Mathew Forde, also spelt 'Matthew Forde' (17 May 1785 – 5 August 1837) was an Irish landowner and politician.
He was born the eldest son of Mathew Forde of
Seaforde
Seaforde is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Naghan,Coolgreany, Co. Wexford and educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
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, motto_English = It will last i ...
and
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...
. He succeeded his father in 1812, inheriting his various estates, including Seaforde in Down and Coogreany in County Wexford.
He was appointed Sheriff of Down for 1820-21 and elected
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
for
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...
in 1821, sitting until 1826.
He died in 1837. He had married twice: firstly Mary Anne, the daughter of Francis Savage of Ardkeen and Hollymount, County Down and secondly Lady Harriet Savage, the daughter of Henry Thomas Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick and the widow of the same Francis Savage. He had no children and was succeeded in his estates by his brother, the Rev. William Brownlow Forde (1786-1856), who was the father of
William Brownlow Forde
William Brownlow Forde (1823 - 8 February 1902) was the Member of Parliament for County Down, 1857–1874.
Colonel the Rt. Hon. William Brownlow Forde, PC, JP, DL, of Seaforde, married Adelaide, daughter of General the Hon Robert Meade, of Bur ...