Brynkinalt Heritage

The Trevor Family have a rich and illustrious history. The Family remained loyal to the Crown throughout the Civil War, and in 1662 Marke Trevor was created 1st Viscount Dungannon by Charles II for gallantry in wounding Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor. Upon his death, the house and Estates passed to Sir John Trevor, Kt, PC.

In 1717, his daughter Anne, the only surviving child, inherited Brynkinalt and the Estates. Anne Trevor’s first marriage was to Michael Hill, PC, MP, an ancestor of the Marquis of Downshire. Anne is a direct ancestress of the present Lord Trevor.

In the 18th Century, Anne Trevor and Michael Hill’s second son, Arthur Hill, inherited the Brynkinalt Estates and was created the 1st Viscount Dungannon of the 2nd Creation. On the death of Lord Dungannon in 1771, the title passed to Lord Dungannon’s grandson, Arthur Hill-Trevor.

Arthur, 2nd Viscount Dungannon of the 2nd Creation, married Charlotte, daughter of the 1st Baron Southampton. It was under Lady Dungannon’s imaginative hands that the original Jacobean house, together with its early 18th Century wings and open courtyard, was transformed into the present design. In addition to creating the Great Hall and re-aligning and re- designing the North Front of the house, Charlotte created the original formal and informal gardens.

In 1819, Lord Arthur Edwin Hill, the third son of the 3rd Marquis of Downshire, succeeded to the Brynkinalt Estate. An MP for County Down from 1845 to 1880, he was persuaded by British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli to accept an English peerage and was thus created 1st Baron Trevor in the year 1880.

Today the Brynkinalt Estate is managed by the Hon. Iain Robert Hill Trevor, younger brother of the 5th Baron Trevor, and his wife Kate, who have made Brynkinalt Hall their family home.

The family are most happy to welcome you to Brynkinalt.