Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly KP (26 September 1829 – 16 March 1888), was an Anglo-Irish

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politician. Luttrellstown Castle by Rose Barton 1898

Annaly was the son of

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, and his wife Ellen (née Dempster), and was educated at

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. He served in the

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and achieved the rank of captain in the

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and

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in the Longford Rifles. In 1859 he was returned to Parliament for

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however unseated by petition the following year, and then represented County Longford from 1861 to 1862 and

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from 1862 to 1865. Annaly served in the Liberal administration of

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as a

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between 1862 and 1866. From 1868 to 1873 he was State Steward to the

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the Earl Spencer. He also held the honorary positions of Sheriff of

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in 1861 and of County Longford in 1871 and

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from 1873 to 1874. In 1885 he was made a

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. Lord Annaly died in March 1888, aged 58, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Luke. Lady Annaly died in 1915.

Family

Lord Annaly married Emily, daughter of James Stuart, in 1853. Their English home was Titness Park near

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in Sunninghill, Berkshire. They had five sons and three daughters. All his sons had military careers, his third son Robert notably achieving the rank of Brigadier-General in the 184th Infantry Brigade. His daughter Violet married Major Lord Percy St. Maur (in previous generations also spelt Seymour), second son of

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– this and the related

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and

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * *
www.thepeerage.com

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