THE LUCAS FAMILY WERE MAJOR LANDOWNERS IN COUNTY MONAGHAN, WITH 9,955 ACRES
In the early part of the 17th century, several members of the Lucas family removed from England and settled in the sister island, where their descendants remained, in the counties of Cork, Clare, King's County (Offaly) and Monaghan.
In the last named, they acquired, partly by purchase and partly by royal grant, considerable estates, which were erected into a manor by patent of CHARLES II, in 1683, to be called the manor of Castle Shane.
THOMAS LUCAS, of Saxham, Suffolk, Secretary to Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford, and Solicitor to HENRY VIII; following his decease in 1531.
His decendant, FRANCIS LUCAS ESQ, the first of Castle Shane; cornet in the army, and who died in 1657, had issue
FRANCIS LUCAS ESQ, of Castle Shane, born in 1646, returned to parliament by County Monaghan in 1695, but subsequently unseated by petition. He died about 1695. His 2nd son,
EDWARD LUCAS ESQ, of Castle Shane, who had married and died in 1756, was succeeded by his grandson,
EDWARD LUCAS ESQ, of Castle Shane, MP for Monaghan, 1761-75; in the latter year he died, leaving by his wife a large family, the eldest son and successor of whom was,
FRANCIS LUCAS ESQ, of Castle Shane, who unsuccessfully contested the Monaghan parliamentary seat in 1775. Dying without an heir in 1789, his brother,
CHARLES LUCAS ESQ, of Castle Shane, barrister, wedded twice; and by his first wife, Sarah Hamilton, he left a son and successor,
THE RT HON EDWARD LUCAS JP DL MP, of Castle Shane, born in 1787, who represented County Monaghan in parliament; high sheriff, 1818; Under-Secretary of State for Ireland, 1841-6; privy counsellor, 1845. His 2nd son,
EDWARD SCUDAMORE LUCAS-SCUDAMORE JP DL, of Castle Shane, and of Kentchurch Court, Hereford. High Sheriff of Monaghan, 1879; late Lt-Col and Hon Colonel, 4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
This gentleman assumed by royal licence, in 1900, the additional surname and arms of SCUDAMORE. His son,
JOHN HARFORD STANHOPE LUCAS-SCUDAMORE, was born in 1902.
The family now lives at Kentchurch Court, Herefordshire.
Castle Shane House was originally medieval. The original house on the site was constructed in 1591; the Elizabethan or Jacobean style house was built in 1836 for the Lucas-Scudamores.
Castle Shane consisted of a four-storey tower with corner bartizans and a main three-storey block.
The house had three centre bays with three-sided bays to each side with mullioned windows, curvilinear gables and tall Tudor chimneys.
The house was burnt in 1920 and all that remains is part of a three-storey bay window and gable end, the rest having been demolished.
There is also a much extended gate lodge and an unusual bellcote in the walled garden.
The former demesne is now mainly gone and belongs in majority to the Irish forestry body.
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