Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Baronet (c. 1671/1673 – 1751) was an Anglo-Irish landowner and politician, who sat in the Irish House of Commons for many years. His marriage, which took place when he was only about 18 or 19 years old, caused a bitter family feud which led to many years of controversy and litigation. Early life He was born between 1671 and 1673, probably in Cork. He was the only surviving son of Francis Hartstonge of Rockbarton, near Bruff, Co. Limerick, and his wife Mary Brettridge, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of Captain Roger Brettridge (1630–1683) of Castles Brettridge, Cope and Magner, Co. Cork and his wife Jane Hakby. Francis was the eldest son of Sir Standish Hartstonge, 1st Baronet, an eminent lawyer, originally from Norfolk, who was twice Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) by his first wife Elizabeth Jermyn (or Jermy) of Gunton Hall. Francis died in 1688, and Standish went to live with his grandfather, who was living in retirement in Herefordshire. Standish was assigned a room in Trinity College Dublin in 1686, for use by himself and his descendants. It is unclear whether he actually studied there, although his son and grandson were both Trinity alumni. It is likely that he did know some law, as he later held a minor judicial post. Family quarrels Within two years of his arrival in Hereford, young Standish had quarrelled bitterly with his grandfather, causing a feud which involved the entire Hartstonge family. The cause of the quarrel was his marriage: in about 1690, when he was still in his teens, young Standish married Anne Price of Presteigne, Radnorshire, daughter of Mr. Justice Price; Anne was about six years older than her husband. His grandfather's anger about the marriage is still evident in his will, which was drawn up almost ten years later: as to "my grandchild who disobliged me by his marriage; I shall only say God give him joy of it, but I shall not add to it for that cause." Apart from the failure to consult him on such a vital matter, and his grandson's youth, he apparently objected to the bride's family, who were heavily in debt. This was an issue on which the old man no doubt felt strongly, as in his later years he had himself married into a notoriously debt-ridden family, the Gwynnes of Llanelwedd; his brother-in-law, Sir