The Rt Hon. Somerset Richard Maxwell, 8th

Baron Farnham Baron Farnham, of Farnham in the County of Cavan, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1756 for John Maxwell, who had previously represented Cavan Borough in the Irish House of Commons. John Maxwell's son, the second Baron, w ...

(18 October 1803 – 4 June 1884), was an

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and Member of Parliament. He was the son of The Rev. The 6th Baron Farnham and

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and in 1844 High Sheriff of Cavan. He married twice, firstly on 30 May 1839 to Dorothea Pennefather (1824–1861), daughter of the eminent judge Richard Pennefather and his wife Jane Bennett. He married secondly, on 31 May 1864, to Mary Anne Delap (died 1873), daughter of Samuel Delap of Monellan Castle, near The Cross, just outside

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in the east of

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. Samuel Delap married Jane Bennett's sister Susannah, and thus Lord Farnham's two wives were cousins. On his older brother's death, he succeeded as The 8th

on 20 August 1868. Lord Farnham died on 4 June 1884, without issue, and was succeeded by his younger brother,

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. () * *
Peerage.com – Somerset Richard Maxwell, 8th Baron Farnham

External links

Cavan County Museum – The Farnham Gallery

* 1803 births 1884 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Cavan constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1837–1841 Farnham, B8 Politicians from County Cavan 19th-century Irish people High sheriffs of Cavan 8 Place of birth missing {{Ireland-baron-stub