ADAM'S Country House Collections Day II - 28th April 2026

146 672 IRISH SCHOOL, 17TH/18TH CENTURY Portrait of Cornet Matthew Pennefather (1618-1688), holding a pistol Oil on canvas, 74 x 61cm Provenance: Pennefather family, New Park, Co Tip- perary, thence by descent Having arrived from the family’s ancestral seat in Staffordshire, the Pennefather family settled in County Tipperary, Ireland, circa 1648. Matthew Pen- nefather, a Cornet in the army of Oliver Cromwell, is recorded by 1662 as holding the rank of Quarter- master in the regiment of the Earl of Mountrath, with postings at Birr (1664) and Athy (1668). He had re- tired from military service by 1685. Pennefather was granted approximately 1,237 acres in the Ballylanigan and Cashel districts. Following his marriage to Levina Kingsmill, the couple resided at Gort McEllis Castle, near Cashel, before succeeding to the Ballyowen estate upon the death of Levina’s father, subsequently renamed New Park. Both Mat- thew Pennefather and his wife are interred at the Rock of Cashel. Their son, also named Matthew Pennefather, mar- ried Lavina Kingsmill of New Park, thereby consoli- dating the family’s ownership of the estate. From this union descended three sons: Kingsmill of New Park, Matthew, and William of Marlow. Subsequent generations of the Pennefather family remained es- tablished at New Park, while junior branches settled at Ballylanigan, Knockeevan, and Lakefield. € 2,000 - 3,000 673 IRISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Portrait of Richard Pennefather, wearing a red coat and wig Oil on canvas, 74 x 61cm Provenance: Pennefather family, New Park, Co Tip- perary, thence by descent € 3,000 - 5,000 674 FOLLOWER OF JOSEPH HIGHMORE Portrait of Richard Pennefather (1699-1777) Oil on canvas, 80 x 64cm Inscribed ‘Richard Pennefeather Esq. of New Park ob. 1777’ (upper right) Provenance: Pennefather family, New Park, Co Tipperary, thence by descent € 2,000 - 3,000 675 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait tradionally identified as James Edmeston (1791-1867), full-length Oil on canvas, 59.5 x 49.5cm Provenance: Pennefather family, New Park, Co Tip- perary, thence by descent James Edmeston (1791-1867) was a prolific writer of hymns, in particular ‘Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us’. € 1,500 - 2,000