John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Desart
Member of Parliament for Bossiney
In office
13 December 1808 – May 1817
Preceded byPeter Thellusson
James Stuart-Wortley
Succeeded byJames Stuart-Wortley
William Yates Peel
Personal details
Born(1788-02-20)20 February 1788
Died23 November 1820(1820-11-23) (aged 32)
Spouse
Catherine O'Connor
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(m. 1817)​
RelationsEarl of Altamont (grandfather)
ChildrenJohn Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart
Parent(s)Earl of Desart
Lady Anne Browne
EducationEton College
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
University of Edinburgh

John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart (20 February 1788 – 23 November 1820) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.

Early life

Born on 20 February 1788, Cuffe was the son of Lady Anne Browne, daughter of Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont and Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart. His father was the second son of John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart, a High Sheriff of County Kilkenny, by his second wife, Dorothea Gorges.[1]

He was educated at Eton College (1802), Christ Church, Oxford (1805) and the University of Edinburgh (1807). He succeeded to his father's titles in 1804.[2]

Career

Desart served as Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Bossiney, in Cornwall, between 13 December 1808 and May 1817. He held the post of one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury in 1809–10.

He had a home at Desart Court, County Kilkenny, Ireland, and was Mayor of Kilkenny for 1809–10.[3]

Personal life

On 7 October 1817, Catherine O'Connor (c. 1799–1874), the daughter and co-heiress of Maurice Nugent O'Connor of Mount Pleasant, King's County, and Maria Burke, daughter of Sir Thomas Burke, Bt. Together, they were the parents of one son:[1]

The Earl of Desart died on 23 November 1820 and was succeeded in his titles by his only son and heir, John Otway O'Connor Cuffe, who became the 3rd Earl of Desart.[1] After his death, his widow remarried to Rose Lambart Price, son and heir apparent to Sir Rose Price, 1st Baronet.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Desart, Earl of (I, 1793 - 1934)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Cracroft's Peerage. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 610. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. ^ "CUFFE, John Otway, 2nd Earl of Desart [I] (1788-1820), of Desart Court, co. Kilkenny". History of Parliament Online. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013.
  4. ^ The Dublin Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack. Dublin, Ireland. 1847. p. 94. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. ^ Dod, Charles Roger (1856). The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, for ...: Including All the Titled Classes. Whittaker and Company. p. 209. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bossiney
1808 – 1817
With: James Stuart-Wortley 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Desart
1804 – 1820 		Succeeded by