Hayes St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile (9 March 1755 — 8 November 1819) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...

politician and peer. Doneraile was the son of

St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile St Leger St Leger, Ist Viscount Doneraile, 2nd creation, (born St Leger Aldworth; died 15 May 1787), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer, made infamous by his conviction for assaulting a Catholic priest, and for challenging the prosecuting cou ...

, and the great-grandson of

Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile (died 7 July 1727) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. St Leger was the son of John St. Leger and his first wife Lady Mary Chichester, the daughter of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall and his fir ...

. Like his father, he served in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

as the Member of Parliament for

Doneraile Doneraile (), historically Dunerayl, is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is on the R581 regional road east of the N20 road, which runs from Limerick to Cork. It is about north of Mallow town. It is on the River Awbeg, a branch of the ...

, between 1777 and 1787. He inherited his father's title on 15 May 1787 and assumed his seat in the

Irish House of Lords The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medieval times until 1800. It was also the final court of appeal of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was modelled on the House of Lords of England, with membe ...

. He married Charlotte Bernard, the daughter of James Bernard and Esther Smith, on 3 September 1785, and together they had three children.

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