| Collection Description | The Villiers Stuart family, which descends directly from the Fitzgeralds of the Decies and of Dromana, has been in unbroken,
though not undisturbed, possession of the Dromana estate, near Cappoquin, in West Waterford, since mediaeval times. Although
the descent has been unbroken, it has on three occasions during the period 1664-1824 been through the female line. As a result,
the family name changed from Fitzgerald, to Fitzgerald Villiers, to Mason Villiers, to Villiers-Stuart, and the family has held a
succession of titles, each extinct or dormant in their turn - a viscountcy of Decies, viscountcies and earldoms of Grandison, and a
barony of Stuart de Decies. The collection includes the estate, family and political papers of the Fitzgerald, Villiers, Mason, Aland
and Villiers-Stuart families of Dromana, Co. Waterford, Viscounts and Earls Grandison and Barons Stuart de Decies. [UCC Special
Collections and Archives]
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