In October 1798 committal papers declaring Abraham Creighton to be insane were signed by his father John Creighton, 1st Earl of Erne.
Referring to the matter of the committal of Abraham Creighton The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, John Fitzgibbon later first Earl of Clare, had written previously to King George 111 that noting "all that remains now is for the father to sign the papers of committal" (cited in PRONI Rhyss Williams unpublished papers). It appears therefore that the declaration off Abraham's insanity may have been of some interest to George 111. Is it of any significance that Abraham had previously disagreed with his father over the issue of Ireland being controlled from London by England and that, during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 seeking to end British control of Ireland, in August of 1798 boats used by the revolutionaries had sailed from France and had landed on beaches in County Mayo and Donegal where the Earl of Erne had significant property holdings? Following the failed rebellion the trial of several important supporters of the uprising took place in the Court House in Lifford. Abraham Creighton was MP for Lifford in the Irish parliament from 1790 to 1798.
Following the committal Abraham Creighton spent the remainder of his life in Brooke House Asylum London,until his death in 1842. Though incarcerated in Brooke House he assumed the title of Earl of Erne upon his father's death in 1828.
Referring to the matter of the committal of Abraham Creighton The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, John Fitzgibbon later first Earl of Clare, had written previously to King George 111 that noting "all that remains now is for the father to sign the papers of committal" (cited in PRONI Rhyss Williams unpublished papers). It appears therefore that the declaration off Abraham's insanity may have been of some interest to George 111. Is it of any significance that Abraham had previously disagreed with his father over the issue of Ireland being controlled from London by England and that, during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 seeking to end British control of Ireland, in August of 1798 boats used by the revolutionaries had sailed from France and had landed on beaches in County Mayo and Donegal where the Earl of Erne had significant property holdings? Following the failed rebellion the trial of several important supporters of the uprising took place in the Court House in Lifford. Abraham Creighton was MP for Lifford in the Irish parliament from 1790 to 1798.
Following the committal Abraham Creighton spent the remainder of his life in Brooke House Asylum London,until his death in 1842. Though incarcerated in Brooke House he assumed the title of Earl of Erne upon his father's death in 1828.
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