William Brabazon, 3rd Earl of Meath (c.1635 – March 1684), styled Lord Brabazon of Ardee between 1665 and 1675, was an

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peer. Brabazon was the son of

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and Mary Chambré. On 30 October 1665 he was summoned to the

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as Baron Ardee. Between 1671 and his death he was

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. In 1671 he was pardoned for having killed a man in a duel. He was a captain in Sir Arthur Forbes's Regiment of Horse in 1672. In 1674 he was made a member of the

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and in 1675 he succeeded to his father's title as

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. Brabazon married Lady Elizabeth Lennard, daughter of Francis Lennard, 14th Lord Dacre. Together they had two daughters. He was succeeded in his title by his brother, Edward Brabazon.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meath, William Brabazon, 3rd Earl of Year of birth uncertain 1707 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Earls in the Peerage of Ireland 3 Members of the Irish House of Lords Members of the Privy Council of Ireland