. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century . 1=^: ^Hf^.. Gateway and Tablet. Christopher, who succeeded in 1558 to the title and estate onthe death of his brother Richard, is the most striking figure inthe line of the Lords of Howth during the sixteenth century. Hisforce of character is shown in the fact that his nomination to thecouncil was simultaneous with his succession to the title, and 1 Cal. S. P., Irel., 1601-03, et Add., p. 697 ; Carew, 1601-03, p. 447. Lodges Peerage, iii, 198. 3 Moriins Pat. E
. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century . 1=^: ^Hf^.. Gateway and Tablet. Christopher, who succeeded in 1558 to the title and estate onthe death of his brother Richard, is the most striking figure inthe line of the Lords of Howth during the sixteenth century. Hisforce of character is shown in the fact that his nomination to thecouncil was simultaneous with his succession to the title, and 1 Cal. S. P., Irel., 1601-03, et Add., p. 697 ; Carew, 1601-03, p. 447. Lodges Peerage, iii, 198. 3 Moriins Pat. EoUs. i, 396. 72 HOWTH AND ITS OWNERS. that his assistance in the government of Ireland was consideredindispensable by most of those to whom Elizabeth entrusted thesword. Of his early life little is known. As has been alreadymentioned, he became in 1544 a student of Lincolns Inn, and aslate as 1554 he appears to have been a member of it, but in 1556he is mentioned in connexion with the Ward,- and was thenresident there, as his brother Richard had been prior to hissuccession to the title. He must have been then married formore than ten years.^
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