Francis Jack Needham, Viscount Newry (2 February 1815 – 6 May 1851), was an

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Member of Parliament. Newry, who was born in

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, France, and baptised at

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, Devon, was the eldest son of Francis Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey, and Jane Gun-Cuninghame, and was educated at

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. He gained the

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of Viscount Newry when his father succeeded as Earl of Kilmorey in 1832. In 1841 he was elected as a

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to the

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for

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in 1841, a seat he held until his death. Lord Newry married, at

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, in 1839 Anne Amelia Colville, daughter of General the Hon.

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. He died at his home in

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, London, in May 1851, aged 36, predeceasing his father, and was buried at

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. His eldest son

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succeeded to the earldom in 1880. Lady Newry died 6 January 1900, aged 80.

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * *

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