Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective
Thomas Taylour Bective | |
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Born | 20 October 1724 |
Died | 14 February 1795 | (aged 70)
Occupation | Irish politician |
Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective KP, PC (Ire) (20 October 1724 – 14 February 1795)[1] was an Irish peer and politician.
Background
He was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet and his wife Sarah Graham, daughter of John Graham.[2] In 1757, Bective succeeded his father as baronet.[2] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3]
Career
Bective entered the Irish House of Commons in 1747 and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kells until 1760,[4] when he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Headfort, of Headfort, in the County of Meath.[5] He was further honoured in 1762, he was made Viscount Headfort, of Headfort, in the County of Meath in 1762,[6] and on 24 October 1766, he was finally advanced to the dignity of Earl of Bective, of Bective Castle, in the County of Meath.[7] In 1783, Bective became a founding member of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick[8] and in 1785 he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland.[9]
Family
On 4 July 1754, he married Jane Rowley, daughter of Hercules Langford Rowley and his wife Elizabeth Rowley, 1st Viscountess Langford.[10] They had four daughters and six sons.[11] Bective died aged 70 and was succeeded in his titles by his oldest son Thomas.[2] His second son Hercules and his third son Robert represented both the same constituency as their father.[4] The fourth son Clotworthy was ennobled in his own right as Baron Langford.[12] His grandson General Sir Richard Taylor enjoyed a distinguished career in the army.
References
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ a b c Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. p. 243.
- ^ "ThePeerage - Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective". Retrieved 21 February 2007.
- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800".
- ^ "No. 10029". The London Gazette. 23 August 1760. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 10194". The London Gazette. 23 March 1762. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 10671". The London Gazette. 25 October 1766. p. 2.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Knights of St Patrick". Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Privy Council of Ireland". Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 629.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. vol. III. Dublin: James Moore. p. 176.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 597.
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