Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath, (1 November 1805 – 12 May 1879) was an Irish peer.

Biography

Nugent was a descendant of

Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath (1621/23 – 25 February 1684) was an Irish nobleman. Life He was the grandson of Richard Nugent, 1st Earl of Westmeath and Jenet Plunkett. Nugent's father, Christopher, Lord Delvin, had predeceased the firs ...

, but the title had been carried by a different line of the Nugents, with his own family taking the Jacobite title

Baron Nugent of Riverston Baron Nugent of Riverston, in County Westmeath, is a title of complex legal status in the Jacobite peerage of the Peerage of Ireland. The title was created on 3 April 1689 by James II after his deposition from the English throne for Thomas Nugen ...

. He was the son of

William Thomas Nugent, 5th Baron Nugent of Riverston William Thomas Nugent, 5th Baron Nugent of Riverston (29 September 1773 – 6 September 1851). A descendant of Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath (died 1641) and a son of Anthony Nugent, 4th Baron Nugent of Riverston (1730-1814), Nugent s ...

and Catherine Bellew of Mount Bellew,

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. On the death of his kinsman,

George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath George Thomas John Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath (17 July 1785 – 5 May 1871), styled Lord Delvin between 1792 and 1814 and known as The Earl of Westmeath between 1814 and 1821, was an Anglo-Irish peer. Background Nugent was born in Clo ...

, he succeeded as the 9th Earl though the marquessate became extinct. On 5 May 1871, he simultaneously became the 14th Baron Delvin and the 9th Earl of Westmeath. He married Anne Catherine Daly, a daughter of Malachy Daly of Raford,

Kiltullagh Kiltullagh () is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. Located on the R348 regional road, the M6 motorway passes nearby. As of 2011, the townlands of Kiltullagh South and Kiltullagh North, in Kiltullagh civil parish, had a combin ...

, County Galway, and a descendant of Dermot Ó Daly of Killimordaly, County Galway. Their children were: * Captain Hon. Malachy Daly Nugent of the 67th regiment, killed in action during the

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, China, 20 Oct 1862. * Hon. Julia Catherine Anne Nugent (3 Jun 1830 – 25 Jun 1859), married

George Browne, 3rd Marquess of Sligo George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Gior ...

, but had no issue. * Lady Mary Frances Nugent (5 b. 3 Oct 1831 – 1 Sep 1892), married

Sir Thomas Burke, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas John Burke, 3rd Baronet DL (7 June 1813 – 9 December 1875) was an Irish landowner and politician from County Galway who was an independent Liberal MP for County Galway (1847–65). Career Born at Marble Hill, he sat as an indep ...

and had six children. *

William St George Nugent, 10th Earl of Westmeath William St George Nugent, 10th Earl of Westmeath, (28 November 1832 – 31 May 1883), styled Lord Delvin from 1871 to 1879, was an Anglo-Irish peer. Biography A son of Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath and Anne Catherine Daly, Nugent ...

, (28 Nov 1832 – 31 May 1883) * Hon. Charles Anthony Nugent (10 Mar 1836 – 8 Nov 1906) married Gertrude O'Conor of Mount Druid,

County Roscommon County Roscommon () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the province of Connacht and the Northern and Western Region. It is the List of Irish counties by area, 11th largest Irish county by area and Li ...

, but had no issue. * Lady Olivia Jane Nugent (20 Mar 1838 – 21 Jan 1903), married Patrick Joseph Mahon Power, D.L., of Faithlegg,

County Waterford County Waterford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the city of Waterford. ...

, and had issue. * Lady Anne Elizabeth Charlotte Nugent (5 Oct 1839 – 1 Dec 1906) married Colonel John Archer Daly (formerly Blake) of Raford and Barna, and had issue. * Hon. Richard Anthony Nugent (12 Nov 1842 – 19 Jan 1912) married Theresa Henrietta Gradwell of

Dowth Hall Dowth Hall is a Georgian architecture, Georgian country house and estate near Dowth in County Meath, Ireland. Built in 1760 for the Viscount Netterville, Netterville family, the 420 acre estate occupies a large part of the archaeological site w ...

, County Meath, and had six children.

External links

* http://www.thepeerage.com/p3473.htm#i34722 {{DEFAULTSORT:Westmeath, Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of 1805 births 1879 deaths 19th-century Irish people Nobility from County Galway Earls of Westmeath