Henry Sandford, 1st Baron Mount Sandford explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Mount Sandford
Office:Member of the Irish House of Commons for Roscommon
Term Start:1791
Term End:1800
Predecessor:George Sandford
Hon. Nathaniel Clements
Successor:Parliament of the United Kingdom
Alongside:George Sandford, Silver Oliver, William Johnson
Term Start1:1776
Term End1:1783
Predecessor1:Robert Sandford
Robert Tighe
Successor1:Sir Cornwallis Maude, Bt
George Sandford
Alongside1:Robert Sandford
Birth Name:Henry Moore Sandford
Birth Date:28 July 1751
Parents:Henry Sandford
Hon. Sarah Moore
Relations:Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount Mountcashell (grandfather)
George Sandford, 3rd Baron Mount Sandford (brother)

Henry Moore Sandford, 1st Baron Mount Sandford (28 July 1751 – 29 December 1814), was an Irish landowner and politician.

Early life

Sandford was the son of Henry Sandford by the Honourable Sarah Moore, daughter of Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount Mountcashell.[1]

Career

He was returned to the Irish House of Commons for Roscommon in 1776, a seat he held until 1783 and again between 1791 and 1800.[2] The latter year he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Mount Sandford, of Castlerea in the County of Roscommon, with remainder in default of male issue of his own, to his brothers William and George, and the heirs male of their bodies.

Personal life

Lord Mount Sandford married Katherine Oliver, daughter of Silver Oliver, in 1780. They had no surviving children.

Lord Mount Sandford died in December 1814, aged 63, and was succeeded in the barony according to the special remainder by his nephew Henry Sandford, the son of William Sandford. Lady Mount Sandford died in October 1818.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://thepeerage.com/p45591.htm#i455904 thepeerage.com Henry Moore Sandford, 1st Baron Mount Sandford of Castlerea
  2. Web site: leighrayment.com Irish House of Commons 1692–1800 . 2012-05-31 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm . 2009-06-01 .