John Otway O'Conner Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart (12 October 1818 – 1 April 1865), styled Viscount Castlecuffe until 1820, was an Irish

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politician. He served as

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between March and December 1852 in the Earl of Derby's first

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Background

Desart was the son of John Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart, and Catherine, daughter of Maurice O'Connor. He succeeded in the earldom in November 1820, aged two, on the early death of his father. He was educated at

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and entered

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in 1836 but took no degree.

Political career

Desart sat in the

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as Member of Parliament for

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between

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and July 1842, when his election was declared void. He didn't stand in the subsequent by-election. In 1846 he was elected an Irish representative peer and thus took a seat in the

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, which he held until his death in 1865. He served as

in Lord Derby's short-lived

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of 1852.

Family

Lord Desart married Lady Elizabeth Lucy, daughter of John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor, in 1842. They had three sons and a daughter. He died at his London home in Eaton Square on 1 April 1865, through a fall suffered during an attack of paralysis, aged 46. He was succeeded in the earldom by his son, William. The Countess of Desart died in April 1898, aged 76.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Desart, John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of 1818 births 1865 deaths People educated at Eton College Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ipswich Irish representative peers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1841–1847 Desart, E3 Earls of Desart