Background
Nicholas was the grandson of Luke Netterville, judge of the Court of King"s Bench (Ireland) and nephew of the statesman Richard Netterville. His mother was Eleanor Gernon, daughter of Sir James Gernon.
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Nicholas Netterville of Dowth
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Being "a person of many good qualities" he was created, 3 April 1622, Viscount Netterville, of Dowth in the County Meath, taking his seat, 14 July 1634. He died 1654 and was buried at Mountown, County Dublin. Despite the Crown"s previous regard for him, his loyalty was gravely suspect during the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the ensuing English Civil War.
On 26 July 1644 he took the oath of association to the Irish Confederacy and was one of three commissioners sent to accompany the Papal Nuncio, Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, to Kilkenny.
In 1647 he took an oath that the Church be restored to its pre-Reformation state, but he actively opposed the Nuncio in 1648 and later joined with Ormonde. Ellen, married to Fleming, Esq.
Luke,, and all took part in the 1641 Rebellion. And were Jesuits. and founded junior branches of the family from whom later Viscounts were descended.
