Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley
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Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley (26 January 1831 - 15 December 1908) was a British military officer and Member of Parliament for County Cavan from 1857 to 1874.
He was the second son of William Richard Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley.
He became a professional soldier and served in the Kaffir Wars in South Africa, 1851-1853. He was wounded in this war, and in the Crimean War his jaw was shattered at the Battle of the Alma in 1854. He became Colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards in 1860. In 1874 his brother William Richard Annesley, 4th Earl Annesley, died unmarried, and Hugh succeeded as 5th Earl Annesley. In 1877, he was elected as a Representative Peer, serving until his death.
He was a pioneering amateur photographer. Thirty-five albums of his photographs are in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. They include pictures taken during the wars in South Africa and the Crimea, and during a visit to Japan, as well as photographs of his home, Castlewellan, and the surrounding area.
He married, first, Mabel Wilhelmina Frances Markham on 4 July 1877, and they had a daughter, Mabel Marguerite, and a son, Francis (born 25 February 1884). Francis became 6th Earl Annesley, but was killed in the First World War.
He married, secondly, Priscilla Cecilia Moore (1870-1941), and they had two daughters, Clare, born 30 June 1893, and Mary Constance, born 24 October 1895.
He established an arboretum at Castlewellan, which has been described thus:
- "In terms of size, age and condition of the trees, this collection ranks among the top three arboreta in the British Isles and the finest in Ireland." (Web site of the Forest Service of Northern Ireland)
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Member for County Cavan 1857–1874 |
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| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by William Annesley |
Earl Annesley 1874–1908 |
Succeeded by Francis Annesley |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Bandon |
Representative peer for Ireland 1877–1908 |
Succeeded by The Viscount de Vesci |
