Excerpt from State of the Peerage of Ireland, at and Since the Time of the Union, 1801 to 1888: Also List of the Knights of St. Patrick, at and Since the Institution of That Order, 1783 to 1888 Abercorn receiving a Dukedom (for that reward his services had doubtless well merited) but that such Dukedom should be one in the Kingdom of Ireland, effected (in a way always of doubtful legality and at that time almost obsolete) by promotion of his Irish Viscountcy of Strabane. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.