William Thomas Nugent, 5th Baron Nugent of Riverston (29 September 1773 – 6 September 1851). A descendant of Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath (died 1641) and a son of

Anthony Nugent, 4th Baron Nugent of Riverston Anthony Nugent, 4th Baron Nugent of Riverston, 28 August 1730- September 1814. He married Olivia French (daughter of Arthur French and Olivia Ussher), on 25 June 1772. French was a member of the Tribes of Galway on her paternal side, and a descen ...

(1730-1814), Nugent styled himself 5th Baron Nugent of Riverston upon his father's death in 1814. In July 1839 he claimed the title but the

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''. However, his eldest son, Anthony (1805–79) went on to become the 9th

Earl of Westmeath Earl of Westmeath is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1621 for Richard Nugent, Baron Delvin. During the Tudor era the loyalty of the Nugent family was often in question, and Richard's father, the sixth Baron, died in prison ...

, inheriting it from his kinsman,

George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath George Thomas John Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath (17 July 1785 – 5 May 1871), styled Lord Delvin between 1792 and 1814 and known as The Earl of Westmeath between 1814 and 1821, was an Anglo-Irish peer. Background Nugent was born in Clo ...

. Nugent married Catherine Bellew of Mount Bellew, County Galway, and had issue: * Jane Olivia Nugent (died 27 Dec 1842), married Lt.Colonel James FitzGerald Kenny * Anthony Francis Nugent, 6th Baron Nugent of Riverston (1 Nov 1805 – 12 May 1879) * Michael William Bellew Nugent (born 28 Aug 1808) of Earl's Park, County Galway, married Emily Morrall on 29 February 1852.

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