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James Molyneux Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont KP (6 October 1820 – 12 January 1892) was an Irish 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 Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh for 1842 and held the office of Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for County Armagh between 1847 and 1857. He was
Lord Lieutenant of County Armagh This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Armagh. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831. Lo ...
between 1849 and 1864. He succeeded to the title of 3rd
Earl of Charlemont Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Old Norse, Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "Germanic ch ...
, amongst the other peerages, on 26 December 1863 on the death of his uncle Francis. He was
Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II of England, James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recr ...
between 1864 and 1892 and was made a
Knight of St Patrick The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is a dormant British order of chivalry associated with Ireland. The Order was created in 1783 by George III of the United Kingdom, King George III at the request of the then Lord Lieutenant of Irelan ...
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, France. 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 (Church of Ireland), 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 Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies, Caulfield, James Lord-Lieutenants of Armagh Lord-Lieutenants of Tyrone Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Armagh constituencies (1801–1922), Caulfield, James UK MPs 1847–1852, Caulfield, James UK MPs 1852–1857, Caulfield, James UK MPs who inherited peerages High Sheriffs of Armagh Viscounts Charlemont {{Ireland-earl-stub