Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy
PC (Ire) (7 February 1745 – 5 June 1798) was an Irish landowner and politician.
Biography
He was the son of
Charles Gardiner
Charles Gardiner (21 February 1720 – 20 November 1769) was an Irish landowner and politician.
He was the son of Luke Gardiner and his wife Anne, daughter of Alexander Stewart and granddaughter of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy. He was ...
by his wife Florinda, daughter of Robert Norman. His sister
Anne later became
Countess of Clancarty. On 3 July 1773 he married Elizabeth, daughter of
William Montgomery, an
MP for
Ballynakill
Ballinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, there were 445 people living in Ballinakill.
History
From 1613 unti ...
and later a
Baronet. Their children included a son,
Charles John, and a daughter Margaret, who later became
Countess of Donoughmore.
He was educated at
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...
.
From 1773 to 1789 he represented
Dublin County
"Action to match our speech"
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in the
Irish House of Commons.
He was appointed to the
Irish Privy Council
His or Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, commonly called the Privy Council of Ireland, Irish Privy Council, or in earlier centuries the Irish Council, was the institution within the Dublin Castle administration which exercised formal executi ...
on 29 December 1780
and created
Baron Mountjoy
The titles of Baron Mountjoy and Viscount Mountjoy have been created several times for members of various families, including the Blounts and their descendants and the Stewarts of Ramelton and their descendants.
The first creation was for Walter ...
on 19 September 1789 and
Viscount Mountjoy
The title of Viscount Mountjoy has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The creations in the Peerage of Ireland were made in 1683 and 1795, and became extinct in 1769 and 1829, respec ...
on 30 September 1795, both in the
Peerage of Ireland.
Lord Mountjoy was
killed in action at the age of 53, leading his regiment at the
Battle of New Ross. He was succeeded by his son Charles, who was later created
Earl of Blessington
The title of Earl of Blessington was created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1745 and 1816. Both creations became extinct, in 1769 and 1829 respectively. The earldom was also spelt as Blesington.
Anne Boyle, sister of the last Viscount Blessin ...
.
References
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1745 births
1798 deaths
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Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Dublin constituencies
Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland
Peers of Ireland created by George III