Richard Rochfort-Mervyn (12 December 1740 – 20 February 1776) was an

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soldier and politician.

Biography

Rochfort-Mervyn was born Hon. Richard Rochfort, the second son of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Hon. Mary Molesworth, daughter of

Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth Field Marshal Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, PC (Ire) FRS (1680 – 12 October 1758), styled The Honourable Richard Molesworth from 1716 to 1726, was an Anglo-Irish military officer, politician and nobleman. He served with his r ...

. On 9 June 1764, he married Letitia, daughter of James Mervyn and Arabella Edwards, and assumed the surname of Mervyn. He was an officer in the

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and became a lieutenant-colonel in the

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. In 1761 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the

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for

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. In 1768 he was elected for Philipstown. He represented the constituency until his death, without children, in 1776.

References

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Younger sons of earls