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'''John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart''' (20 February 1788 – 23 November 1820) was an [[Anglo-Irish]] politician and peer. |
'''John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart''' (20 February 1788 – 23 November 1820) was an [[Anglo-Irish]] politician and peer. |
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He was the son of [[Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart]] and Lady Anne Browne, daughter of [[Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont]]. He succeeded to his father's titles in 1804. Desart served as [[Member of Parliament|Member]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] for [[Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency)|Bossiney]], in Cornwall, between 13 December 1808 and May 1817. He had a home at |
He was the son of [[Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart]] and Lady Anne Browne, daughter of [[Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont]] and was educated at [[Eton College]] (1802), [[Christ Church, Oxford]] (1805) and [[Edinburgh University]] {1807). He succeeded to his father's titles in 1804. |
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Desart served as [[Member of Parliament|Member]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] for [[Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency)|Bossiney]], in Cornwall, between 13 December 1808 and May 1817. He held the post of one of the [[Lords Commissioners of the Treasury]] in 1809–10. |
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He had a home at Desart Court, [[County Kilkenny]], Ireland, and was [[Mayor of Kilkenny]] from 1809 to 1810.<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/cuffe-john-otway-1788-1820 CUFFE, John Otway, 2nd Earl of Desart [I] (1788-1820), of Desart Court, co. Kilkenny. | History of Parliament Online]</ref> |
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He died in 1820. He had married in 1817, Catherine, the daughter and coheiress of Maurice Nugent O’Connor of Mount Pleasant, King’s County and had one son and heir, [[John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart|John Otway O'Connor Desart]]. |
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Revision as of 20:59, 8 March 2019
John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart (20 February 1788 – 23 November 1820) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
He was the son of Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart and Lady Anne Browne, daughter of Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont and was educated at Eton College (1802), Christ Church, Oxford (1805) and Edinburgh University {1807). He succeeded to his father's titles in 1804.
Desart served as Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Bossiney, in Cornwall, between 13 December 1808 and May 1817. He held the post of one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury in 1809–10.
He had a home at Desart Court, County Kilkenny, Ireland, and was Mayor of Kilkenny from 1809 to 1810.[1]
He died in 1820. He had married in 1817, Catherine, the daughter and coheiress of Maurice Nugent O’Connor of Mount Pleasant, King’s County and had one son and heir, John Otway O'Connor Desart.
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