John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart (20 February 1788 – 23 November 1820) was an

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politician and peer.

Early life

Born on 20 February 1788, Cuffe was the son of Lady Anne Browne, daughter of

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and

Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart (25 November 1737 – 9 August 1804) was an Anglo-Irish peer and lawyer. Desart was the second son of John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart by his second wife, Dorothea Gorges. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He ...

. His father was the second son of

John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart (died 26 June 1749) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. He was the son of Agmondesham Cuffe and his wife, Anne Otway. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1708 he was High Sheriff of County Kilkenny. ...

, a

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, by his second wife, Dorothea Gorges. He was educated at

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(1802),

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(1805) and the

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(1807). He succeeded to his father's titles in 1804.

Career

Desart served as

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of the

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for

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, in Cornwall, between 13 December 1808 and May 1817. He held the post of one of the

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in 1809–10. He had a home at Desart Court,

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, Ireland, and was

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for 1809–10. CUFFE, John Otway, 2nd Earl of Desart [I] (1788-1820), of Desart Court, co. Kilkenny. | History of Parliament Online

Personal life

On 7 October 1817, Catherine O'Connor (–1874), the daughter and co-heiress of Maurice Nugent O'Connor of Mount Pleasant, King's County, and Maria Burke, daughter of Sir Thomas Burke, Bt. Together, they were the parents of one son: * John Otway O'Connor Cuffe (1818–1865), who married Lady Elizabeth Lucy, daughter of

John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart">John Otway O'Connor Cuffe (1818–1865), who married Lady Elizabeth Lucy, daughter of John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor, in 1842. The Earl of Desart died on 23 November 1820 and was succeeded in his titles by his only son and heir, John Otway O'Connor Cuffe, who became the 3rd Earl of Desart. After his death, his widow remarried to Rose Lambart Price, son and heir apparent to Price baronets">Sir Rose Price, 1st Baronet Sir Rose Price, 1st Baronet (21 November 1768 - 24 September 1834) was a British baronet, plantation owner and Cornish landowner. Career On the death of his father in 1797, Rose Price inherited a number of plantations on Jamaica, * Mickleton ...

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John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart
at the National Portrait Gallery, London. {{DEFAULTSORT:Desart, John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of 1788 births 1820 deaths 19th-century Anglo-Irish people People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Alumni of the University of Edinburgh UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 Desart, E2 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall Mayors of Kilkenny Mayors of places in the Republic of Ireland Earls of Desart