Charles William Bury, 1st Earl of Charleville FRS, FSA (30 June 1764 – 31 October 1835), known as The Lord Tullamore between 1797 and 1800 and as The Viscount Charleville between 1800 and 1806, was an Irish landowner, antiquarian and politician.

Background and education

Bury was the son of John Bury, son of William Bury and the Honourable Jane Moore, daughter of

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and sister of

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. His mother was Catherine Sadleir, daughter of Francis Sadleir, of Sopwell Hall,

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. His father succeeded to the Charleville estates on the death of his maternal uncle, the Earl of Charleville, in February 1764. He died in August of the same year, only two months after the birth of his son. Bury's mother married as her second husband

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Political career

Bury was returned to the Irish Parliament for

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in January 1790, but lost the seat in May of that year. He was once again elected for Kilmallock in 1792, and retained the seat until 1797. The latter year he was raised to the

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as Baron Tullamore, of Charleville Forest in King's County. In 1798 he helped quell the Irish Rebellion. and two years later the Charleville title was revived when he was made Viscount Charleville, of Charleville Forest in the King's County, in the Irish peerage. In 1801 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer (replacing Lord Rossmore). In 1806 he was further honoured when he was made Earl of Charleville in the Irish peerage, reviving the title that had been made extinct on the childless death of his grandmother's brother. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1803 and of the Society of Antiquaries in 1814 and served as President of the

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between 1812 and 1822.

Family

Lord Charleville married Catherine Maria Dawson, daughter of Thomas Townley Dawson and widow of James Tisdall, in 1798. He rebuilt Charleville Castle in the

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style and also developed the town of

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, of which he was the main owner.nottingham.ac.uk Manuscripts and Special Collections: Charles William Bury, 1st Earl of Charleville (1764-1835)
/ref> He died at

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, in October 1835, aged 71, and was succeeded by his son,

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. The Countess of Charleville died at

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, in February 1851, aged 88.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charleville, Charles Bury, 1st Earl Of 1764 births 1835 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Peers of Ireland created by George III Earls in the Peerage of Ireland Irish representative peers Fellows of the Royal Society Presidents of the Royal Irish Academy Irish MPs 1790–1797 Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies