St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile
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St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile (died 15 May 1787) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
St Leger was the son of Richard Aldworth[citation needed] and Hon. Elizabeth St. Leger.[1] Through his mother, he was the grandson of Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile.[1] He was given the name of St. Leger Aldworth at birth, but legally changed his surname to St Leger on 9 May 1767[citation needed] when he succeeded to the Doneraile estates upon the death of his uncle.[1] Like several other members of his family,[citation needed] he served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Doneraile, sitting between 1749 and 1776.[1] On 2 July 1776, St Leger was created Baron Doneraile in the Peerage of Ireland.[1] He was created Viscount Doneraile, of Doneraile in County Cork, on 5 January 1785, the title previously held by his maternal relations.[1]
He married Mary Barry, the daughter of Redmond Barry, and together they had six children.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Brydges, Egerton (1817). "Hayes St. Leger, Viscount Doneraile". A biographical peerage of Ireland, in which are memoirs and characters of the most celebrated persons of each family. J. Nichols. pp. 271–2.
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