Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath PC (I) ( – 1 April 1715), styled Hon. Chambré Brabazon from 1652 to 1707, was an Irish nobleman and politician.

Education and offices

He was the third son of

Edward Brabazon, 2nd Earl of Meath Edward Brabazon, 2nd Earl of Meath (c. 1610 – 25 March 1675) was an Anglo-Irish Royalist soldier and peer. Brabazon was the son of William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath and Jane Bingley. He was knighted in 1626. Between 1634 and 1635 he was the ...

, and Mary Chambré, daughter of

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, MP for

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, and Carnowe,

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, and his first wife, Mary Villiers. He was admitted to

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, on 10 October 1667."Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)

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p89: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was the captain of a troop of horse in Ireland, and was Paymaster of Ireland in 1675. Between 1692 and 1695, he sat in the

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for

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. He succeeded his brother

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Earl of Meath Earl of Meath is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1627 and is held by the head of the Brabazon family. History The Brabazon family descends from Sir Edward Brabazon, who represented County Wicklow in the Irish House of Com ...

in 1707 and took his seat on 8 August 1709 in the

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. Meath was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Dublin in the same year, and named to the

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in 1710.

Family

In 1682, he married Juliana Chaworth (d. 12 November 1692), only daughter of Patrick Chaworth, 3rd Viscount Chaworth and Grace Manners, daughter of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland. They had seven children: * Lady Mary Brabazon (1683–1738), buried in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. * Lady Juliana Brabazon (1684–1692). * Lady Catharine Brabazon (1686–1742), married Thomas Hallowes of

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and had issue. *

Chaworth Brabazon, 6th Earl of Meath Chaworth Brabazon, 6th Earl of Meath PC (I) (1686 – 14 May 1763), styled Lord Brabazon from 1707 to 1715, was an Anglo-Irish peer. The eldest surviving son of Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath and Juliana Chaworth, he sat for County Dublin ...

(1687–1763). * Lady Frances Brabazon (1688–1751), married Maj-Gen. Hon. Henry Ponsonby (d. 1745, at the

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) and had issue. * Hon. Chambré Brabazon (died young, 1691) *

Edward Brabazon, 7th Earl of Meath Edward Brabazon, 7th Earl of Meath (c. 1691 – 24 November 1772) was an Anglo-Irish peer. The second surviving son of Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath and Juliana Chaworth, he sat for County Dublin from 1715, when his elder brother was ca ...

(1691–1772) He died in Nottingham and was buried in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham on 2 April 1715.

References

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