Sir Christopher Peyton (died 1612) was an English lawyer known for his service in Ireland where he oversaw the Peyton Survey, a preliminary investigation in preparation for the Plantation of Munster.[1] He was made Auditor General of Ireland, and knighted by James I for his service. He was the younger son of Christopher Peyton of St Edmundsbury;[2] his mother, Joanna (Mildmay) Peyton, was the sister of Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Christopher Peyton | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1612 |
| Nationality | Anglo-Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, public official |
| Spouse | Anne Palmer |
| Children | Anne, Cicely, Thomasine |
| Parent(s) | Christopher Peyton and Joanna Mildmay |
He married Anne Palmer, daughter of William Palmer of Warwickshire and had three daughters, Anne, Cicely and Thomasine.[3] Through Anne and her second husband, the third Sir Henry Colley of Castle Carbury, he was the ancestor of the Duke of Wellington. Thomasine married firstly Captain Peter Castillion, a younger son of the Italian-born courtier Giovanni Battista Castiglione, and secondly Sir Robert Pigott of Desart.
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Bibliography
- Betham, William The Baronetage of England Ipswich 1801 Vol. 1
- MacCarthy-Morrogh, Michael. The Munster Plantation: English Migration to Southern Ireland, 1583-1641. Clarendon Press, 1986.