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About John Caldwell
John bought Castle Hasset and renamed it Castle Caldwell in 1663. The castle was built around 1610 by Francis Blennerhasset. Caldwell descendents lived in Castle Caldwell for over 200 years.
John was married first to Margaret Porter (b.1635-d.1653). His second wife was Mary Holmes (b.1632- d.1691).
Castle Caldwell, near Belleek, County Fermanagh, stands on an isthmus overlooking Lower Lough Erne.
It was built in the first decade of the 17th century by Thomas Blemerhassett on the 1,500 acre estate he acquired under the Plantation of Ulster.
The castle, originally built in 1612, was purchased by James Caldwell, a prosperous merchant from Enniskillen, in 1662. The Caldwells originally came from Prestwick in Ayrshire.
James Caldwell (ca 1630-1716) purchased the estate of Wellsborough; was a Captain of Horse; lived at Castle Caldwell, Templecarne, County Fermanagh; and was Sheriff of County Fermanagh in 1677.
This gentleman was created a baronet in 1683, as Sir James Caldwell, of Wellsborough, County Fermanagh.
In 1689 Sir James was attainted by the Irish Parliament of JAMES II.
The 2nd Baronet, Sir John (d ca 1726), was Sheriff of County Fermanagh in 1693. Like his father, he was a merchant.
The 3rd Baronet, also Sir John, was Sheriff of County Fermanagh in 1730. He died in 1743.
The next Sir John, 4th Baronet (1722-84), was educated in 1734 at Dundalk and graduated from Trinity College Dudlin in 1740 with a Bachelor of Arts. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1743/44; was an officer in the Austrian Army, where he distinguished himself; was created 1° Graf von Milan [Holy Roman Empire] in 1749, created by Empress Maria Theresa; a Deputy Governor of County Fermanagh in 1752; a Fellow of the Royal Society, 1753; Sheriff of County Fermanagh, 1756.
On 12 January, 1760, he raised a Regiment of Light Horse (20th Dragoons) for the defence of the Kingdom of Ireland; this regiment was disbanded in 1763. He was a colonel in 1762 in the Regiment of Militia; a Privy Counsellor, 1762; and he was said to have declined a peerage, and the position of Chamberlain for the Empress of Germany.
Sir John Caldwell, 5th Baronet, was born in 1756. He died in 1830, aged 73, at Ramsgate, Kent, without male issue.
Sir John was commissioned in 1774; a lieutenant in 1777; was Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India in 1782. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1784; and succeeded to the title of Graf von Milan in 1784; was Governor of County Fermanagh in 1793; a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1794 in the Fermanagh Militia; Sheriff of County Fermanagh, 1798; Captain in 1802 in the Belleek Infantry.
On his death, his Holy Roman Empire Countship became extinct.
Castle Caldwell remained in the family for approximately two centuries. During the 19th century the demesne comprised 4,865 acres.
The Castle then apparently came into the hands of a Mr Bloomfield in the early 1800s, when he married a woman of Caldwell descent. Then, in 1849, John Caldwell Bloomfield is said to have inherited the castle "from his father", but the Irish potato famine had just run its course and the estate was in some financial jeopardy.
Bloomfield, described as an amateur mineralogist, noticed a "vivid white" coating on the outside of some of the tenant farmers' small cottages. He was informed that the coating was the result of clay deposits on the estate which were of unusually high quality.
This was how the renowned Belleek Pottery was conceived.
Though Castle Caldwell today is largely covered with forest planting, having been developed for this purpose since 1913, it remains an outstanding site, both for its peninsular position on the shores of lower Lough Erne and for the remnants of the dwelling and garden.
The demesne was established in the early 17th century and the original gardens were in a formal layout, with straight avenues and canals aligned upon the house, known as Castle Hassett.
Extensive changes were undertaken in the grounds in the 18th century, which was by then heavily wooded, though there were views of the lough from the house. The house is now ruinous.
Portions of these features still can be found in the undergrowth. The decline of the ornamental and productive gardens preceded the acquisition of the grounds early in the 20th century for forestry.
The forest planting itself has become historic: There is a noted large Sitka spruce in the car park planted in 1921.
The gate lodge, Railway Gate, was built ca 1866 into the newly-constructed railway embankment. Trains rumbled overhead and carriages entered the demesne underneath and arch beside the castellated porter's house.
Within the demesne there is a 17th century ruined church and graveyard.
Bloomfield ordered a geological survey of his land and was informed that the clay contained all of the necessary raw materials to make pottery (feldspar, kaolin, flint, clay and shale).
He took on two partners (Robert Williams Armstrong and David McBirney), talked the government into building a rail spur to near-by Belleek (4 miles to the west) and built a pottery factory, Mrs Bloomfield laying the first foundation stone in 1853.
Thus were the beginnings of a very successful business and a line of pottery now known the world over as Belleek Pottery. Unusual in its lustre and beauty, it has been a prized possession of royalty and many others for many years.
Blanche Caldwell Grierson (nee Bloomfield) was the only daughter of John Caldwell Bloomfield DL, of Castle Caldwell, a former High Sheriff of County Fermanagh. She was also related to the Brookes of Colebrooke.
During the First World War, Mrs Grierson was an active enthusiastic worker on behalf of the UVF Hospital, where many beds were endowed through her efforts.
She died in 1920.
The Griersons had a daughter, Ula, who married Henry Kinahan and died on 24 February, 1949.
Birth: Sep. 16, 1630 County Donegal, Ireland Death: Jun. 20, 1692 County Donegal, Ireland
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Parents:
John Caldwell (1603 - 1639)
Mary Sweetenham Caldwell (1602 - 1639)
Spouse:
Mary Holmes Caldwell (1632 - 1691)
Children:
Margaret Caldwell (1655 - 1720)*
Joseph Alexander Caldwell (1657 - 1730)*
John Caldwell (1659 - ____)*
Mary Jane Caldwell (1660 - ____)*
William Caldwell (1662 - 1725)*
David Caldwell (1666 - 1721)*
Siblings:
William Caldwell (1628 - 1698)*
John Caldwell (1630 - 1692)
Mary Caldwell Lifefield (1632 - 1654)*
James Caldwell (1634 - 1716)*
Joseph Caldwell (1637 - 1682)*
Alexander Caldwell (1639 - 1700)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Ballybogan Donegal County Donegal, Ireland GPS (lat/lon): 54.65, -8.11667
Created by: Michael Bell Record added: Sep 17, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 58802552 https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58802552
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John Caldwell's Timeline
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September 16, 1630
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Ballyoogan, Derry Parish, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
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September 16, 1630
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Derry Cathedral, Londonderry, Ireland
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1645
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Londonderry, Donegal, Donegal, Ireland
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1648
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London, Middlesex, England
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August 19, 1655
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Ballycogan, Donegal, Ireland
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1657
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January 1659
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Londonderry, County Derry, Ulster, Ireland
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June 10, 1659
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Londonderry, County Derry, Ulster, Ireland
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October 8, 1660
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Londonderry/Donegal/Fermanagh
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