Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway, PC KB (4 July 1752 – 23 July 1810) was a British politician.

Early life

He was the second surviving of three sons and two daughters born to

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and the former Elizabeth Villareal. His father served as Receiver-General of the Crown rents for Yorkshire, Westmorland and Durham before being returned to Parliament as a Member for

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and

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. Among his siblings were sisters Hon. Elizabeth Monckton (wife of

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and Sir Drummond Smith, 1st Baronet) and Hon. Frances Charlotte Monckton (wife of Anthony Burlton-Bennett).Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 1521. His paternal grandparents were

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and Lady Elizabeth Manners (a daughter of

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). His maternal grandparents were Joseph Isaac Villareal and Kitty da Costa (a well known English

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Jew who converted to Christianity; she was a daughter of Joseph da Costa, a gold and coral trader who owned Manor of Copped Hall in

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). He succeeded his elder unmarried brother

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to the title in 1774.

Career

He was elected Member of Parliament to represent

from 1780 to 1783, made a

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in 1784 and knighted in the

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in 1786. He gave up his seat in 1783 following an appointment by

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as envoy to the

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, however, the fall of the Government in March prevented his taking up the appointment. In the subsequent general election, Galway was elected unopposed for the

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constituency in 1783, serving until 1790. He spoke and voted against

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, 27 November 1783. He stood unsuccessfully for Pontefract in 1790, but was returned in 1796, serving until he resigned his seat in 1802. His career also included service as

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(1784–87) during the reign of

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Personal life

On 1 March 1779, Lord Galway married Elizabeth Mathew (–1801), the daughter of Daniel Mathew of Felix Hall, Essex. Elizabeth's sister, Louisa, was the wife of

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, and her youngest sister, Jane, was the mother of Sir

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. Before her death on 19 November 1801, they were the parents of five sons and four daughters, including: * William George Monckton-Arundell, 5th Viscount Galway (1782–1834), who married Catherine Elizabeth Handfield, daughter of Capt. George Handfield, in 1804.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes,

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, 2000), volume V, page 615. * Hon. Robert Henry Monckton-Arundell (d. 1813) * Hon. Charles Frederick Monckton-Arundell (d. 1798) * Hon. Augustus Philip Monckton-Arundell (d. 1802) * Hon. Carleton Thomas Monckton-Arundell (1797–1830), a Captain of the 22nd Light Dragoons. * Hon. Elizabeth Mary Monckton-Arundell (d. 1840) * Hon. Henrietta Maria Monckton-Arundell (d. 1847), who married Robert Pemberton Milnes of Fryston Hall, son of Richard Slater Milnes, in 1808. * Hon. Charlotte Penelope Monckton-Arundell (d. 1806) * Hon. Frances Jane Monckton-Arundell (d. 1854) After the death of his first wife, he married Mary Bridget ( Milnes) Drummond on 24 May 1803. Mary Bridget, the widow of Peter Auriol Hay Drummond (son of

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and grandson of the 8th Earl of Kinnoull), was the only child and heiress of Pemberton Milnes of Bawtry Hall, Yorkshire (a prosperous wool-merchant from

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) and Jane Slater (a daughter of Dr .Adam Slater). There were no children of this marriage. Upon his death on 23 July 1810, he was succeeded by his son

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. His widow died on 15 November 1835.

Descendants

Through his daughter Henrietta, he was a grandfather of Henrietta Maria Milnes (who married her cousin

George Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway (1 March 1805 – 6 February 1876), was a British Conservative politician. Early life George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell was born on 1 March 1805. He was the son of William Geor ...

), and

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, FRS (19 June 1809 – 11 August 1885) was an English poet, patron of literature and a politician who strongly supported social justice. Background and education Milnes was born in London, the son ...

(who married Hon. Annabella Crewe, daughter of

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).L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms'' (

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: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 89.

References

External links

Correspondence and Personal Papers of George Edward Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway (1805-1876)
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Biography of Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway (1758-1810)
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