Standish Hartstonge

Standish Hartstonge (1656 –31 May 1704 His brother John Hartstonge became Church of Ireland bishop of Ossory in 1693. Through the bishop's influence, Standish was made Recorder of Kilkenny from 1694, and also served as Custos Rotulorum of County Tipperary under his father's patron the Duke of Ormond. An anonymous comic verse c.1700, namechecking various Dublin Castle courtiers of the Lord Lieutenant, suggests the ideal beau would be one who "like Hartstong loves". He died unmarried. Although his 1704 will and testament states that he was then living in Dublin and requested burial there in St. Audoen's Church, he was in fact interred by his brother in St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny.

He bequeathed his land at Talbot's Inch, just outside Kilkenny, to his brother John, disinheriting their nephew Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Baronet, whose impulsive teenage marriage to Anne Price of Presteigne had caused a bitter family feud. They had also been on opposite sides in a family lawsuit over the terms of the elder Sir Standish's will, which disinherited young Standish in favour of his uncle Gwynne.