Richard More O'Ferrall
Richard More O'Ferrall (1797–27 October 1880) was an Irish politician.
Career
He was born in Moyvalley, County Kildare, Ireland, the eldest son of Major Ambrose O'Ferrall (1752–1835) and his first wife, Anne Bagot.[1] He was elected to the British House of Commons in 1832, and represented the Constituencies of County Kildare from 10 December 1832 to 29 July 1847, and subsequently Longford from 21 April 1851 to 7 July 1852 and Kildare again from 28 April 1859 to 11 July 1865. He entered the Government as a Lord of the Treasury in 1835, and remained so until 1837.
On 28 September 1839 he married Matilda (died 1882), the second daughter of Thomas Southwell, 3rd Viscount Southwell KP.;[2] the couple had a son, Ambrose, and a daughter, Maria Anne. A week after his marriage, on 4 October 1839, he was appointed to the Government as First Secretary of the Royal Navy, a post he retained until June 1841, when he briefly became Secretary to the Treasury. In October 1847 he became Governor of Malta.[2] On 12 September 1851 he resigned from the post of Governor of Malta, refusing to serve under Lord John Russell, whose Ecclesiastical Titles Act was designed to prevent a restoration of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England.[1]
Death
He died in 1880 in Kingstown (present-day Dun Laoghaire), County Dublin.
Sources
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard More O'Ferrall
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Robert La Touche and Lord William Fitzgerald |
Member of Parliament for Kildare 1830–1847 With: Lord William Fitzgerald to 1831 Sir Josiah Hort, Bt 1831–1832 Edward Ruthven 1832–1837 Robert Archbold 1837–1847 |
Succeeded by Marquess of Kildare and Richard Southwell Bourke |
| Preceded by Richard Maxwell Fox and Samuel Blackall |
Member of Parliament for Longford 1851–1852 With: Richard Maxwell Fox |
Succeeded by Richard Maxwell Fox and Fulke Greville-Nugent |
| Preceded by David O'Connor Henchy and William Cogan |
Member of Parliament for Kildare 1859–1865 With: William Cogan |
Succeeded by Lord Otho FitzGerald and William Cogan |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by |
Junior Lord of the Treasury 1835–1839 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by |
First Secretary of the Admiralty 1839–1841 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1841–1841 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Sir Patrick Stuart |
Governor of Malta 1847–1851 |
Succeeded by Sir William Reid |
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