John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart
John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart (died 26 June 1749) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
He was the son of Agmondesham Cuffe and his wife, Anne Otway. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1708 he was High Sheriff of County Kilkenny. He served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Thomastown between 1715 and 1727. On 10 November 1733 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Desart, of Desart in the County of Kilkenny, and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords.[1]
He was succeeded in his title by his eldest son from his second marriage, John Cuffe.[2] His second son, Otway Cuffe, was made Earl of Desart in 1793.
References
- Edmund Lodge, The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (Saunders and Otley, 1838), p.140.
- Edmund Lodge, The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (Saunders and Otley, 1838), p.140.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Arthur Webb |
High Sheriff of County Kilkenny 1708 |
Succeeded by Edward Deane |
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Amyas Bushe Arthur Bushe |
Member of Parliament for Thomastown 1715–1727 With: William Flower (1715) William Despard (1715–1721) Richard Bettesworth (1721–1727) |
Succeeded by Luke Gardiner Nicholas Aylward |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| New creation | Baron Desart 1733–1749 |
Succeeded by John Cuffe |
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