Anthony Francis Nugent, 11th Earl of Westmeath, (11 January 1870 – 12 December 1933), styled Lord Delvin from 1879 to 1883, was an

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peer. He was elected a

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in 1901. Lord Westmeath occupied properties at Pallas and Spring Garden,

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. He owned over in

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in the 1870s as well as property in

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in the parish of Ogulla, barony of Roscommon. Educated at Oratory School, South

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, and

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. He served as an

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ary

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1895–1897, and as Assistant Secretary to the Royal Commission to inquire into French Treaty Rights in

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in 1898. From 1898 to 1901 he was Assistant Private Secretary to the

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. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of County Galway, and was a

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. Lord Westmeath was appointed to the

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in the

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list published on 26 June 1902, and was sworn in by the

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, at

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on 11 August 1902. He was appointed a member of the Senate of the

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in December 1902. He died without issue. All his titles devolved upon his youngest surviving brother, Gilbert Nugent.

References

* ''Tynagh Millennium Review'' (pp. 42–45), Tynagh & District Development Society Ltd., 2000.

External links

* http://www.thepeerage.com/p48657.htm#i486563 * People from County Galway 1870 births 1933 deaths Irish representative peers Irish unionists Members of the Senate of Southern Ireland Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Earls of Westmeath Deputy Lieutenants of Galway Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge {{Ireland-earl-stub