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John Wolfe, 2nd Baron Kilwarden
John Wolfe, 2nd Viscount Kilwarden (11 November 1769—22 May 1830) was an Irish peer. Biography He was the son of Arthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden and his wife Anne Wolfe, 1st Baroness Kilwarden in her own right, daughter of William Ruxton of Ardee. At the 1790 Irish general election he was returned to the Irish House of Commons for Ardee by his cousin William Ruxton, but left Parliament at the 1797 Irish general election. He succeeded to the viscountcy when his father was killed during the Irish rebellion of 1803 The Irish rebellion of 1803 was an attempt by Irish Republicanism, Irish republicans to seize the seat of the British government in Ireland, Dublin Castle, and trigger a nationwide insurrection. Renewing the Irish Rebellion of 1798, struggle o ..., but he was unmarried and his titles became extinct on his death. References E. M. Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800'' (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2002) vol. VI, p. 551. 1769 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden
Arthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden (19 January 1739 – 23 July 1803) was an Anglo-Irish politician and judge who served as the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1793 until 1803, when he was murdered during the Irish rebellion of 1803. Early life Arthur Wolfe was born at Forenaughts House, near Naas, being the eighth of nine sons born to John Wolfe (1700–1760) and his wife Mary (d. 1763), the only child and heiress of William Philpot, a successful merchant at Dublin. One of his brothers, Peter, was the High Sheriff of Kildare, and his first cousin Theobald was the father of the poet Charles Wolfe. Career Wolfe was educated at Trinity College Dublin - where he was elected a Scholar - and at the Middle Temple in London. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1766. In 1769, he married Anne Ruxton (1745–1804), and after building up a successful practice took silk in 1778. He and Anne had four children, John, Arthur, Mariana and Elizabeth. In 1783, Wolfe was returned as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |