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Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
. It was created on 12 January 1781 for James Agar, 1st Baron Clifden
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden was an Irish peer and politician.He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, and Anne Ellis, and probably born at Gowran Castle...
. He had already been created Baron Clifden, of Gowran in the County of Kilkenny, in 1776, also in the Peerage of Ireland. The Viscounts also held the titles of Baron Mendip in the Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
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from 1802 to 1974 (a title which is still extant and now held by the Earl of Normanton
Earl of Normanton
Earl of Normanton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Charles Agar, 1st Viscount Somerton, Archbishop of Dublin. He had already been created Baron Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in 1795 and Viscount Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in...
) and Baron Dover
Baron Dover
Baron Dover is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of England, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. All three creations are now extinct....
from 1836 to 1899, when this title became extinct, and Baron Robartes from 1899 to 1974, when this title became extinct, the two latter titles which were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. The interrelated histories of the peerages follows below.
Viscount Clifden
James Agar, 1st Viscount ClifdenJames Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden was an Irish peer and politician.He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, and Anne Ellis, and probably born at Gowran Castle...
was the son of Henry Agar and the elder brother of Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton
Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton
Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton , was an Anglo-Irish Protestant clergyman. He served as Archbishop of Dublin from 1801 to 1809....
. His mother was Anne Ellis, daughter of Welbore Ellis
Welbore Ellis (bishop)
Welbore Ellis was an English bishop of Kildare, bishop of Meath and Irish privy councillor.-Life:He was the fourth son of the Rev. John Ellis , rector of Waddesdon, and author of Vindiciæ Catholicæ; and brother to John Ellis and William Ellis. He was educated at Westminster School and at Christ...
, Bishop of Meath
Bishop of Meath
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, and sister of the politician Welbore Ellis
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip PC FRS was a British statesman. He held a number of political offices, including briefly serving as Secretary for the Colonies in 1782 during the American War of Independence.-Background:...
, who in 1794 was created Baron Mendip in the Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...
with remainder to his three nephews Lord Clifden, the future Lord Normanton and another brother of theirs. Lord Clifden was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He represented County Kilkenny in the Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
and Heytesbury
Heytesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Heytesbury was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire which elected two Members of Parliament. From 1449 until 1707 it was represented in the House of Commons of England, and then in the British House of Commons until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Reform Act 1832.-History:The borough...
in the British House of Commons
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.
In 1802 he succeeded his great-uncle Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip PC FRS was a British statesman. He held a number of political offices, including briefly serving as Secretary for the Colonies in 1782 during the American War of Independence.-Background:...
as second Baron Mendip according to the special remainder. The titles were to remain united until the extinction of the barony and viscountcy of Clifden in 1974. Lord Clifden's only son George James Welbore Agar-Ellis was created Baron Dover in 1831 (see below), but predeceased his father. He was therefore succeeded by his grandson, the third Viscount, who had already succeeded his father as second Baron Dover in 1833. His only son, the fourth Viscount, died unmarried at an early age, when the titles passed to his uncle, the fifth Viscount. He had previously represented County Kilkenny in Parliament as a Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
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.
On his death the barony of Dover became extinct, while he was succeeded in the other titles by his kinsman the second Baron Robartes, who became the sixth Viscount. He was the son of Thomas James Agar-Robartes, who was created Baron Robartes in 1869 (see below), son of Hon. Charles Bagenal-Agar, youngest son of the first Viscount Clifden. The sixth Viscount had earlier represented Cornwall East in Parliament as a Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
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and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
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from 1906 to 1915. His eldest son Captain the Hon. Thomas Agar-Robartes
Thomas Agar-Robartes
Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes was a British Liberal politician.Tommy Agar-Robartes was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden, and his wife Mary and was brought up at Lanhydrock House, Bodmin...
sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Bodmin
Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)
Bodmin was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall from 1295 until 1983. Initially, it was a parliamentary borough, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England and later the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1868 general...
and St Austell
St Austell (UK Parliament constituency)
St Austell was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of St Austell in Cornwall. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
, but was killed in the First World War, predeceasing his father, unmarried.
Lord Clifden was therefore succeeded by his second son, the seventh Viscount. He sat as a Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
in the House of Lords
House of Lords
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and served as a Lord-in-Waiting
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(government whip) from 1940 to 1945 in the war-time coalition of Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
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. On the death of his younger brother, the eighth Viscount, the barony and viscountcy of Clifden and barony of Robartes became extinct, while he was succeeded in the barony of Mendip according to the special remainder by his distant relative the sixth Earl of Normanton
Earl of Normanton
Earl of Normanton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Charles Agar, 1st Viscount Somerton, Archbishop of Dublin. He had already been created Baron Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in 1795 and Viscount Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in...
.
Baron Mendip
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...
in 1794 for the politician Welbore Ellis
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip PC FRS was a British statesman. He held a number of political offices, including briefly serving as Secretary for the Colonies in 1782 during the American War of Independence.-Background:...
, with remainder to the three eldest sons of his sister Anne Ellis, wife of Henry Agar (which included James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden was an Irish peer and politician.He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, and Anne Ellis, and probably born at Gowran Castle...
and Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton
Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton
Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton , was an Anglo-Irish Protestant clergyman. He served as Archbishop of Dublin from 1801 to 1809....
). Lord Mendip died childless and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his great-nephew the second Viscount Clifden, who became the second Baron Mendip as well. For further history of the titles see the Viscount Clifden above.
Baron Dover
The title of Baron Dover, of Dover in the County of Kent, was created in the Peerage of the United KingdomPeerage 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...
in 1831 for the Whig politician the Hon. George Agar-Ellis
George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover PC FRS FSA was a British politician and man of letters. He was briefly First Commissioner of Woods and Forests under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1831.-Background and education:...
, only son of the second Viscount Clifden. Agar-Ellis represented Heytesbury
Heytesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Heytesbury was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire which elected two Members of Parliament. From 1449 until 1707 it was represented in the House of Commons of England, and then in the British House of Commons until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Reform Act 1832.-History:The borough...
, Seaford
Seaford (UK Parliament constituency)
The UK parliamentary constituency of Seaford was a Cinque Port constituency, similar to a parliamentary borough, in Seaford, East Sussex. A rotten borough, prone by size to undue influence by a patron, it was disenfranchised in the Reform Act of 1832...
, Ludgershall
Ludgershall (UK Parliament constituency)
Ludgershall was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.- 1295–1640 :- 1640–1832 :- Sources :...
and Okehampton
Okehampton (UK Parliament constituency)
Okehampton was a parliamentary borough in Devon, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in 1301 and 1313, then continuously from 1640 to 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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and served under Lord Grey
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC , known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. A member of the Whig Party, he backed significant reform of the British government and was among the...
as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
The Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues were established in the United Kingdom in 1810 by merging the former offices of Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown into a three-man commission...
from 1830 to 1831. On Lord Dover's early death in 1833, the title passed to his eldest son, the second Baron. In 1836 he also succeeded his grandfather as third Viscount Clifden. For further history of the titles see the Viscount Clifden above.
Baron Robartes
The title of Baron Robartes, of Lanhydrock, and of Truro in the County of Cornwall, was created in the Peerage of the United KingdomPeerage 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...
in 1869 for Thomas Agar-Robartes
Thomas Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes
Thomas James Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes , was a British politician.-Background:Robartes was the son of the Hon. Charles Bagenal Agar, youngest son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden...
, who had previously represented Cornwall East in Parliament. He was the son of Hon. Charles Bagenal-Agar, youngest son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden was an Irish peer and politician.He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, and Anne Ellis, and probably born at Gowran Castle...
(see above). His mother was Anna Maria Hunt, great-niece and heiress of Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor (which titles became extinct in 1757). Lord Robartes' son, the second Baron, succeeded his kinsman as sixth Viscount Clifden in 1899. For further history of the peerages see the Viscount Clifden above.
Viscounts Clifden (1781)
- James Agar, 1st Viscount ClifdenJames Agar, 1st Viscount ClifdenJames Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden was an Irish peer and politician.He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, and Anne Ellis, and probably born at Gowran Castle...
(1735–1788) - Henry Welbore Ellis, 2nd Viscount ClifdenHenry Ellis, 2nd Viscount ClifdenHenry Welbore Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden SA , styled The Honourable Henry Agar between 1776 and 1789, was an Irish politician.-Background:...
(1761–1836)- George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron DoverGeorge Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron DoverGeorge James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover PC FRS FSA was a British politician and man of letters. He was briefly First Commissioner of Woods and Forests under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1831.-Background and education:...
(1797–1833)
- George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
- Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount ClifdenHenry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount ClifdenHenry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden , styled the Lord Dover from 1833 to 1836, was an Irish courtier and race horse owner....
(1825–1866) - Henry George Agar-Ellis, 4th Viscount Clifden (1863–1895)
- Leopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount ClifdenLeopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount ClifdenLeopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden , known as Leopold Agar-Ellis until 1895, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
(1829–1899) - Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount ClifdenThomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount ClifdenThomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden , known as the 2nd Baron Robartes from 1882 to 1899, was a British Liberal politician....
