Robert Henry Southwell

Robert Henry Southwell (October 1745[1] – 29 August 1817[2]), styled The Honourable from 1766, was an Irish politician.

He was the second son of Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell and his wife Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Arthur Cecil Hamilton.[3] Southwell served as lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Dragoons.[4] In 1776, he entered the Irish House of Commons for Downpatrick, representing the constituency until 1783.[1]

In 1786, he married Frideswide Moore, daughter of John Moore, and had by her a son and a daughter.[3] Southwell died at Clontarf, Dublin.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm. Retrieved 12 June 2009. 
  2. ^ a b Sylvanus, Urban (1817). The Gentleman's Magazine. vol. II. London: Nichols, Son and Bentley. pp. 285. 
  3. ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. II (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. pp. 465. 
  4. ^ "ThePeerage - Lt-Col Hon. Robert Henry Southwell". http://thepeerage.com/p14819.htm#i148185. Retrieved 13 June 2009. 
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Mathew Forde
Clotworthy Rowley		 Member of Parliament for Downpatrick
1776–1783
With: Clotworthy Rowley		 Succeeded by
Hon. Hercules Rowley
Clotworthy Rowley