Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton

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Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton (171314 January 1787) was a British politician and Irish nobleman.

He was the second son of Col. Henry Luttrell, of Luttrellstown (whose family had held Luttrellstown since the land there had been granted to Sir Geoffrey be Luterel in about 1210 by King John). He was created Baron Irnham of Luttrellstown on 13 October 1768, 1st Viscount Carhampton on 9 January 1781 and 1st Earl of Carhampton on 23 June 1785.

He was Member of Parliament on four occasions:

He lived at Four Oaks Hall, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield from 1751 to 1766.

He married Judith Maria Lawes and was succeeded by their son Henry.

His daughter, Anne, later married into the British Royal Family by marrying Prince Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, a brother of King George III.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Robert Clive
John Stephenson
Member of Parliament for Mitchell
with Richard Hussey

17541761
Succeeded by
John Stephenson
James Scawen
Preceded by
Richard Barry
Sir William Meredith, Bt
Member of Parliament for Wigan
with Fletcher Norton

17611768
Succeeded by
George Byng
Beaumont Hotham
Preceded by
Henry Frederick Thynne
William Lynch
Member of Parliament for Weobley
with Henry Frederick Thynne 1768–1770
Bamber Gascoyne 1770–1774

17681774
Succeeded by
Sir William Lynch
John St. Leger Douglas
Preceded by
Richard Fuller
James Hare
Member of Parliament for Stockbridge
with John Luttrell 1774–1775
James Luttrell 1775–1780

17741780
Succeeded by
James Luttrell
John Luttrell
Peerage of Ireland
New Title Earl of Carhampton
1785–1787
Succeeded by
Henry Luttrell
Viscount Carhampton
1781–1787
Baron Irnham
1768–1787