THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF KNOX IMPALING THOSE OF PERY, AS BORNE BY THOMAS KNOX, VISCOUNT NORTHLAND AND BARON WELLES OF DUNGANNON, ELDEST SON OF THOMAS, 1ST VISCOUNT NORTHLAND BY ANNE, DAUGHTER OF THE 1ST BARON KNAPTON. HE WAS BORN IN DUBLIN IN 1754 AND, AS A TORY, SAT AS M.P. FOR CARLINGFORD 1776-1783, DUNGANNON 1783-1790 AND CO. TYRONE 1790-1797 AND AGAIN 1806-1812. HIS POLITICAL CAREER, HOWEVER, WAS UNDISTINGUISHED. HE VOTED FOR CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION IN 1829 AND FOR THE REFORM BILL IN 1832. HE SUCCEEDED HIS FATHER TO THE VISCOUNTCY IN 1818 AND IN 1826 HE WAS CREATED BARON RANFURLY. IN 1831, AS ONE OF THE CORONATION PEERAGES OF WILLIAM IV, HE WAS MADE EARL OF RANFURLY. HE HAD MARRIED, IN 1785, HIS COUSIN, DIANA JANE, 1ST DAUGHTER AND CO-HEIRESS OF EDMOND PERY, 1ST AND ONLY VISCOUNT PERY BY HIS SECOND WIFE, THE DAUGHTER OF LORD KNAPTON. IN LATER YEARS LORD AND LADY RANFURLY LIVED IN PARIS AND HE DIED THERE, AT HIS HOUSE IN THE PLACE VENDOME, ON APRIL 20, 1840, AGED 85.

A SET OF FOURTEEN DINNER PLATES OF SIMILAR FORM OF 1790, BY ROBERT BREADING OF DUBLIN, WAS SOLD IN THESE ROOMS APRIL 29, 1987, LOT 498. THEY WERE ENGRAVED WITH THE ARMS OF RICHARD, 3RD VISCOUNT POWERSCOURT.