of Tylney Earldom On 11 June 1731, Viscount Castlemaine was created Earl Tylney, of Castlemaine in the County of Kerry, a title in the Peerage of Ireland. On 13 June 1733 the Earl assumed by Act of Parliament the surname, for himself and his heirs, of Tylney in lieu of his patronymic, to meet a requirement of his wife's inheritance. His eldest surviving son Richard, styled from the creation of his father's earldom in 1731 by the courtesy title (his father's lesser title) of Viscount Castlemaine, died in 1734 without issue, predeceasing his father. Patron of Old Nollekens Child was the main patron of the Flemish painter Joseph Francis Nollekens, known as Old Nollekens to distinguish him from his better known sculptor son Joseph Nollekens. The following pictures by him were some of the 16 by Nollekens included in the great sale by auction held at Wanstead House in 1822 shortly before its demolition (source: catalogue, with prices realised): Lot 10. "A pair—the Juvenile Artists and Companion, a Boy spinning his Top," £25. Lot 16. "A pair—the Juvenile Parties; Card-builders and Players at Tetotum," £17. Lot 138. "Dancing Figures, a sketch, in a French carved frame", £1 2s. Lot 225. "Rural Recreations, painted with all the taste and elegance of Watteau," £6 6s. Lot 307. "A Boy beating a Drum, and a small Landscape, and two curious models of the Stag and Fox in wax," £8, 15s. Lot 308. "The Wine-Traders, painted with the tasteful elegance of Watteau," £31 10s. Lot 3ll. "Females Bathing, in a Landscape, with a distant view of Wanstead-house," £8 18s 6d. Lot 314. "Landscape, Buildings," &c. £7. Lot 316. "Landscape and Figures, with a youth playing the guitar." Other Nollekens paintings associated with Wanstead are: Music Party at Wanstead House Lord and Lady Tylney at Wanstead House (Longleat House Coll.) Music Party before the Lake at Wanstead. (Sold by Christie's 25/6/1965) Succession Earl Tylney and his wife Dorothy Glynne had seven children: Emma (1707-1758), twin. Married Sir Robert Long, 6th Baronet (d. 1767), of Draycot, Wiltshire. Elizabeth (1707-1710), twin. Frederick (1709-1715) Richard (1711-1734), predeceased his father. John (1712-1784), 2nd Earl Tylney (see below). Dorothy (1717-1786), unmarried. Josiah (1718-1760), a Lieutenant or Captain in the Royal Navy, likely to be the officer depicted by Nollekens seated dressed in a blue coat. He seems never to have changed his surname to "Tylney". He married Mrs Henrietta Wymondsold