Thomas Nugent, 6th Earl of Westmeath KP PC (Ire) (April 1714 – 7 September 1792), styled Lord Delvin from 1752 to 1754 was an Irish peer and freemason. He gained the title Earl of Westmeath in 1754 on the death of his father John Nugent, 5th Earl of Westmeath. His mother was Marguerite Jeanne Molza of

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, daughter of Count Carlo Molza, who was Gentleman Usher to Queen

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, and his wife Veronique Angelotti. His father was a professional soldier who spent most of his adult life on the Continent and died at

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. In 1758, he was sworn of the

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. Nugent was appointed Grandmaster of the

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in 1763, a post he held for the following four years. Unlike his father, and their predecessors, he conformed, at least publicly, to the

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. By his first wife, Mary Stapleton, daughter of Walter Stapleton, he had one son: * Richard Nugent, Lord Delvin (1742–1761) By his second wife, Catherine White, daughter of Henry White of Pitchfordstown,

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he had three sons and one daughter: *Thomas Nugent, Lord Delvin (died young) * George Frederick Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath (1760–1814) *Hon. Henry Nugent (24 November 1762 – May 1770) *Lady Catherine Nugent (6 April 1766 – 26 February 1794), married Hon. John Rodney Westmeath was made a Founding Knight of the

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on 11 March 1783. He died in 1792 and was succeeded by his son George.

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