Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford KP (20 August 1806 – 15 June 1864), styled Viscount Acheson between 1807 and 1849, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Gosford was born on 20 August 1806. He was the only son of

Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, (1 August 1776 – 27 March 1849), styled The Honourable Archibald Acheson from 1790 to 1806 and Lord Acheson from 1806 to 1807, was a British politician who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada ...

Gosford Castle Gosford Castle is a 19th-century country house situated in Gosford, a townland of Markethill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was built for Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, and designed in the Romanesque Revival architecture in the Un ...

, County Armagh and the former Mary Sparrow (1777–1841). He had four younger sisters, including Lady Mary Acheson (wife of James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford) and Lady Millicent Acheson (wife of Dr.

Henry Bence Jones Henry Bence Jones FRS (31 December 1813 – 20 April 1873) was an English physician and chemist. Early life Bence Jones was born at Thorington Hall, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, the son of Lieutenant Colonel William Jones, an officer in the 5t ...

). His paternal grandparents were

Arthur Acheson, 1st Earl of Gosford Arthur Acheson, 1st Earl of Gosford Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (14 January 1807), known as The Viscount Gosford between 1790 and 1806, was an Ireland, Irish Peerage of Ireland, peer of Scottish people, Scottish descent and politicia ...

and the former Millicent (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Pole) (a daughter of Lt.-Gen. Edward Pole). His mother was the only daughter and heiress of Robert Sparrow of

Worlingham Hall Worlingham Hall is a Grade I listed Georgian country house in Worlingham, to the east of Beccles in the English county of Suffolk. The hall was built in the 18th century, possibly based on an earlier 17th century house, and as of 2014 is a count ...

and Mary (née Bernard) Sparrow (sister and heiress of Sir Robert Bernard, 5th Baronet and only daughter of Sir John Bernard, 4th Baronet). He was educated at

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, and matriculated at

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in 1825, graduating B.A. in 1828.

Career

He was elected in 1830 as the Member of Parliament for

County Armagh County Armagh ( ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and adjoins the southern shore of Lough Neagh. It borders t ...

in the

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, a seat he held until 1847, when he was ennobled as 1st Baron Acheson, of Clancairney, County Armagh, in the

Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...

. He was

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between 1831 and 1834. He succeeded to his father's Irish titles and estates in 1849, including the

estate which he sold at auction in August 1849. He was created a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick in 1855. He was appointed lord-lieutenant and custos rotulorum of County Armagh from February 1864 to his death later that year.

Personal life

On 22 June 1832, he was married to Lady Theodosia Brabazon (1808-1876), daughter of John Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath and the former Lady Melosina Adelaide Meade (fourth daughter of

John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam (21 April 1744 – 19 October 1800), was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish nobleman, known as Sir John Meade, 4th Baronet, until 1766. Elevated to the Peerage of Ireland, his debauchery and reckless spending l ...

). Together, they were the parents of seven children: * Lady Gertrude Emily Acheson (d. 1927), who married Francis Foljambe, half-brother of

Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool Cecil George Savile Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool, (7 November 1846 – 23 March 1907), known as the Lord Hawkesbury between 1893 and 1905, was a British Liberal politician. A great-nephew of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liv ...

, and eldest son and heir of George Savile Foljambe and Harriet Emily Mary Milner (a daughter of

Sir William Milner, 4th Baronet The Milner Baronetcy, of Nun Appleton Hall in the County of York. It is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 26 February 1717 for William Milner, later Member of Parliament for York and Grand Master of the Freemasons. H ...

) in 1856. * Lady Mary Acheson (1835–1892), who married Hon. Leopold William Henry Fox-Powys, second son of Thomas Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford and the former Hon. Mary Elizabeth Fox (sister and heiress of

Henry Fox, 4th Baron Holland Henry Edward Fox, 4th Baron Holland of Holland, 4th Baron Holland of Foxley (7 May 1802 – 18 December 1859) was briefly a British Whig politician and later an ambassador. Early life Fox was born at Holland House, London, the eldest legiti ...

and only daughter of Henry Fox, 3rd Baron Holland) in 1862. * Ruthanne Acheson * Lady Edith Acheson (1837–1906) * Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford (1841–1922), who married Lady Louisa Montagu, the second daughter of William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester and the former Countess Louisa von Alten. His wife was a

Lady-in-Waiting A lady-in-waiting (alternatively written lady in waiting) or court lady is a female personal assistant at a Royal court, court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking nobility, noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was o ...

Queen Alexandra Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was List of British royal consorts, queen-consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 22 Januar ...

. * Maj.-Gen. the Hon. Edward Archibald Brabazon Acheson (1844–1921), who married Clementina Le Marchant, a daughter of Gen. Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, in 1869. * Lady Katherine French Acheson (1847–1898), who married Capt. Frederick William Duncombe, third son of Adm. Hon. Arthur Duncombe (fourth son of Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham), in 1868. Lord Gosford died on 15 June 1864 and was succeeded by his son, Archibald. His widow died on 13 February 1876.

References

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