 His father had predeceased his grandfather, the 1st Lord Paisley, who died three years later in 1621.George's eldest brother James, the 2nd Earl of Abercorn inherited at that time the title of Lord Paisley and the Scottish lands of the family.George also became the owner of land around Roscrea and Nenagh in northern Munster, perhaps at his father's death or when his uncle George of Greenlaw and Roscrea died.