(1844–1930)- Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-RobartesThomas Agar-RobartesThomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes was a British Liberal politician.Tommy Agar-Robartes was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden, and his wife Mary and was brought up at Lanhydrock House, Bodmin...
(1880–1915)
- Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes
- Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount ClifdenFrancis Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount ClifdenFrancis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden , was a British Liberal politician.Clifden was the second but eldest surviving son Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden (14 April 1883-15 July 1966), was a British Liberal politician.Clifden was the second but eldest surviving son...
(1883–1966) - Arthur Victor Agar-Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden (1887–1974)
Barons Mendip (1794)
- Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron MendipWelbore Ellis, 1st Baron MendipWelbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip PC FRS was a British statesman. He held a number of political offices, including briefly serving as Secretary for the Colonies in 1782 during the American War of Independence.-Background:...
(1713–1802) - Henry Welbore Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden and 2nd Baron MendipHenry Ellis, 2nd Viscount ClifdenHenry Welbore Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden SA , styled The Honourable Henry Agar between 1776 and 1789, was an Irish politician.-Background:...
(1761–1836)- George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron DoverGeorge Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron DoverGeorge James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover PC FRS FSA was a British politician and man of letters. He was briefly First Commissioner of Woods and Forests under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1831.-Background and education:...
(1797–1833)
- George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
- Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden and 3rd Baron MendipHenry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount ClifdenHenry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden , styled the Lord Dover from 1833 to 1836, was an Irish courtier and race horse owner....
(1825–1866) - Henry George Agar-Ellis, 4th Viscount Clifden and 4th Baron Mendip (1863–1895)
- Leopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden and 5th Baron MendipLeopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount ClifdenLeopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden , known as Leopold Agar-Ellis until 1895, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
(1829–1899) - Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden and 6th Baron MendipThomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount ClifdenThomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden , known as the 2nd Baron Robartes from 1882 to 1899, was a British Liberal politician....
(1844–1930)- Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-RobartesThomas Agar-RobartesThomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes was a British Liberal politician.Tommy Agar-Robartes was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden, and his wife Mary and was brought up at Lanhydrock House, Bodmin...
(1880–1915)
- Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes
- Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden and 7th Baron MendipFrancis Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount ClifdenFrancis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden , was a British Liberal politician.Clifden was the second but eldest surviving son Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden (14 April 1883-15 July 1966), was a British Liberal politician.Clifden was the second but eldest surviving son...
(1883–1966) - Arthur Victor Agar-Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden and 8th Baron Mendip (1887–1974)
- Shaun James Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton and 9th Baron Mendip (b. 1945)
Barons Dover (1831)
- George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron DoverGeorge Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron DoverGeorge James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover PC FRS FSA was a British politician and man of letters. He was briefly First Commissioner of Woods and Forests under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1831.-Background and education:...
(1797–1833) - Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden and 2nd Baron DoverHenry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount ClifdenHenry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden , styled the Lord Dover from 1833 to 1836, was an Irish courtier and race horse owner....
(1825–1866) - Henry George Agar-Ellis, 4th Viscount Clifden and 3rd Baron Dover (1863–1895)
- Leopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden and 4th Baron DoverLeopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount ClifdenLeopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden , known as Leopold Agar-Ellis until 1895, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
(1829–1899)
Barons Robartes (1869)
- Thomas James Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes (1808–1882)
- Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden and 2nd Baron RobartesThomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount ClifdenThomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden , known as the 2nd Baron Robartes from 1882 to 1899, was a British Liberal politician....
(1844–1930)- Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-RobartesThomas Agar-RobartesThomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes was a British Liberal politician.Tommy Agar-Robartes was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden, and his wife Mary and was brought up at Lanhydrock House, Bodmin...
(1880–1915)
- Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes
- Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden and 3rd Baron RobartesFrancis Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount ClifdenFrancis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden , was a British Liberal politician.Clifden was the second but eldest surviving son Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden (14 April 1883-15 July 1966), was a British Liberal politician.Clifden was the second but eldest surviving son...
(1883–1966) - Arthur Victor Agar-Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden and 4th Baron Robartes (1887–1974)
See also
- Earl of NormantonEarl of NormantonEarl of Normanton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Charles Agar, 1st Viscount Somerton, Archbishop of Dublin. He had already been created Baron Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in 1795 and Viscount Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in...
- Earl of Radnor (1679 creation)Earl of RadnorEarl of Radnor is a title which has been created two times. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1679 for John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes, a notable political figure of the reign of Charles II. He was made Viscount Bodmin at the same time. Robartes was the son of Richard Robartes,...
- Countess of Brandon