Elizabeth D'Alton , eldest dau. "*Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Oliver D'Alton, of Loughan, (now Mount Dalton,) by Catherine, daughter of Hugh O'Reilly, of Ballin-lough, by a daughter of Sir Daniel O'Neil, which daughter Catherine was a sister of James O'Reilly of Ballinlough, the eldest son of the said Hugh; which James married Barbara, daughter of Andrew Nugent of Tullaghan and Dysert, by Lady Catherine Nugent, daughter of, Thomas, fourth Earl of Westmeath, and was father of Sir Hugh O'Reilly of Ballinlough, created a baronet in 1795. Elizabeth D'Alton was sister of Christopher D'Alton of Mount D'Alton, and of General Richard Count D'Alton, Field Marshal, Governor of the Netherlands, who died at Spires unmarried in 1792, and of General James D'Alton, both of the Imperial service. She was, by patent of the Empress Maria 'Teresa, dated 14th April, 1778, created a Countess of the Em-pire, with remainder to her eldest son, James"
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