Arthur Ingram, 6th Viscount of Irvine (21 December 1689 – 30 May 1736), styled the Honourable Arthur Ingram until 1721, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1715 until 1721 when he succeeded to the peerage as Viscount Irvine. Ingram was the third son of Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount of Irvine, by Isabella Machell, daughter of John Machell, Member of Parliament for

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, of Hills,

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. He was returned to Parliament for Horsham in 1715, a seat he held until 1721, when he succeeded his elder brother

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in the viscountcy. This was a

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peerage and did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the

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although he was forced to resign his seat in Parliament as Scottish peers were barred from sitting in the House of Commons. In 1728 he was made Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, which he remained until his death. The 6th Viscount died unmarried but testate in May 1736, aged 46, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his younger brother,

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. A portrait of Arthur the 6th Viscount, by

Charles Jervas Charles Jervas (also Jarvis and Jervis; c. 1675 – 2 November 1739) was an Irish portrait painter, translator, and art collector of the early 18th century. Early life Born in Shinrone, County Offaly, Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland around 1675, ...

, is in the collection of

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.Portrait of Arthur, 6th Viscount Irwin, by Charles Jervas, see a
Art UK, Leeds Museums and Galleries

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