Thomas Kavanagh, The MacMorrough (10 March 1767 – 20 January 1837) was an Irish landowner.

Biography

He was the fourth son of Thomas Kavanagh of

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by his wife Lady Susanna, daughter of

Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde Walter Butler (1703–1783), also known as Walter Butler of Kilcash, and Walter Butler of Garryricken, was the ''de jure'' 16th Earl of Ormond and 9th Earl of Ossory. He did not assume these titles as he thought them forfeit as a result of the ...

. He succeeded his elder brother Walter in the family estates in 1813. He sat in the

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for

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from 1797 to 1799 and in the

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for

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from 1826 to 1831. He failed to be elected at the general election of 1832 but sat for the county again from 1835 until his death.Philip Salmon
KAVANAGH, Thomas (1767-1837), of Borris House, co. Carlow
in ''

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: the House of Commons 1820-1832'' (2009). He married artist Lady

Harriet Kavanagh Lady Harriet Kavanagh (13 October 1799 – 14 July 1885) was an Irish artist, traveller, and antiquarian, described as a "woman of high culture and of unusual artistic power." She is thought to be the first Irish female traveller to Egypt. Earl ...

(née Trench) on 28 Feb 1825. The couple had three sons Charles, Thomas, Arthur, and one daughter, Harriet or "Hoddy." Their youngest son

Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh (25 March 183125 December 1889) was an Irish politician. His middle name is spelled MacMorrough in some contemporaneous sources. Biography Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh was born on 25 March 1831 at Borris House in Cou ...

was born with vestigial limbs and Lady Harriet insisted he be raised with the same opportunites as their other children. Following Thomas' death Lady Harriet took their three youngest children travelling in the Middle East for two years.

References

1767 births 1837 deaths Politicians from County Carlow Irish MPs 1798–1800 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1835–1837 Irish Conservative Party MPs {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub