| 词条 | Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell |
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Thomas George Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell (4 May 1721 – 29 August 1780),[1] styled The Honourable from birth until 1766, was an Irish politician and freemason. BackgroundHe was the oldest son of Thomas Southwell, 2nd Baron Southwell and his wife Mary Coke, eldest daughter of Thomas Coke.[2] Southwell was educated at Lincoln's Inn and went then to Christ Church, Oxford.[2] He served in the 2nd Foot and became an ensign in 1738.[3] Between 1753 and 1757, Southwell was Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland.[4] CareerIn 1747, Southwell entered the Irish House of Commons for Enniscorthy, sitting for it until 1761.[6] Subsequently, he was returned for Limerick County, the same constituency his father and his uncle Henry Southwell had represented before,[5] until 1766, when he succeeded his father as baron.[6] Three years later, Southwell delivered his maiden speech in the Irish House of Lords.[3] He was appointed Constable of Limerick Castle in 1750 and Governor of County Limerick in 1762, posts he held until his death in 1780.[3] He was made High Sheriff of County Limerick for 1759. In 1776, Southwell was elevated to the title Viscount Southwell, of Castle Mattress, in the County of Limerick.[7] FamilyOn 18 June 1741, he married Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Arthur Cecil Hamilton of Castle Hamilton, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan [8] and had by her three sons and a daughter.[2] Southwell died, aged 59 and was buried at Rathkeale.[3] He was succeeded in his titles by his oldest son Thomas.,[9] while his younger son Robert sat also in the Parliament of Ireland.[5] References1. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersS4.htm | title = Leigh Rayment - Peerage | accessdate = 10 June 2009 }} {{s-start}}{{s-par|ie}}{{s-bef| before = Anderson Saunders 2. ^{{cite web | url = http://thepeerage.com/p14819.htm#i148186 | title = ThePeerage - Thomas George Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell of Castle Mattress | accessdate = 11 June 2009 }} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite book | last = Lodge | first = John | editor = Mervyn Archdall | title = The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom | volume = vol. VI | location = Dublin | publisher = James Moore | year = 1789 | pages = 26–27 }} 4. ^{{cite book | last = Waite | first = Arthur Edward | publisher = Cosimo, Inc. | title = A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry | volume = vol. I | year = 2007 | ISBN = 1-60206-641-8 | pages = 400 }} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm | title = Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800 | accessdate = 11 June 2009 }} 6. ^{{cite book | last = Lodge | first = Edmund | title = The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage | publisher = Saunder and Otley | edition = 6th | location = London | year = 1838 | pages = 462 }} 7. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 11679 |page=1 | date = 29 June 1776 }} 8. ^{{cite book | last = Debrett | first = John | publisher = G. Woodfall | edition = 17th | title = Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | volume = vol. II | year = 1828 | location = London | pages = 781 }} 9. ^1 2 {{cite book | last = Burke | first = John | title = A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire | publisher = Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley | location = London | volume = vol. II | edition = 4th | year = 1832 | pages = 465 }} Richard Le Hunt }}{{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Enniscorthy | with = Anderson Saunders | years = 1747–1761}}{{s-aft| after = Beauchamp Bagenal John Grogan }}{{s-bef| before = Eyre Evans Hugh Massy }}{{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Limerick County | with = Hugh Massy | years = 1761–1766}}{{s-aft| after = Hon. Thomas Arthur Southwell Hugh Massy }}{{s-npo|mason}}{{s-bef| before = Lord George Sackville }}{{s-ttl| title = Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland | years = 1753–1757 }}{{s-aft| after = Brinsley Butler, Lord Newtown-Butler }}{{s-reg|ie}}{{s-new|creation}}{{s-ttl| title = Viscount Southwell | years = 1776–1780 }}{{s-aft| rows = 2 | after = Thomas Southwell }}{{s-bef| before = Thomas Southwell }}{{s-ttl| title = Baron Southwell | years = 1766–1780 }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Southwell, Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount}} 11 : 1721 births|1788 deaths|18th-century Irish people|Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford|Irish MPs 1727–60|Irish MPs 1761–68|Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland|Politicians from County Limerick|High Sheriffs of County Limerick|Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wexford constituencies|Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies |
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