William St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth explained

William St Lawrence
Office1:Member of Parliament for Galway Borough
Term1:1868-1874
Alongside1:Sir Rowland Blennerhassett
Office2:High Sheriff of County Dublin
Term2:1854
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:25 June 1827
Death Place:Bournemouth, England
Father:Thomas St Lawrence
Relatives:John de Burgh (grandfather)
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Unit:7th Queen's Own Hussars
Rank:Captain

William Ulick Tristram St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth KP (25 June 1827 – 9 March 1909) was an Irish peer, styled Viscount St Lawrence until 1874. He became Earl of Howth in 1874 on the death of his father, Thomas St Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth, and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 8 May 1884. His mother was Thomas's first wife Lady Emily de Burgh, daughter of John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde.

Biography

He became a captain in the 7th Queen's Own Hussars 1847. He was High Sheriff of County Dublin in 1854. He sat in the English House of Commons as a Liberal MP for Galway Borough from 1868 to 1874. He was State Steward to the Viceroy of Ireland from 1855 to 1858.

He died at a Bournemouth hotel aged 81, unmarried. The family titles became extinct on his death as he had no male heir.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Knights of the Order of St Patrick. https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022551/http://www.leighrayment.com/orders/patrick.htm. 7 June 2008. Rayment. Leigh. usurped. 13 December 2008.