Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore explained

Richard Hely-Hutchinson
Office1:Representative peer for Ireland
Term Start1:1800
Term End1:1825
Office2:Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland
Term Start2:1789
Term End2:1813
Office3:Member of Parliament for Taghmon
Term Start3:1783
Term End3:1788
Office4:Member of Parliament for Sligo Borough
Term Start4:1776
Term End4:1783
Office5:Member of Parliament for Dublin University
Term Start5:1776
Term End5:1778
Birth Date:29 January 1756
Parents:John Hely-Hutchinson and Christiana Hely-Hutchinson

Richard Hely Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore (29 January 1756 – 22 August 1825), styled The Honourable Richard Hely-Hutchinson from 1783 to 1788, was an Irish peer and politician.

Biography

He was the son of Rt. Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson and Christiana Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Baroness Donoughmore. In 1776, he stood as Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for two different constituencies. He sat for Dublin University to 1778 and Sligo Borough to 1783. Subsequently, he represented Taghmon, County Wexford, from 1783 until 1788, when he succeeded to his mother's title. In 1789, he was elected Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, a post he held until 1813.[1]

He commissioned the building c.1790 of the Georgian style Knocklofty House near Clonmel in County Tipperary. He was created Viscount Donoughmore, of Knocklofty, Co. Tipperary (Peerage of Ireland), on 20 November 1797, with a special remainder to his mother's male descendants and, in 1800, Earl of Donoughmore. He was one of the original 28 Irish Representative peers and an advocate of Roman Catholic emancipation. He was created, in 1821, Viscount Hutchinson (in the Peerage of the United Kingdom) and thus gained an hereditary seat in the House of Lords.

He held the office of Governor of Tipperary and of Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer Court of Exchequer (Ireland). He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Waite, Arthur Edward . Cosimo, Inc. . A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry . I . 2007 . 978-1-60206-641-0 . 400 .