Francis William Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont KP, PC (Ire) (3 January 1775 – 26 December 1863), styled Viscount Caulfeild until 1799, was an Irish peer and politician. He was born the elder son of

James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont KP PC (Ire) (18 August 1728 – 4 August 1799) was an Irish statesman. Life Early life The son of James Caulfeild, 3rd Viscount Charlemont, he was born in Dublin, and succeeded his father as 4th ...

and his wife Mary Hickman, daughter of Thomas Hickman of

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In 1798 Caulfeild stood for Charlemont and Armagh County. He represented the latter constituency in the

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until 1799, when he became Earl of Charlemont on the death of his father. On 12 December 1806, he was elected as an Irish

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and assumed his seat in the

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. He was appointed a Knight of the

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on 19 October 1831. In 1837 he was created Baron Charlemont in the

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, thereby giving him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He was

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from 1839, and was a member of the

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. He married

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, the daughter and co-heiress of William Bermingham of Ross Hill, County Galway and Mary Rutledge. He died at his seat,

Marino House Marino House and gardens was a Georgian house and estate in Marino, Dublin, Marino in the northern suburbs of Dublin, Ireland constructed sometime around 1755 and later remodeled by William Chambers (architect), William Chambers for James Caulfeil ...

in Clontarf, Dublin. His four children pre-deceased him and he was consequently succeeded in his estate and title by his nephew, James Molyneux Caulfeild.

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