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, John married Laetitia Fitzherbert, eventual heiress of

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and Blackcastle in

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. He was elected to succeed his father as MP for Ardee in 1751, and sat until 1776. He was then re-elected in October 1783 (along with his younger brother,

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) and sat until his death. He built Ardee House in 1780. Ardee and Shercock were inherited by the eldest son,

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, while Blackcastle was divided between the younger sons John, (who married Margaret Edgeworth, aunt of the novelist Maria Edgeworth) and Samuel. the two parts were later reunited.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20120212070428/http://www.dhs.kyutech.ac.jp/~ruxton/ruxtons_of_ardee.html * http://thepeerage.com/p38828.htm#i388276 1721 births 1785 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Louth constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub