William St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth
The Earl of Howth | |
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William St Lawrence as Viscount St Lawrence, 1860s photograph | |
| Member of Parliament for Galway Borough | |
| In office 1868-1874 Serving with Sir Rowland Blennerhassett | |
| High Sheriff of County Dublin | |
| In office 1854 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 June 1827 |
| Died | 9 March 1909 (aged 81) Bournemouth, England |
| Party | Liberal |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | John de Burgh (grandfather) |
| Military career | |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | 7th Queen's Own Hussars |
William Ulick Tristram St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth KP (25 June 1827 – 9 March 1909) was an Irish peer, styled Viscount St Lawrence until 1874. He became Earl of Howth in 1874 on the death of his father, Thomas St Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth, and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 8 May 1884. His mother was Thomas's first wife Lady Emily de Burgh, daughter of John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde.
Biography
He became a captain in the 7th Queen's Own Hussars 1847. He was High Sheriff of County Dublin in 1854. He sat in the English House of Commons as a Liberal MP for Galway Borough from 1868 to 1874. He was State Steward to the Viceroy of Ireland from 1855 to 1858.
Lord Howth suffered from tuberculous that he believed to have had "inherited from his mother" and often wintered at Pau from 1863 due to its milder climate.[1] For several years he served on the kennel committee of the Pau Hunt and as master of the Pau hounds during the 1878-1879 season. He was an advocate for traditional fox hunting, opposing the hunting of animals that had been captured for release as bagmen. He also encouraged the popular and more difficult sport of drag hunting be coursed and accessible to less-abled riders.[2]
He died at a Bournemouth hotel aged 81, unmarried. The family titles became extinct on his death as he had no male heir.[3]
References
- ^ St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth, William (1907). Leicestershire in France or the Field at Pau, translated into French by Charles Salverte. Pau: Imprimerie Vignancour.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth, William (November 1884). "Invalided Sportsmen". Baily's Magazine of Sport and Pastimes, Vol. 43. London: A. H. Baily and Co.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.