Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont

Francis Caulfeild
Born	Francis William Caulfeild (1775-01-03)3 January 1775
Died	26 December 1863(1863-12-26) (aged 88)
Nationality	Irish
Father	James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont

Francis William Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont KP, PC (Ire) (3 January 1775 – 26 December 1863), styled Viscount Caulfeild until 1799, was an Irish peer and politician.

He was born the elder son of James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont and his wife Mary Hickman, daughter of Thomas Hickman of County Clare.

In 1798 Caulfeild stood for Charlemont and County Armagh. He represented the latter constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1799, when he became Earl of Charlemont on the death of his father. On 12 December 1806, he was elected as an Irish representative peer and assumed his seat in the House of Lords. He was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 19 October 1831.^[1] In 1837 he was created Baron Charlemont in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, thereby giving him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He was Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone from 1839, and was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.

He married Anne, the daughter and co-heiress of William Bermingham of Ross Hill, County Galway and Mary Rutledge. He died at his seat, Marino House in Clontarf, Dublin. His four children pre-deceased him and he was consequently succeeded in his estate and title by his nephew, James Molyneux Caulfeild.^[2]

References

1. Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
2. "Cavan Observer, 1864". Retrieved 16 August 2012.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Charlemont

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Richard Jephson Sir Annesley Stewart, 6th Bt	Member of Parliament for Charlemont 1798 With: Richard Jephson 1798 Francis Dobbs 1798–1801	Succeeded by Richard Jephson William Plunket
Preceded by William Richardson William Brownlow	Member of Parliament for County Armagh 1798–1799 With: Hon. Archibald Acheson	Succeeded by Hon. Archibald Acheson Robert Camden Cope
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl Landaff	Representative peer for Ireland 1806–1863	Succeeded by The Lord Dunsany
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Caledon	Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone 1839–1863	Succeeded by The Earl of Charlemont
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by James Caulfeild	Earl of Charlemont 1799–1863	Succeeded by James Caufeild
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Charlemont 1837–1863	Succeeded by James Caufeild