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Ownership of Crocknacrieve Convention Grounds,
Ballinamallard, Fermanagh County, Ireland

FROM: Patrick Hurst: "Although documentary evidence is scarce, it is thought that a Patrick Hurst once lived there, because after his death aged 69 on 10 June 1797, the Reverend Alexander Hurst, son of John Hurst, a merchant from Ballinamallard…”

TO: “…sold the house to John Johnston who became Clerk of the Crown for Northwest Ulster. Born in 1775, he married Mary Jane Ovenden, daughter of Dr. Charles Ovenden of Enniskillen. He died in 1831...”

TO: “… and in 1834 his [John Johnston’s] widow married Henry Mervyn Richardson, [grandparents of Simon Loane who would purchase the property in 1921] Mr. & Mrs. Richardson lived at Crocknacrieve until 1842, at which time they inherited Rossfad and went to live there.”

TO: “After 1846 Crocknacrieve was leased to various people...until it was sold by Henry Richardson to his first cousin, Nicholas Archdale in the late 1850’s." Nicholas Montgomery Archdale was born February 18, 1820 and died February 2, 1877 at age 56 in the hunting field. He was the son of Edward Archdall and Matilda Humphrys. On January 27, 1852, Nicholas married Adelaide Mary Porter, 4th daughter of Rev John Grey Porter and Margaret Lavinia Lindsey; she died January 6, 1926.

TO: Eldest Son Edward Mervyn Archdale who was born January 26, 1853 and died November 1, 1943 at age 90. He married Alicia Bland Fleming, daughter of Quintin Fleming, on June 10, 1880.

TO: John West purchased Crocknacrieve in 1901 from Sir Edward M. Archdale, son of Nicholas Archdale who died in 1877. Some sources state he bought it from Nicholas Archdale, but this was not possible, since he was deceased long before 1901.

TO: Simon Christopher Loane purchased Crocknacrieve from John West in 1921. Simon C. Loane was born October 22, 1883 and died on August 6, 1971. He married Mildred Penelope (“Penny”) Matilda Barton on Aug 27, 1918. She was the 5 th and 8 th child of daughter of Capt. Charles Robert Barton and Henrietta Martha Mervyn Richardson of Waterfoot, Letter Co. Fermanagh. Penny was born on April 25, 1885 in Pettigo, Co Fermanagh and died on August 6, 1971 . NOTE: Penny Barton and her sister Susie (9 th child) were both 2x2 workers. Penny went with Maggie Johnston to Switzerland in 1913. She left the work and married Simon Loane in 1918 and they had 4 sons. Her sister Susan Cecil(e) Grace Barton was born December 24, 1886 and died March 2, 1968; Susie was a lifetime 2x2 worker.

TO: Eldest son: Simon Folliott Warren Thomas Barton Loane was born on August 16, 1920 and died Feb 5, 2007 (View Death Notice: http://notices.irishtimes.com/2393302 )
He married his cousin Heather Everina Anne Mackey on August 4, 1955. She was the only daughter of Capt. David Mackey and his wife Heather (Maxwell) of Drumlyon, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. They had two children: Charles David Montgomery Loane born November 14, 1956; and Erica Everina Penelope Loane born April 30, 1959. Erica married Sir Edmund John William Hugh Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy , the 6th Baronetm and became Lady Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy. They have a son Patrick Samuel Thomas Fulke Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, born at Warwick on April 3, 1995.

TO: Heather Everina Anne (Mackey) Loane, in February, 2007.

Sources for above:
Ballinamallard--A Place of Importance, Ballinamallard Historical Society, 2004;
Burke’s Irish Family Records
thePeerage.com

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From: Peter Archdale, a great-grandson of the 1st Baronet: http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2010/08/riversdale.html

"As far as I know, Riversdale was built sometime between 1800 and 1817 by Edward Archdale (above), 3 rd son of Mervyn Archdall and Hon. Mary Dawson . He died in 1864, when the property passed to his second son William Humphrys Mervyn Archdall (below left). The latter dsp in 1889, so the house and land passed to his nephew, my g-grandfather Edward Mervyn Archdale. Edward Mervyn Archdale farmed Riversdale and also had large farms at Rossahilly and Crocknacrieve - almost 1,000 acres. His original estate was 5,300 acres and he was one of the first landlords to sell to his tenants. He moved to his late uncle's house at Riversdale in 1897, but during the five years 1898-1903 while he represented North Fermanagh, he rented a house in Warwick Square for his family. During his later service as an MP, he also maintained a house in 36 Belgrave Road, SW. He sold Crocknacrieve and about 250 acres of land to John West, uncle of Harry West, for £2000 who in turn sold it to the Loanes in 1921. John West then bought Rossahilly."

From: Burke's "Guide to Country Houses, Ireland" Vol. 1 by Mark Bence-Jones, Ireland, published 1978, heading “Crocknacrieve.”

"This Archdale family were also associated with another country house - Crocknacrieve, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. A Georgian house, built by Capt. John Johnston, whose widow married H.M. Richardson, of Rossfad; who, when he inherited the latter estate, and part of Rich Hill, handed Crocknacrieve over to his cousin, Nicholas Archdale, who added a wing, said to have been built with stone from the old Folliott castle in Ballinamallard.  Sir Edward Archdale sold the property 1901; in 1921 it was bought by S.C. Loane, whose wife (nee Barton) was the grand-daughter of H. M. Richardson."

For Crocknacrieve ownership, see also this book: Burke’s Irish Family Records by Bernard Burke
Headings: Loane, Archdale, Richardson.
NOTE: The Wests do not appear in this book.

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