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Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester ( born about 1430; died 19 December 1496) was an Irish peer, statesman and judge. He was one of the dominant political figures in late fifteenth-century Ireland, rivalled in influence only by his son-in-law, the 8th or "Great" Earl of Kildare.
Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester In 1478 when his son-in-law, Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare was replaced as Lord Deputy of Ireland by Lord Grey, Portlester organised a campaign of non-cooperation with the new Deputy. When Grey ordered him to hand over the Great Seal of Ireland, Portlester refused point blank, thus making the conduct of official business impossible. The King went to considerable lengths to support Grey, even ordering Thomas Archbold, the Master of the Royal Mint in Ireland, to strike a new Great Seal, declaring that the Seal held by Portlester was annulled, and that all acts passed under it were utterly void; but these efforts were no avail. So effective was the campaign of obstruction that after a few months Lord Grey was forced to return to England.
Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester Portlester was reappointed Chancellor by Henry VII, but removed because of his part in the crowning of the pretender, Lambert Simnel, as King Edward VI of England, on May 24, 1487. This coronation took place in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. Nearly every noble and Prince in Ireland took part in the coronation. Simnel invaded England with an Irish army which was crushed at the Battle of Stoke. Henry VII was magnanimous in victory, sparing Simnel's life and issuing pardons to Portlester and his fellow peers; but he decided to split the offices held by Lord Portlester between Alexander Plunket and Sir James Ormond. Portlester nonetheless remained an influential figure for the remaining decade of his life, and was able to fight off an attack on his record as Treasurer in 1493.
Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester He had issue by all of his wives, but it is uncertain which wife was the actual mother of each particular child. His only legitimate son, Richard, died young.
Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester The barony became extinct on his death in 1496, but his nephew Thomas, son of his brother Richard, was created Viscount Baltinglass in 1541. Sir Maurice Eustace, a wealthy and influential member of the same clan who became Lord Chancellor of Ireland, accepted the title Baron Portlester at the Restoration of Charles II, but then changed his mind, apparently because he had no legitimate son to succeed him.