James Molyneux Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont KP (6 October 1820 – 12 January 1892) was an

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politician and peer. He was the son of Hon. Henry Caulfeild, younger 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 Elizabeth Margaret Browne. Charlemont was educated at

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. He was appointed

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for 1842 and held the office of Whig

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(MP) for

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between 1847 and 1857. He was Lord Lieutenant of County Armagh between 1849 and 1864. He succeeded to the title of 3rd

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, amongst the other peerages, on 26 December 1863 on the death of his uncle Francis. He was

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between 1864 and 1892 and was made a

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on 28 December 1865. Lord Charlemont married on two occasions; * Hon. Elizabeth Jane Somerville, daughter of William Meredyth Somerville, 1st Baron Meredyth and Lady Maria Harriet Conyngham, on 18 December 1856. * Anna Lucy Lambart, daughter of Reverend Charles James Lambart and Marian Smith, on 10 May 1883 at the British Consulate, Pau,

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. He had no issue and the title died with him. He died in

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, France, and was buried in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh.

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* , - 1820 births 1892 deaths 19th-century Irish people Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Earls in the Peerage of Ireland Knights of St Patrick Caulfield, James Lord-Lieutenants of Armagh Lord-Lieutenants of Tyrone Caulfield, James Caulfield, James Caulfield, James UK MPs who inherited peerages High Sheriffs of Armagh Viscounts Charlemont {{Ireland-earl-stub