Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden (19 September 1729 – 23 August 1803) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Hawarden was the second son of

Sir Robert Maude, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Maude, 1st Baronet (1677 – 4 August 1750) was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was the only son of Anthony Maude, MP for Cashel and High Sheriff of Tipperary, and Alice Hartstonge, daughter of Sir Standish Hartstonge, 1st Baronet, Bar ...

and his wife, Eleanor Cornwallis, daughter of Thomas Cornwallis and Emma Charlton. Hawarden succeeded to the baronetcy following the death of his unmarried older brother,

Thomas Maude, 1st Baron de Montalt Thomas Maude, 1st Baron de Montalt (c. 1727 – 17 May 1777) was an Anglo-Irish politician.John Debrett, ''Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland'', Volume 2 (1828), 794. Montalt was the son of Sir Robert Maude, 1st Baronet and Ele ...

, in 1777. He served as the Member of Parliament for

Roscommon Roscommon (; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60, N61 and N63 roads. The name Roscommon is derived from Coman mac Faelchon who buil ...

in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fran ...

between 1783 and 1785. He was created Baron de Montalt of Hawarden in the

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on 29 June 1785. He was further honoured when he was created Viscount Hawarden, also in the Peerage of Ireland, on 5 December 1793. He had 16 children with three wives.

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