Oliver Grace

Oliver Grace was Chief Remembrancer of the Irish Exchequer and a member of the Privy Council of King James II.Brewer, James Norris (1826). The Beauties of Ireland: Being Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical, of Each County, Volume 2. London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, p. 120

Although a supporter of Catholic King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland, Oliver Grace was trusted and respected by the Protestant Landed Gentry of Queen's County. When the Jacobites held the upper hand in Ireland, several large Protestant estates were assigned over to him in trust whose proprietors relied solely on his honor for their restoration.Grace, Sheffield (1823). Memoirs of the Family of Grace. London: Weed and Rider, p. 53 When the forces of William of Orange ultimately triumphed, Irish Protestants prevailed on King William III to grant Oliver Grace a pardon for his adherence to James II, which he received on 21 May 1696.Brewer, The Beauties of Ireland: Being Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical, of Each County, Volume 2, p. 120

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Oliver Grace's 3rd great-grandfather, Sir Oliver Grace, was Knight of Ballylinch and Legan Castles, County Kilkenny, Lord of Carney, Tipperary, and Member of Parliament (MP) for that county in 1559. He married Mary, daughter of Sir Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies, by his wife Ellice, daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde.Burke, Sir Bernard (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1. London: Harrison, Pall Mall, pp. 528-529

Oliver Grace married Elizabeth, only surviving child of John Bryan, of Bawnmore, County Kilkenny, and by her had issue:Burke, Sir Bernard (1914). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. London: Harrison and Sons, p. 878

• Michael, his heir, who died on 19 November 1760
• Robert
• Sheffield, who died in 1699
• Lettice, who married John Grace, feudal baron of Courtstown
• Anne, married first, to Richard, eldest son of Sir Richard Nagle, Secretary of State for Ireland, temp. James II; married secondly, Edmond Butler, 8th Lord Dunboyne, and was mother of the 9th, 10th, and 12th lords
• Ellis, or Alicia, who married Samuel Gale, of the Ashfield Gales, Queen's County

Oliver Grace died on 8 June 1708 and is buried in the south wing of Arles Church (or Grace's Chapel) of which he was the founder.Brewer, The Beauties of Ireland: Being Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical, of Each County, Volume 2, p. 120

Oliver's descendants included the Grace baronets from 1818 to 1977.

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• {{Cite book|last=Brewer|first=James Norris|authorlink=James Norris Brewer|title= The Beauties of Ireland: Being Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical, of Each County, Volume 2|year=1826|publisher=Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper |location=London}}
• {{Cite book|last=Burke|first=Sir Bernard|authorlink=Bernard Burke|title= A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage|year=1914|publisher=Harrison & Sons|location=London}}
• {{Cite book|last=Burke|first=Sir Bernard|authorlink=Bernard Burke|title= A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1|year=1871|publisher= Harrison, Pall Mall|location=London}}
• {{Cite book|last=Grace|first= Sheffield|title= Memoirs of the Family of Grace|year=1823|publisher= Weed and Rider|location=London}}
• {{Cite book|last= Mason|first= William Shaw|authorlink=William Shaw Mason|title= A Statistical Account, or Parochial Survey of Ireland, Volume 3|year=1819|publisher= Faulkner Press|location= Dublin}}

• [http://www.ongracedepend.wordpress.com On Grace Depend, Descendants of Oliver Grace]

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Category:Year of birth uncertain

Category:1700s deaths

Category:Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Queen's County constituencies

Category:Irish MPs 1689

Category:Members of the Privy Council of Ireland