William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly (1710 – 2 September 1770) was an Irish politician and noble.

Early life

Annesley was born in 1710. He was the sixth of seven sons, and two daughters, born to Elizabeth ( Martin) Annesley and Francis Annesley, MP.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes,

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: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 8. His maternal grandfather was London merchant Sir Joseph Martin. His paternal grandparents were the former Deborah Jones (a daughter of Henry Jones,

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) and Hon. Francis Annesley (the eldest son, by his second wife, of

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, and thus his descendants are in the remainder to the title

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Career

In 1738, he was a barrister at Dublin. Though not heir male, Annesley succeeded his father in the estate of

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upon his death in 1750.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes.'' Crans,

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, page 83. Annesley sat as

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(MP) in the

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for

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between 1741 and 1758. He served as

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in 1750. In 1758 he was raised to the

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as Baron Annesley, and assumed his seat in the

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. He was further honoured when he was made Viscount Glerawly in 1766.

Personal life

On 16 August 1738, Lord Glerawly married Lady Anne Beresford, a daughter of

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and the former Lady Catherine Power (only daughter of

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). Among her siblings were

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, John Beresford, and

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. Together, they were the parents of five children: * Hon. Catherine Annesley (1739–1770), who married

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, in 1760. * Francis Charles Annesley, 1st Earl Annesley (1740–1802), who married Mary Grove, daughter of Robert Grove, in 1766. * Hon. Marcus Annesley (1743–1780), a Major. *

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(1745–1824), who married Anne Lambert, daughter of Robert Lambert, in 1771. * Hon. William Annesley (1747–1817), the

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who married Jane Digby. Lord Glerawly died on 2 September 1770 at

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. He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his eldest son

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, who was created

Earl Annesley Earl Annesley, of Castlewellan in the County of Down, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 17 August 1789 for Francis Annesley, 2nd Viscount Glerawly, with special remainder to his younger brother the Honourable Richard Ann ...

in 1789 with special remainder to his brother,

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References

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Members of the Irish House of Lords Peers of Ireland created by George II