Richard Southwell (Askeaton politician)

Richard Southwell
Richard Southwell
Spouse	Elizabeth O'Brien
Children	Thomas Southwell, 1st Baron Southwell
Parents	Sir Thomas Southwell, 1st Baronet (father); Elizabeth Starkey (mother);

Richard Southwell was an Irish politician.

Birth and origins

Richard was the only son of Thomas Southwell and his wife Elizabeth Starkey. His father was the 1st Baronet Southwell of Castle Mattress, County Limerick. His mother was the daughter of William Starkey.

Family tree

Richard Southwell with his wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[lower-alpha 1]

Edmund
Southwell

Catherine
Herbert
heiress

Thomas
Southwell
1st Baronet
d. 1681

Elizabeth
Starkey
d. 1705

Murrough
1st Earl
1614–1674

Elizabeth
St Leger
1618–1685

Richard
Southwell
d.v.p.*

Elizabeth
O'Brien
d. 1688

Thomas
Southwell
1st Baron
1665–1720

Meliora
Coningsby

William
Southwell
1669–1720
soldier

Richard
Southwell
1671–1729

Thomas
2nd Baron
1698–1766

Mary
Coke

Henry
Southwell
1700–1758

Legend

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Subject of
the article

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Baronets & Barons
Southwell

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Barons & earls
of Inchiquin

*d.v.p. = predeceased his father (decessit vita patris)

Political career and death

In 1661, Southwell was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Askeaton in County Limerick, representing the borough until 1666.

Marriage and children

Southwell married Elizabeth O'Brien, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin.[1] They had five sons and two daughters.[2]

Death and succession

Southwell died in September 1688.[3] Having predeceased his father, Southwell's oldest son Thomas succeeded his grandfather as baronet and was later elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Southwell.[4] His third son William and his fifth son Richard sat both in the Parliament of Ireland.[5]

Notes and References

Notes

Also see the lists of children in the text.

Citations

Burke, John (1863). Bernhard Burke (ed.). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London: Harrison. p. 1738.
Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. II (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 465.
Date of death given by Ancestry.com.
"Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

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[1] Also see the lists of children in the text.

[2] Burke, John (1863). Bernhard Burke (ed.). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London: Harrison. p. 1738.

[3] Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. II (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 465.

[4] Date of death given by Ancestry.com.

[5] "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[6] Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.