However, the Prendergast estates passed to the late Baronet's nephew, John Smyth, the second son of his sister Elizabeth and her husband Charles Smyth. He assumed the surname of Prendergast and was created Viscount Gort in 1816.
Nevertheless, the Prendergast properties were inherited by John Smyth, the late Baronet's nephew and the second son of his sister Elizabeth and her husband Charles Smyth. He took on the name Prendergast and was ennobled as Viscount Gort in 1816.