Francis Annesley, 1st Earl Annesley (27 November 1740 – 19 December 1802) was an

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politician and peer. He was the son of

William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly (1710 – 2 September 1770) was an Irish politician and noble. Early life Annesley was born in 1710. He was the sixth of seven sons, and two daughters, born to Elizabeth ( Martin) Annesley and Francis Ann ...

and Lady Anne Beresford, the daughter of

Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone (16 July 1694 – 4 April 1763), known as Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Baronet, until 1720 and subsequently as The Viscount Tyrone until 1746, was an Irish peer, freemason and politician. Background He was the on ...

.''The Pocket Peerage of England, Scotland Et Ireland'', Volume 2 (1790), 191. He held the office of Member of Parliament for

Downpatrick Downpatrick () is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about south of Belfast. In the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Dál Fiatach, the main ruling dynasty of Ulaid. Its cathedral is said to be the bu ...

between 1761 and 1770. On 12 September 1770 he succeeded his father as Viscount Glerawly and assumed his seat in the

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. On 17 August 1789, Annesley was created Earl Annesley, of Castlewellan in the County of Down, in the

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. The earldom was created with special remainder to his brother,

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, as Annesley had no legitimate children.''Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage'' - 'Annesley, Earl (I, 1789)' http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/annesley1789.htm

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