Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Viscount Castlecomer
Honorific-Suffix:PC
Office1:Secretary at War
Term1:1718
Predecessor1:James Craggs the Younger
Successor1:Robert Pringle
Office2:Member of Parliament for Morpeth
with Richard Sandford
Term Start2:1710
Term End2:1713
Predecessor2:Richard Sandford & Sir John Bennett
Successor2:Sir John Germain & Oley Douglas

Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer (2 March 1684 – 23 June 1719) was an Irish politician who sat in the Parliament of Ireland in 1707 and in the British House of Commons between 1710 and 1719.

Wandesford was the son of Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin in 1702.

Wandesford served as the Member of Parliament for St Canice in the Parliament of Ireland between July and September 1707. He also succeeded to his father's titles on 15 September 1707.[1] On 25 April 1710 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland and was Governor of Kilkenny from 1715.[2]

At the 1710 British general election, Wandesford was returned to Parliament as MP for Morpeth but lost the seat in 1713. At the 1715 general election he was returned as MP for Ripon and sat until his death in 1719. He was Secretary at War in 1718.[2] [3]

Castlecomer married Hon. Frances Pelham, daughter of Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham and Lady Grace Holles, on 31 May 1715. He died aged 35 and was succeeded by his only child, Christopher.

Notes and References

  1. Edward Kimber and John Almon, The Peerage of Ireland (J. Almon, 1768), 95.
  2. Web site: WANDESFORD, Christopher, 2nd Visct. Castlecomer [I] (1684-1719), of Kirklington, Yorks.]. History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). 18 August 2018.
  3. Web site: WANDESFORD, Christopher, 2nd Visct. Castlecomer [I] (1684-1719), of Kirklington, Yorks.]. History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). 24 August 2018.