Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden (28 March 1780 – 12 October 1856) was a British

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politician. Hawarden was the son of

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, by his second wife Anne Isabella (née Monck), and succeeded his half-brother in the viscountcy in 1807. In 1836 he was elected an

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and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the

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. He served as a

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(government whip in the House of Lords) under

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from 1841 to 1846 and under the

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in 1852. Lord Hawarden married Jane, daughter of Patrick Crawford Bruce, in 1811. She died in 1852. Hawarden survived her by four years and died in October 1856, aged 76. He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son

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, who was created Earl de Montalt in 1886.

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawarden, Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount 1780 births 1856 deaths Viscounts Hawarden Irish representative peers Maude family