Thomas St Lawrence, 1st Earl of Howth
Thomas St Lawrence, 1st Earl of Howth (10 May 1730 - 29 September 1801) was Anglo-Irish peer and lawyer.
Howth was the son of William St Lawrence, 14th Baron Howth and Lucy Gorges.[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.
On 4 April 1748, he succeeded to his father's barony. In 1776, The Crown granted Howth a yearly pension of £500 in consideration of his own and his ancestors' services. He was a trained barrister, and was elected as a Bencher of King's Inns in Dublin in 1767. On 3 September that same year he was created Earl of Howth and Viscount St Lawrence, both in the Peerage of Ireland.[2] He was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1768.[3]
He married Isabella King, daughter of Sir Henry King, 3rd Baronet and Isabella Wingfield, sister of the 1st Viscount Powerscourt, on 17 November 1750. Together they had six children. His eldest son predeceased him, and he was succeeded by his second son, William.[4]
References
- ↑ John Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland (James Moore, 1789), 205.
- ↑ Edmund Lodge, The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing (Saunders and Otley, 1832), 223.
- ↑ Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage - 'Howth, Earl of (I, 1767 - 1909)' http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/howth1767.htm
- ↑ John Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland (James Moore, 1789), 205.
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by New creation |
Earl of Howth 1767-1801 |
Succeeded by William St Lawrence |
| Preceded by New creation |
Viscount St Lawrence 1767-1801 |
Succeeded by William St Lawrence |
| Preceded by William St Lawrence |
Baron Howth 1748-1801 |
Succeeded by William St Lawrence |