Crosbie, Sir, Edward William, 5th Baronet

Sir Edward William Crosbie, eldest son of Sir Paul Crosbie, 4th Baronet of Maryborough (1723-1773), was born around the year 1755. He married Castiliana Westenra on 14 December 1790 in Dublin. They had one daughter, Hester Dorothea Crosbie (1793-1857). He next married Margaret Patience Ferguson, and they had three children: Sir William Edward Crosbie (1794-1860); Louisa Dona Crosbie; and Elizabeth Crosbie. On 2 June 1798, Sir Edward William Crosbie, 5th Baronet of Maryborough, was charged with traitorous and rebellious conduct even though he denied membership of the United Irishmen. He was found guilty without a judge advocate and was hanged 5 June 1798 in Carlow, County Carlow.