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Up for sale a RARE! "1st Marquess of Westmeath" George Nugent Hand Written Note Dated 1830.
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George Thomas John Nugent, 1st
Marquess of Westmeath (17
July 1785 – 5 May 1871), styled Lord Delvin between 1792 and 1814 and
known as The Earl of Westmeath between 1814 and 1821, was an Irish
peer. Nugent was born in Clonyn, County
Westmeath, the son of George Frederick Nugent, 7th Earl of
Westmeath, and Maryanne, daughter of Major James St. John Jefferyes.[1] His parents divorced in 1796 after
his father's discovery of his mother's affair with Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw, which also
resulted in a celebrated action for criminal conversation. Both his parents
were quickly remarried, his mother to her lover, and his father to Lady
Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of
Drogheda. Lord Westmeath succeeded his father in the earldom in
1814. In 1822, he was created Marquess of Westmeath in the Peerage of Ireland. As these were Irish
peerages they did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of
Lords. However, in 1831 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer. The same year he was
also appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Westmeath, a post he
held until his death.
