Maurice Mahon, 3rd Baron Hartland (6 October 1772 – 11 November 1845) was a

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clergyman and Irish peer. Maurice was born on 6 October 1772, the third son of Maurice Mahon and grandson of Thomas Mahon, then an MP for

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in the

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. He was admitted a pensioner at

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on 15 June 1790. He received his BA in 1794 and his MA in 1797. He entered holy orders, and was appointed

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of Kilmeen in Tuam Cathedral in 1804. On 24 November 1813, he married Isabella Jane, the daughter of William Hume, but they had no children. In 1814, he was appointed

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and

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. Maurice succeeded his eldest brother

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Baron Hartland Baron Hartland, of Strokestown in the County of Roscommon, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 30 July 1800 for Maurice Mahon, who had earlier represented County Roscommon in the Irish House of Commons. He was the son of Th ...

in 1835, but was declared a lunatic the following year. He died at the family estate of

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on 11 November 1845. The peerage became extinct, while the estate passed to his first cousin, Major

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, who was assassinated by his tenants in 1847.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartland, Maurice Mahon, 3rd Baron 1772 births 1845 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Ordained peers Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge