Paul Davys

Background

He was the elder son of Sir John Davys and Anne Thelwall. His father was Secretary of State (Ireland), as was his grandfather Sir Paul Davys (died 1672)).

Career

The Davys family are recorded from Kill, County Kildare since the sixteenth century. Sir William, who died in 1687, had bought and improved Saint Catherine"s Park, Leixlip, which he wished to descend to his male heirs. He chose Viscount Mount Cashell, which had previously been a Jacobite title given to Catherine"s uncle Justin MacCarthy, who died in 1694.

Accordingly in 1706 Paul was created Viscount and Baron Mount Cashell.

Elrington Ball describes Mount Cashell as a young man of fashion, who found life in Dublin dull, and was fond of malicious gossip about his fellow peers. On the other hand he describes Lady Mount Cashell as a woman greatly esteemed for religious devotion and charity.

Ball refers to numerous children, most of whom died young. Belmore lists six children of whom three died young:

William, died 1702

Charles, died 1703

James, 2nd Viscount Mount Cashell (1710–1719)

Edward, 3rd Viscount Mount Cashell ( 1711–1736) on whose death the title became extinct

Margaret (died 1778) who married James Barrymore, 5th Earl of Barrymore.

Connections

Uncle:

William Davys

Friend:

James Butler