Richard Rochfort-Mervyn

Lt Col Hon. Richard Rochfort-Mervyn by Robert Hunter

Richard Rochfort-Mervyn (12 December 1740 – 20 February 1776) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician.

Biography

Rochfort-Mervyn was born Hon. Richard Rochfort, the second son of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Hon. Mary Molesworth, daughter of Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth.[1] On 9 June 1764, he married Letitia, daughter of James Mervyn and Arabella Edwards, and assumed the surname of Mervyn.

He was an officer in the British Army and became a lieutenant-colonel in the 35th Regiment of Foot.[2] In 1761 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for County Westmeath.[3] In 1768 he was elected for Philipstown. He represented the constituency until his death, without children, in 1776.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kimber, Edward (1784). The New Peerage (PDF). London: W. Owen. p. 104.
  2. ^ "Portrait of Richard Rochfort (1740-1776), three-quarter-length, in his uniform of the Lieutenant Colonel of the 35th Regiment of Foot". onlineonly.christies.com. Christie's. 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Johnston-Liik, E.M. (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800. Newtownards: Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 119. ISBN 1903688604.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Westmeath
1761–1768
With: Viscount Belfield 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Philipstown
1768–1776
With: Robert Rochford (1768–1769)
Duke Tyrrell (1769–1776) 		Succeeded by