Arthur St Leger (soldier)
Arthur St Leger may refer to: * Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile (died 1727), Anglo-Irish politician and peer * Arthur St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile (c. 1695–1734), Anglo-Irish politician and peer, son of Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile * Arthur St Leger (soldier) (1761–1823), Anglo-Irish general in British India; son of St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile St Leger St Leger, Ist Viscount Doneraile, 2nd creation, (born St Leger Aldworth; died 15 May 1787), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer, made infamous by his conviction for assaulting a Catholic priest, and for challenging the prosecuting cou ...

Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile
Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile (died 7 July 1727) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. St Leger was the son of John St. Leger and his first wife Lady Mary Chichester, the daughter of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall and his first wife Dorcas Hill. He was a descendant of Sir Anthony St Leger. Sir John St Leger, Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland), was his half-brother, the son of his father's second marriage to Aphra Harflete, an heiress from Ash in Kent. John, who was not highly regarded as a lawyer, was said to have owed his success largely to his brother's support, and the two were close throughout their lives. St Leger represented Doneraile in the Irish House of Commons from 1692 to 1693. On 23 June 1703 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Doneraile and Baron Kilmayden. In 1715, he was invested as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. His most noted contribution to public life was during the debate in the Irish House of Lords on ...
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Arthur St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile
Arthur St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile (c. 1695 – 13 March 1734) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. St Leger was the eldest son of Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile and Elizabeth Hayes, daughter of John Hayes. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Doneraile, sitting between 1715 and 1727. In 1727, he inherited his father's viscountcy and took his seat in the Irish House of Lords. He married, firstly, Hon. Mary Mohun, daughter of Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, on 8 June 1717. He married, secondly, Catherine Sarah Conyngham, daughter of Captain John Conyngham, in March 1725. He was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, Arthur. After the death of the fourth Viscount without issue, the title passed to a descendant in the female line.Edmund Lodge, ''The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage: With Sketches of the Family Histories of the Nobility'' (Saunders and Otley, 1838), 151-2. References Year of ...
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Arthur St Leger (soldier)
Arthur St Leger may refer to: * Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile (died 1727), Anglo-Irish politician and peer * Arthur St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile (c. 1695–1734), Anglo-Irish politician and peer, son of Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile * Arthur St Leger (soldier) (1761–1823), Anglo-Irish general in British India; son of St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile St Leger St Leger, Ist Viscount Doneraile, 2nd creation, (born St Leger Aldworth; died 15 May 1787), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer, made infamous by his conviction for assaulting a Catholic priest, and for challenging the prosecuting cou ...