| 词条 | William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington |
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William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington (7 April 1709{{snd}}14 August 1769)[1] was an Anglo-Irish peer and member of the House of Lords, styled The Honourable William Stewart until 1728 and known as The Viscount Mountjoy from 1728 to 1745. LifeStewart was the son of William Stewart, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy and Anne Boyle. He married Eleanor Fitzgerald, daughter of Robert Fitzgerald on 10 January 1733. They had two children, William Stewart and Lionel Robert, both of whom died before their father. He succeeded his father as Viscount Mountjoy on 10 January 1727. He was Grand Master of the Freemasons (in Ireland) between 1738 and 1740. He was created Earl of Blessington on 7 December 1745, his mother having been sister and sole heiress of Charles, 2nd and last Viscount Blesington.[2] He was made Governor of County Tyrone and in 1748, was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland. On his death in London on 14 August 1769 he was buried at Silchester in Hampshire. His peerages became extinct, but his baronetcy was inherited by a distant cousin, Sir Annesley Stewart. References1. ^http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersB3.htm {{s-start}}{{s-reg|ie}}{{s-new | creation}}{{s-ttl | title=Earl of Blessington | years=1745–1769}}{{s-non | rows=2 | reason=Extinct}}2. ^{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Mountjoy, Barons and Viscounts |display=Mountjoy, Barons and Viscounts s.v. "William, 3rd Viscount Mountjoy"|volume=18 |page=941}} |-{{s-bef | before=William Stewart}}{{s-ttl | title=Viscount Mountjoy | years=1727–1769}}{{s-reg|ie-bt}}{{s-bef | before=William Stewart}}{{s-ttl | title=Baronet (of Ramelton) | years=1727–1769}}{{s-aft | after=Annesley Stewart}}{{s-npo|mason}}{{s-bef|before=William Vaughan}}{{s-ttl|title=Grand Master of the Antient Grand Lodge of England|years=1756–1760}}{{s-aft|after=The Earl of Kellie}}{{s-end}}{{Use DMY dates|date=May 2014}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Blessington, Stewart, William, 1st Earl of}}{{Ireland-earl-stub}} 5 : 1709 births|1769 deaths|Earls in the Peerage of Ireland|Members of the Privy Council of Ireland|Anglo-Irish people |
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