Richard Levinge (1724 – April 1783) was an Irish politician and landowner from

County Kildare County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the Local gove ...

. He was the son of Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet,

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, and his second wife Mary Johnson, daughter of Robert Johnson, Baron of the

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and his wife Margaret Dixon. He was the only son of his father's late second marriage and his father died when he was only a few months old. Sir Richard had six children by a previous marriage to Mary Corbin. From an old

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family, he came to Ireland in 1689, and for 35 years was one of the leading figures in Irish public life. The younger Richard married Alice Marlay, daughter of Thomas Marlay,

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, and Anne De Laune. They had one daughter Mary, who married

James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley (1747 – 15 June 1821) was an Irish peer and politician. Life Cuffe's father was James Cuffe of Elmhall and Ballinrobe Castle and his mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet and El ...

. He lived mainly at Calverstown, County Kildare, the family home of his grandmother. He sat in the

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from 1766 to 1776 as a member for

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1724 births 1783 deaths Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Meath constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub