John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne
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John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne KP (30 July 1802 – 3 October 1885) was an Anglo
-Irish
peer and politician.
Erne succeeded his uncle as third Earl Erne in 1842. In 1845 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer
in the House of Lords
, which he remained until his death. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Fermanagh from 1845 to 1885. Erne was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick in 1868 and in 1876 he was created Baron Fermanagh, of Lisnaskea in the County of Fermanagh, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. This title gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
Lord Erne is also remembered as the employer of the hapless Captain Charles Boycott
, whose mishandling of relations with agricultural workers on Lord Erne's estate in County Mayo
caused a political and public order crisis and provoked the strategy that gave the English language the term to boycott
.
Lord Erne married Selina Griselda, daughter of Reverend Charles Cobbe Beresford, in 1837. He died in October 1885, aged 83, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son John
, who became a Conservative
government minister.
Anglo
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-Irish
Ireland
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peer and politician.
Erne succeeded his uncle as third Earl Erne in 1842. In 1845 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer
Representative peer
In the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords...
in the House of Lords
House of Lords
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, which he remained until his death. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Fermanagh from 1845 to 1885. Erne was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick in 1868 and in 1876 he was created Baron Fermanagh, of Lisnaskea in the County of Fermanagh, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. This title gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
Lord Erne is also remembered as the employer of the hapless Captain Charles Boycott
Charles Boycott
Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott was a British land agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland as part of a campaign for agrarian tenants' rights in 1880 gave the English language the verb to boycott, meaning "to ostracise"...
, whose mishandling of relations with agricultural workers on Lord Erne's estate in County Mayo
County Mayo
County Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...
caused a political and public order crisis and provoked the strategy that gave the English language the term to boycott
Boycott
A boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons...
.
Lord Erne married Selina Griselda, daughter of Reverend Charles Cobbe Beresford, in 1837. He died in October 1885, aged 83, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son John
John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne
John Henry Crichton, 4th Earl Erne KP, PC , known as Viscount Crichton from 1842 to 1885, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Conservative politician....
, who became a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
government minister.