The Baronetcy of Lisheen, County Tipperary, was created in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 August 1801 for Col.
Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald (Uniacke), who had adopted the surname
of Judkin in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle
Judge John Lapp Judkin, of Cashel. The title was a reward for
suppressing the United Irish Rebellion of 1798 in Co Tipperary
as High Sheriff of Tipperary. On his death in 1810, in a
"criminatory obituary" and in reference to his excessive use of
the cat o' nine tails at this time, it was said that "The
history of his life and loyalty is written in legible characters
on the backs of his fellow countrymen." He was succeeded by his
son, Sir John, the second Baronet John who also went onto
becoming Mayor of Cashel and High Sheriff of Tipperary, the
latter during the last year of King George III reign 1819, then
by his grandson the third Baronet, Sir Thomas who also was a
magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for the County Tipperary. With
the death of the fourth Baronet in 191