Mathew Forde, also spelt 'Matthew Forde' (17 May 1785 – 5 August 1837) was an Irish landowner and politician.
He was born the eldest son of Mathew Forde of
Seaforde
Seaforde is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Naghan,Coolgreany
Coolgreany () is a village located in north County Wexford in Ireland, in the shadow of Croghan Mountain, overlooking Tara Hill in the extreme north of County Wexford.
The village is located about 3 km from the N11 Dublin-Wexford road ...
, Co. Wexford and educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...
and
Magdalen College, Oxford
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. He succeeded his father in 1812, inheriting his various estates, including Seaforde in Down and Coogreany in County Wexford.
He was appointed
Sheriff of Down for 1820-21 and elected
Member of Parliament for
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 552,261. It borders County Antrim to the ...
in 1821, sitting until 1826.
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He died in 1837. He had married twice: firstly Mary Anne, the daughter of Francis Savage of Ardkeen and Hollymount, County Down and secondly Lady Harriet Savage, the daughter of Henry Thomas Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick and the widow of the same Francis Savage. He had no children and was succeeded in his estates by his brother, the Rev. William Brownlow Forde (1786–1856), who was the father of William Brownlow Forde (1823–1902), the MP for County Down from 1857 to 1874. HANSARD 1803–2005 → Mr William Forde]
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UK MPs 1820–1826
1785 births
1837 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Down constituencies (1801–1922)
High sheriffs of Down
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