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

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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

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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

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. From 1773 to 1789 he represented

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in the Irish House of Commons. He was appointed to the

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on 29 December 1780 and created

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on 19 September 1789 and

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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

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References

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