William St George Nugent, 10th Earl of Westmeath, (28 November 1832 – 31 May 1883), styled Lord Delvin from 1871 to 1879, was an Anglo-Irish peer. A son of

Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath, (1 November 1805 – 12 May 1879) was an Irish peer. Nugent was a descendant of Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath, but the title had been carried by a different line of the Nugents, with his own ...

and Anne Catherine Daly, Nugent was educated at

Oscott College St Mary's College in New Oscott, Birmingham, often called Oscott College, is the Roman Catholic seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham in England and one of the three seminaries of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Purpose Oscott Coll ...

, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England. On 14 May 1852, he purchased an ensigncy in the

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. He was promoted to lieutenant on 6 June 1854, and served in the

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...

from 27 November 1854, fighting in the Siege of Sevastopol, including the unsuccessful assault on the Great Redan in June. He bought a captaincy in the regiment on 13 June 1856, and retired from the Army in May 1861. He held the office of

High Sheriff of County Galway The High Sheriff of County Galway was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Galway. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besi ...

in 1875. He succeeded to his father's peerages on 12 May 1879. He married Emily Margaret Blake of

Furbo, County Galway Furbo or Furbogh (Na Forbacha in Irish) is a settlement with a population of around 300 in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. It lies along the coast between Barna and Spiddal. It is a Gaeltacht area where Irish is the main language used in t ...

, in July 1866 and had issue: * three unnamed daughters who died young * Lady Emily Theresa Nugent (died 23 Sep 1935), married Brig.-Gen. Gardiner Humphreys in 1906. *

Anthony Francis Nugent, 11th Earl of Westmeath Anthony Francis Nugent, 11th Earl of Westmeath, (11 January 1870 – 12 December 1933), styled Lord Delvin from 1879 to 1883, was an Irish peer. He was elected a Representative Peer in 1901. Lord Westmeath occupied properties at Pallas and Spring ...

(11 Jan 1870 – 12 Dec 1933) * Hon. William Andrew Nugent (11 Mar 1876 – 29 May 1915), married Kathleen Stoner (died 1955) * Gilbert Charles Nugent, 12th Earl of Westmeath (9 May 1880 – 20 Nov 1971)

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