Thomas Arthur Southwell, 2nd Viscount Southwell (16 April 1742 – 14 February 1796), styled The Honourable from 1766 until 1780, was an Irish peer and politician. He was the oldest son of Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell and his wife Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Arthur Cecil Hamilton of Castle Hamilton,

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Co. Cavan. His younger brother was Robert Henry Southwell. Southwell was educated at

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. In 1780, he succeeded his father as viscount. In 1767, Southwell entered the

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for

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, the same constituency his father had represented before, and sat for it until the following year.

Marriage, children, and succession

On 7 November 1774, he married Sophia Maria Josepha Walsh, third daughter of Francis Joseph Walsh, Comte de Serrant, and had by her four sons and four daughters. Southwell died aged 53 and was succeeded in his titles by his oldest son

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Southwell, Thomas Southwell, 2nd Viscount 1742 births 1796 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish MPs 1761–1768 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Politicians from County Limerick