Robert Henry Southwell
Robert Henry Southwell (October 1745[1] – 29 August 1817[2]), styled The Honourable from 1766, was an Irish politician.
He was the second son of Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell and his wife Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Arthur Cecil Hamilton.[3] Southwell served as lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Dragoons.[4] In 1776, he entered the Irish House of Commons for Downpatrick, representing the constituency until 1783.[1]
In 1786, he married Frideswide Moore, daughter of John Moore, and had by her a son and a daughter.[3] Southwell died at Clontarf, Dublin.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Sylvanus, Urban (1817). The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. II. London: Nichols, Son and Bentley. p. 285.
- ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. II (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 465.
- ^ "ThePeerage - Lt-Col Hon. Robert Henry Southwell". Retrieved 13 June 2009.
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