Francis Travers Dames-Longworth (26 April 1834 – 3 December 1898) was an

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lawyer.

Biography

Dames-Longworth was the son of Francis Longworth-Dames and Anna Hume. He was educated at

Cheltenham College ("Work Conquers All") , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent School Day and Boarding School , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Nicola Huggett ...

and

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

, and called to the

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in 1855. He inherited Glynwood House and its estate in 1881, and rebuilt the house with the assistance of architect George Moyers. In 1872, Dames-Longworth was made a

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, and he was elected

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of the

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in 1876. He was on the

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for six Irish counties. In 1882 he was appointed

High Sheriff of Westmeath The High Sheriff of Westmeath was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Westmeath, Ireland from its creation under The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and ...

and he served as

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between 1883 and 1892. He served a year as

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in 1890. Dames-Longworth was then made

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from 1892 until his death in 1898.J C Sainty
Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland)
Retrieved 28 November 2022.

References

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