Family and Education

b. 17 May 1794, o.s. of Richard, 1st Earl of Glengall [I], by Emily, da. of James St. John Jeffereys, MP [I], of Blarney Castle, co. Cork. educ. by Rev. John Smith at Woodnesborough, nr. Sandwich 1805. m. 20 Feb. 1834, Margaret Lauretta, da. and coh. of William Mellish, army contractor, of Woodford, Essex, 2da. suc. fa. as and 2nd Earl of Glengall [I] 30 Jan. 1819.

Offices Held

Rep. peer [I] 1829-d.

Capt. Caher inf. 1820; col. co. Tipperary militia 1826.

Biography

For some years before he came of age, Viscount Caher’s father, a representative peer who obtained an earldom in 1816, had been preparing to put him up for the county with government support. He headed the poll in 1818, after pledging himself to support Catholic relief, being the first government supporter returned for Tipperary since 1806. His family’s exertions and expenditure were ill rewarded by the sudden death of his father at the age of 43 in January 1819, which sent him up to the Lords only a fortnight after Parliament had met. He died 22 June 1858.

Walpole, Lord John Russell, i. 13.

Ref Volumes: 1790-1820

Author: P. J. Jupp

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