom of Ireland. However, as a woman, she was unable to sit in the Irish House of Lords.
