William St George Nugent, 10th Earl of Westmeath, (28 November 1832 – 31 May 1883), styled Lord Delvin from 1871 to 1879, was an

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peer.

Biography

A son of

Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath 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, but the title had been carried by a different line of the Nugents, wi ...

and Anne Catherine Daly, Nugent was educated at

Oscott College St Mary's College in New Oscott, Birmingham, sometimes called Oscott College, is the Roman Catholic seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham in England and one of two seminaries of the Catholic Church in England and Wales in England, with Allen ...

, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England. On 14 May 1852, he purchased an ensigncy in the 9th Regiment of Foot. He was promoted to lieutenant on 6 June 1854, and served in the

Crimean War The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...

from 27 November 1854, fighting in the Siege of Sevastopol, including the unsuccessful assault on the Great Redan in June. He bought a captaincy in the regiment on 13 June 1856, and retired from the Army in May 1861. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Galway in 1875. He succeeded to his father's peerages on 12 May 1879. He married Emily Margaret Blake of

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, in July 1866 and had issue: * three unnamed daughters who died young * Lady Emily Theresa Nugent (died 23 Sep 1935), married Brig.-Gen. Gardiner Humphreys in 1906. *

Anthony Francis Nugent, 11th Earl of Westmeath Anthony Francis Nugent, 11th Earl of Westmeath, (11 January 1870 – 12 December 1933), styled Lord Delvin from 1879 to 1883, was an Irish peer. He was elected an Irish representative peer in 1901. Lord Westmeath occupied properties at Pallas an ...

(11 Jan 1870 – 12 Dec 1933) * Hon. William Andrew Nugent (11 Mar 1876 – 29 May 1915), married Kathleen Stoner (died 1955) *

Gilbert Charles Nugent, 12th Earl of Westmeath Gilbert Charles Nugent, 12th Earl of Westmeath (9 May 1880 – 20 November 1971), styled Hon. Gilbert Nugent until 1933, was a son of the 10th Earl and younger brother of the 11th. Nugent, born in Dublin,https://www.geni.com/people/Gilbert-Charle ...

(9 May 1880 – 20 Nov 1971)

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* http://www.thepeerage.com/p27566.htm#i275651 {{DEFAULTSORT:Westmeath, William St George Nugent, 10th Earl of 1832 births 1883 deaths 19th-century Irish people Nobility from County Galway High sheriffs of County Galway British Army personnel of the Crimean War Royal Norfolk Regiment officers Earls of Westmeath Younger sons of earls