Richard Wogan Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot of Malahide PC (1766 – 29 October 1849), was an

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politician. Talbot was the son of Richard Talbot, of

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, and Margaret Talbot, 1st Baroness Talbot of Malahide, daughter of James O'Reilly and sister of Sir Hugh O'Reilly (later Nugent), 1st Baronet, and Andreas O'Reilly. Thomas Talbot and Sir John Talbot were his younger brothers.thepeerage.com Richard Wogan Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot of Malahide
/ref> He was elected as the MP for Dublin County in the

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in May 1790, sitting until March 1791 when it was ruled that he had not been duly elected. He was returned to the

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as one of two representatives for

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in 1807, a seat he held until 1830. In 1834 he succeeded his mother in the barony. This was an

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and did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the

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. In 1836 he was sworn of the

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. Three years later he was raised to the

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as Baron Furnival, of Malahide in the County of Dublin, which gave him a seat in the House of Lords. Lord Talbot of Malahide died in October 1849. He had no surviving male issue and the barony of Furnival died with him. He was succeeded in the Irish barony by his younger brother, James.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot of Malahide, Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron 1766 births 1849 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Eldest sons of British hereditary barons Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Dublin constituencies (1801–1922) Irish MPs 1790–1797

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