Thomas St Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth KP (16 August 1803 – 4 February 1874) was an Irish peer, styled Viscount St Lawrence until 1822. He became

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in 1822 on the death of his father, William St Lawrence, 2nd Earl of Howth. His mother was William's second wife Margaret Burke. He was

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, and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 22 July 1835 and Lord Lieutenant of County Dublin in 1851. On 9 January 1826, he married Lady Emily, daughter of

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and Elizabeth Burke. She died of measles in 1842 in Dublin. On 27 February 1851, he married Henrietta Elizabeth Digby Barfoot (d. 5 March 1884) of Midlington House,

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, daughter of Peter Barfoot and Henrietta Digby. When he died in the south of France in 1874, he was succeeded by his son by his first marriage,

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Family

With Lady Emily de Burgh

* Lady Emily St. Lawrence * Lady Catherine Elizabeth St. Lawrence * Lady Mary St. Lawrence * Lady Margaret Frances St. Lawrence * William Ulick Tristram St. Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth

With Henriette Elizabeth Digby Barfoot

* Lady Geraldine Digby St. Lawrence * Lady Henrietta Eliza St. Lawrence * Captain Hon. Thomas Kenelm Digby St. Lawrence

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howth, Thomas St Lawrence, 3rd Earl of 1803 births 1874 deaths Knights of St Patrick Lord-Lieutenants of Dublin Earls of Howth