Edmond James de Poher de la Poer, 1st Count de la Poer (6 March 1841 – 30 August 1915), known as Edmond James Power until 1863, and 18th Baron le Power and Coroghmore from 1851 to 1864, was an Irish

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politician.

Family

De la Poer was born as Edmond James Power to

John William Power John William Power (4 February 1816 – 12 May 1851), sometimes described as the 17th Baron Le Power and Coroghmore, was an Irish politician. The son of Edmund Power, and stepson of Richard L. Shiel, Power was born in Castle Gurteen de la Poer ...

and Frances (née Power), daughter of John Power. On 12 May 1851, he succeeded to the Irish peerage as 18th

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. In 1863, he commissioned the building of Castle Gurteen de la Poer, an Elizabethan Revival house in

, Ireland, replacing an earlier house on the estate. On 19 August 1864, he was made 1st Count de la Poer in the

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. In 1881, he married Mary Olivia Augusta Monsell, daughter of Thomas William Gaston Monsell and Frances Vincent de la Poer, and they had at least six children: Edmond Alan Tremeur de Poher de la Poer-Monsell; John William Rivallon de Poher de la Poer (1882–1939); Elinor Mary Trifine de Poher de la Poer (1884–1973); William Stephen Arnold Trémeur de Poher de la Poer (1885–1936); Ermyngarde Berthe Frances de Poher de la Poer (1887–1967); and Mary Frances Yseult de Poher de la Poer (born 1889).

Political career

De la Poer was elected MP as a Liberal candidate for

at a by-election in 1866—caused by the succession of John Beresford to 5th Marquess of Waterford—and held the seat until 1873 when he resigned. He was also a Justice of the Peace for County Waterford,

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in 1879, Private Chamberlain to Pope Pius IX, and

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and City of Waterford in 1909. He was also a

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poer, Edmond de la Poer, 1st Count de la 1841 births 1915 deaths Irish Liberal Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Waterford constituencies (1801–1922) High Sheriffs of County Waterford UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874