Robert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount Jocelyn PC (I) SL (1688 – 3 December 1756) was an English-Irish politician and member of the Peerage of Ireland. He is best known for serving as Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
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Jocelyn was the first known son of Thomas Jocelyn of Sawbridgeworth and Anne Bray, daughter of Thomas Bray of Westminster. His paternal grandfather was Sir Robert Jocelyn, 1st Baronet, a High Sheriff of Hertfordshire. In their youth, he was friends with Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, who served concurrently as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain during Jocelyn's term as Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
Jocelyn and Yorke went on to be pupils of the same London attorney. Jocelyn rose in Ireland from MP, elected in a by-election in September 1725, through the following posts:
He died while in London for the recovery of his health, aged 68, on 3 December 1756.
Jocelyn was created Baron Newport, of Newport, County Tipperary on 29 November 1743, and created 1st Viscount Jocelyn in the Peerage of Ireland on 6 December 1755.
He married Charlotte Anderson, daughter of Charles Anderson of Worcester, in 1720. Their only son Robert became 2nd Viscount Jocelyn and later 1st Earl of Roden. After Charlotte's death on 23 February 1747, Jocelyn married Frances Claxton, daughter of Thomas Claxton and Lucy Pearce and widow of Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse.
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
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| Preceded by James Peppard Charles Coote |
Member of Parliament for Granard 1725–1727 With: Charles Coote |
Succeeded by James Macartney John Folliott |
| Preceded by Richard Tighe Hon. William Ponsonby |
Member of Parliament for Newtownards 1727–1739 With: Sir John Vesey |
Succeeded by Sir John Vesey Hon. John Ponsonby |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Marlay |
Solicitor-General for Ireland 1727–1730 |
Succeeded by John Bowes |
| Preceded by Thomas Marlay |
Attorney-General for Ireland 1730–1739 |
Succeeded by John Bowes |
| Preceded by The Lord Wyndham |
Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1739–1756 |
Succeeded by John Bowes |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| New creation | Viscount Jocelyn 1755–1756 |
Succeeded by Robert Jocelyn |
| Baron Newport 1743–1756 |
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