William St Lawrence, 2nd Earl of Howth (4 October 1752 - 4 April 1822) was an Anglo-Irish peer, styled Viscount St Lawrence from 1767 to 1801.

Life

St Lawrence was the eldest son of

Thomas St Lawrence, 1st Earl of Howth Thomas St Lawrence, 1st Earl of Howth (10 May 1730 – 29 September 1801) was Anglo-Irish peer and lawyer. Howth was the eldest son of William St Lawrence, 14th Baron Howth and Lucy Gorges, daughter of General Richard Gorges and his first wife Nic ...

and Isabella King, daughter of Sir Henry King, 3rd Baronet and Isabella Wingfield. He was educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. He was Earl during the construction of

Howth Howth ( ; ; non, Hǫfuð) is an affluent peninsular village and outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The district as a whole occupies the greater part of the peninsula of Howth Head, which forms the northern boundary of Dublin Bay, and includes ...

Harbour from 1807 as well as the visit of

George IV George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten y ...

to Ireland via Howth pier in 1821.

Personal life

On 1 June 1777, he married Lady Mary Bermingham, daughter of

Thomas Bermingham, 1st Earl of Louth Thomas Bermingham, 1st Earl of Louth (16 November 1717 – 11 January 1799) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. He was also the last man to be summoned to parliament as Baron Athenry. Bermingham was the son of Francis Bermingham, 14th Baro ...

and Margaret Daly. She died on 20 July 1793. They had four children: *Lady Harriet St Lawrence (d. 1830), married Arthur French St George and had issue, including

Christopher St George Christopher St George JP DL (1812 – 13 November 1877) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was son of Arthur French St George by his wife Lady Harriet, daughter of William St Lawrence, 2nd Earl of Howth. His paternal grandfather, Christophe ...

*Lady Mary St Lawrence (d. April 1827), married William Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley in 1803, divorced 1820 *Lady Matilda St Lawrence (d. 20 April 1849), married Maj. William Burke, of Quansborough *Lady Isabella St Lawrence (28 December 1787 – 24 January 1825), married Clifford Trotter He later married Margaret Burke daughter of William Burke and Margaret Coleman of Keelogues, County Galway. They had four children: *

Thomas St Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth 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 Earl of Howth in 1822 on the death of his father, William St Lawrence, 2nd Earl of Howth. His mot ...

(1803–1874) *Hon. William St Lawrence (December 1806 – 22 April 1820) *Lady Catherine St Lawrence, married Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan in 1828 and had issue, including

Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork and Orrery KP, PC (19 April 1829 – 22 June 1904), styled Viscount Dungarvan between 1834 and 1856, was a British courtier and Liberal politician. In a ministerial career spanning between ...

and

William George Boyle The Honourable William George Boyle (12 August 1830 – 24 March 1908) was a British soldier and Liberal Party politician. Boyle was the second son of Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, second but eldest surviving son of Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl ...

*Lady Elizabeth St Lawrence (21 September 1811 – 12 April 1863), married Sir Edward Richard Borough, 2nd Baronet in 1831

References

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