George Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway

George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway (1 March 1805 – 6 February 1876), was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician.

Early life

George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell was born on 1 March 1805. He was the son of William George Monckton-Arundell, 5th Viscount Galway.

Career

He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1834 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords.

He was instead elected to the House of Commons for East Retford in 1847, a seat he held until 1876 (the remainder of his life), and served as a Lord-in-waiting in 1852 in the first Conservative administration of the Earl of Derby. [1]

Personal life

Lord Galway married his first cousin Henrietta Eliza, daughter of Robert Pemberton Milnes and sister of Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, in 1838. He died in February 1876, aged 70, at Serlby Hall, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son George. Lady Galway died in September 1891.

Notes

  1. "Viscount Galway 1805 - 1876". Historic Hansard. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
  • Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Granville Harcourt Vernon
Arthur Duncombe
Member of Parliament for East Retford
1847–1876
With: Arthur Duncombe 1847–1852
William Duncombe 1852–1857
Francis Foljambe 1857–1876
Succeeded by
Francis Foljambe
William Beckett-Denison
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
William Monckton-Arundell
Viscount Galway
1834–1876
Succeeded by
George Monckton-Arundell

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