Hugh Howard (27 January 1761 – 3 November 1840), styled The Honourable from 1776, was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Early life

Howard was born in 1761 as a younger son of

Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow PC (I) (29 August 1727 – 26 June 1789) was an Anglo-Irish politician and nobleman. Early life Ralph Howard was born on 29 August 1727 at Shelton Abbey, County Wicklow, the eldest son of seven children born ...

and the former Alice Forward who was made ''

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'' Countess of Wicklow in 1793 after the death of his father. Among his siblings was

Robert Howard, 2nd Earl of Wicklow The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

, a Representative Peer for Ireland from 1800 to 1815 and William Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow.

Career

Howard was elected to the

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as the

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for St Johnstown in 1790, and held the seat until its disenfranchisement following the

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.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.97 (Retrieved 26 May 2016).

Personal life

On 20 December 1792, Howard was married to Catharine Bligh, the second daughter of

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Robert Bligh,

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. Together, they were the parents of: *

Sir Ralph Howard, 1st Baronet Sir Ralph Howard, 1st Baronet (1801 – 15 August 1873) was an Irish Whig politician and army officer. Family Howard was the first son of Hugh Howard and Catherine née Bligh, daughter of Robert Bligh. He was also the grandson of Ralph Howard ...

(1801–1873), an MP who married Charlotte Anne Fraser, the widow of Lt.-Col.

Sir James John Fraser, 3rd Baronet Sir James John Fraser, 3rd Baronet (1789–5 June 1834) was a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army (1828). Biography Fraser was descended from Alexander Fraser, second son of Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat (1426), and was the second son of Sir Wil ...

, and only child of Daniel Craufurd, in 1837. * Robert Howard (d. 1833) * Frances Howard (d. 1814), who married William Parnell Hayes of Avondale in 1810. * Isabella Howard (d. 1836), who married Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort, in 1818. * Theodosia Howard (d. 1836), who married, as his second wife,

Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt (11 September 1790 – 9 August 1823) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was the son of Richard Wingfield, 4th Viscount Powerscourt and Lady Catherine Meade, daughter of John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam. ...

, in 1822. Howard died on 3 November 1840.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Hugh 1761 births 1840 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Hugh Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 Younger sons of viscounts Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies