Richard Hely Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore (29 January 1756 – 22 August 1825), styled The Honourable Richard Hely-Hutchinson from 1783 to 1788, was an Irish peer and politician.

Biography

He was the son of Rt. Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson and Christiana Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Baroness Donoughmore. In 1776, he stood as Member of Parliament in the

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for two different constituencies. He sat for

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to 1778 and Sligo Borough to 1783. Subsequently, he represented

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, County Wexford, from 1783 until 1788, when he succeeded to his mother's title. In 1789, he was elected Grandmaster of the

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, a post he held until 1813. He commissioned the building c.1790 of the Georgian style Knocklofty House near Clonmel in County Tipperary. He was created Viscount Donoughmore, of Knocklofty, Co. Tipperary (

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), on 20 November 1797, with a special remainder to his mother's male descendants and, in 1800, Earl of Donoughmore. He was one of the original 28 Irish Representative peers and an advocate of Roman Catholic

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. He was created, in 1821, Viscount Hutchinson (in the

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) and thus gained an hereditary seat in the

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. He held the office of Governor of Tipperary and of Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

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. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General.

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