Articles by Seaburne

Roscommon Journal, and Western Impartial Reported – Saturday 21 February 1852 ROSCOMMON UNION – Wednesday The Guardians of this Union met at half-past eleven o’clock, at which hour the Right Hon. Lord Crofton took the […]

Birmingham Daily Post – Tuesday 10 March 1976 Girl barrister in death An “extremely goodlooking” woman barrister was found dead yesterday at a judges home. Beside the body of Miss Jill Bannister, aged 30, were […]

Roscommon Messenger – Saturday 26 March 1910 Roscommon Petty Sessions The usual fortnightly petty sessions court was held on Monday, before  Mr R L Brown, R M. FISHING IN MOTE PARK RIVER. A case at […]

Dublin Daily Express – Thursday 20 January 1916 Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Crofton, who has command of the 13tb Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, has returned from France to his residence at Roscommon (Mote Park). Lord Crofton has been […]

Weekly Freeman’s Journal – Saturday 03 March 1866 CURIOUS INSURANCE CASE. The case of Lord Crofton against the Liverpool and London Laud Globe Insurance Company has been before the Court of Common Pleas. The Chief […]

Roscommon Messenger – Saturday 08 August 1914 The Celebrated Irish Pony Sire, Little Joe Bred by Lord Crofton at Mote Park. He is  by Ash Bow 11, out of a pure bred Welsh pony. His […]

Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier – Tuesday 23 May 1865 Destruction of Lord Crofton’s House Roscommon, May 17. I regret to inform you that Mote Park, the beautiful seat of Lord Crofton, has been […]