Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy PC (Ire) (7 February 1745 – 5 June 1798) was an Irish landowner and politician.

Biography

He was the son of

Charles Gardiner Charles Gardiner (21 February 1720 – 20 November 1769) was an Irish landowner and politician. He was the son of Luke Gardiner and his wife Anne, daughter of Alexander Stewart and granddaughter of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy. He wa ...

by his wife Florinda, daughter of Robert Norman. His sister

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later became Countess of Clancarty. On 3 July 1773 he married Elizabeth, daughter of William Montgomery, an MP for Ballynakill and later a

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. Their children included a son, Charles John, and a daughter Margaret, who later became Countess of Donoughmore. He was educated at

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. From 1773 to 1789 he represented

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in the

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. He was appointed to the

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on 29 December 1780 and created Baron Mountjoy on 19 September 1789 and

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on 30 September 1795, both in the

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. Lord Mountjoy was

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at the age of 53, leading his regiment at the Battle of New Ross. He was succeeded by his son Charles, who was later created Earl of Blessington.

References

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