St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile
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St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile (born St Leger Aldworth; died 15 May 1787), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Life and career[]
He was the son of Richard Aldworth by his wife Elizabeth St Leger,[1] a daughter of Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile[1] (d.1727), of the first creation (1703) of that title.
He was given the name of St Leger Aldworth at birth, but he legally changed his surname to St Leger on 9 May 1767,[citation needed] when he succeeded to the Doneraile estates upon the death of his uncle, Hayes St Leger, 4th Viscount Doneraile (1702–1767).[1] Like several other members of his family, he served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Doneraile, sitting between 1749 and 1776.[1]
On 2 July 1776, St Leger was created Baron Doneraile in the Peerage of Ireland.[1] On 5 January 1785, he was created Viscount Doneraile, of Doneraile in County Cork, the title previously held by his maternal relations.[1]
Marriage, children and succession[]
He married Mary Barry, the daughter of Redmond Barry, and together they had six children, including Hayes St Leger.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Brydges, Egerton (1817). "Hayes St. Leger, Viscount Doneraile". A biographical peerage of Ireland, in which are memoirs and characters of the most celebrated persons of each family. J. Nichols. pp. 271–2.
- 1787 deaths
- Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland
- Peers of Ireland created by George III
- 18th-century Anglo-Irish people
- Irish MPs 1727–1760
- Irish MPs 1761–1768
- Irish MPs 1769–1776
- St Leger family
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies