John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell (26 August 1798 – 17 May 1879), was an Irish Conservative peer and Member of Parliament.

Biography

He was the eldest son of John McClintock, an Irish magistrate for

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, and formerly Serjeant at Arms in the

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. His mother was Jane, the only daughter of William Bunbury, Esq of Moyle. Jane was sister to Thomas Bunbury, MP for

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. McClintock was appointed

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in 1840 and elected Member of Parliament for

in 1857, a seat he held until 1859. He later served as Lord Lieutenant of County Louth from 1867 until his death in 1879. On 21 December 1868 he was raised to the

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as Baron Rathdonnell, of Rathdonnell in the

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, with remainder to the male issue of his deceased younger brother Captain

William McClintock-Bunbury William Bunbury McClintock-Bunbury (1800 – 2 June 1866), known as William McClintock until 1846, was an Irish naval commander and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Born William McClintock, he was the son of John McClintoc ...

. It was to be the second last title granted in the Irish peerage. Lord Rathdonnell was married to Anne Lefroy, sister of Sir

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, and they lived between Drumcar,

, and their London house at 80 Chester Square. The marriage was childless. Rathdonnell was also an uncle of the Arctic explorer Sir Francis Leopold McClintock. Lord Rathdonnell died in May 1879, aged 80. He was succeeded in the Barony according to the special remainder by his nephew Thomas McClintock-Bunbury, who notably served as Lord Lieutenant of County Carlow and as President of the Royal Dublin Society.

Arms

References

External links

A history of the McClintock family
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rathdonnell, John McClintock, 1st Baron 1798 births 1879 deaths 1 High sheriffs of County Louth McClintock, John Lord-lieutenants of Louth

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