The Lighton Baronetcy, of Merville in Dublin, is a title in the
Baronetage of Ireland
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. It was created on 1 March 1791 for the Dublin-based banker and politician
Thomas Lighton.
Sir Thomas was an
Ulsterman, being a native of
Strabane
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in the west of
County Tyrone. After falling on hard times, he sought work as a private and interpreter in the
East India Company in
India. In the early 1790s he had No. 22
St. Stephen's Green
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North built as his
Dublin residence. This house is now The Cliff Townhouse, an upmarket
boutique hotel
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,
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and restaurant. He sat as a Member of the
Irish Parliament for
Tuam from 1790 to 1797 and
Carlingford from 1798 to 1800. His partner in the banking firm of Lighton, Needham & Shaw,
Robert Shaw, was created a
baronet in 1821 (see
Shaw baronets
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).
The 7th and 8th baronets are buried together in
North Berwick Cemetery in
East Lothian
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, Scotland. The graves lie in the extreme south-east corner.
Lighton baronets, of Merville (1791)
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Sir Thomas Lighton, 1st Baronet (died 1805)
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Sir Thomas Lighton, 2nd Baronet (1787–1816)
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Sir Thomas Lighton, 3rd Baronet (1814–1817)
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Sir John Lees Lighton, 4th Baronet (1792–1827)
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Sir John Hamilton Lighton, 5th Baronet (1818–1844)
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Sir Christopher Robert Lighton, 6th Baronet (1819–1875)
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Sir Christopher Robert Lighton, 7th Baronet (1848–1929)
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Sir Christopher Robert Lighton, 8th Baronet (1897–1993)
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Sir Thomas Hamilton Lighton, 9th Baronet
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(born 1954)
The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son James Christopher Hamilton Lighton (born 1992).
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1791 establishments in Ireland