Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective

Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective KP, PC (Ire) (20 October 1724 – 14 February 1795)[1] was an Irish peer and politician.

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Background

He was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet and his wife Sarah Graham, daughter of John Graham.[2] In 1757, Bective succeeded his father as baronet.[2] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3]

Career

Bective entered the Irish House of Commons in 1747 and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kells until 1760,[4], when he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Headfort, of Headfort, in the County of Meath.[5] He was further honoured in 1762, he was made Viscount Headfort, of Headfort, in the County of Meath in 1762,[6] and on 24 October 1766, he was finally advanced to the dignity of Earl of Bective, of Bective Castle, in the County of Meath.[7] In 1783, Bective became a founding member of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick[8] and in 1785 he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland.[9]

Family

On 4 July 1754, he married Jane Rowley, daughter of Hercules Langford Rowley and his wife Elizabeth Rowley, 1st Viscountess Langford.[10] They had four daughters and six sons.[11] Bective died aged 70 and was succeeded in his titles by his oldest son Thomas.[2] His second son Hercules and his third son Robert represented both the same constituency as their father.[4] The fourth son Clotworthy was ennobled in his own right as Baron Langford.[12] His grandson General Sir Richard Taylor enjoyed a distinguished career in the army.

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersB2.htm. Retrieved 5 May 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. pp. 243. 
  3. ^ "ThePeerage - Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective". http://www.thepeerage.com/p3194.htm#i31938. Retrieved 21 February 2007. 
  4. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm. 
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 10029. p. 1. 23 August 1760. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  6. ^ London Gazette: no. 10194. p. 2. 23 March 1762. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  7. ^ London Gazette: no. 10671. p. 2. 25 October 1766. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  8. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Knights of St Patrick". http://www.leighrayment.com/orders/patrick.htm. Retrieved 5 May 2009. 
  9. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Privy Council of Ireland". http://www.leighrayment.com/pcouncil/pcouncilI.htm. Retrieved 5 May 2009. 
  10. ^ Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 629. 
  11. ^ Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall. ed. The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. vol. III. Dublin: James Moore. pp. 176. 
  12. ^ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. pp. 597. 
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Bt
James Taylor		 Member of Parliament for Kells
1747 – 1760
With: Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Bt 1747–1757
Richard Moore 1757–1760		 Succeeded by
Richard Moore
Thomas Pepper
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Earl of Bective
1766 – 1795		 Succeeded by
Thomas Taylour
Viscount Headfort
1762 – 1795
Baron Headfort
1760 – 1795
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Thomas Taylor		 Baronet
 (of Combermere)
1757 – 1795		 Succeeded by
Thomas Taylour