John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart

John Otway O'Conner Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart (12 October 1818 – 1 April 1865), styled Viscount Castlecuffe until 1820, was an Irish Conservative politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between March and December 1852 in the Earl of Derby's first administration.

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Desart
Under-Secretary of State
for War and the Colonies
In office
2 March 1852 – 17 December 1852
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Derby
Preceded byFrederick Peel
Succeeded byFrederick Peel
Personal details
Born12 October 1818 (1818-10-12)
Died1 April 1865 (1865-05) (aged 46)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Lady Elizabeth Campbell
(1822-1898)

Background

Desart was the son of John Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart, and Catherine, daughter of Maurice O'Connor. He succeeded in the earldom in November 1820, aged two, on the early death of his father.[1] He was educated at Eton College and entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1836 but took no degree.[2]

Political career

Desart sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Ipswich between June and July 1842, when his election was declared void.[3] In 1846 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer and thus took a seat in the House of Lords, which he held until his death in 1865.[4] He served as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in Lord Derby's short-lived protectionist government of 1852.

Family

Lord Desart married Lady Elizabeth Lucy, daughter of John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor, in 1842. They had three sons and a daughter. He died at his London home in Eaton Square on 1 April 1865, through a fall suffered during an attack of paralysis, aged 46.[2] He was succeeded in the earldom by his son, William. The Countess of Desart died in April 1898, aged 76.[1]

References
  1. thepeerage.com Otway O'Conner Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart
  2. The Complete Peerage, Volume III. St Catherine's Press. 1916. p. 229.
  3. "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Ilchester to Itchen". Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  4. leighrayment.com Representative Peers - Ireland
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Rigby Wason
George Rennie		 Member of Parliament for Ipswich
1842
With: Thomas Gladstone		 Succeeded by
John Neilson Gladstone
Sackville Walter Lane-Fox
Preceded by
The Earl of Thomond		 Irish Representative Peer
1846–1865		 Succeeded by
The Viscount Gort
Political offices
Preceded by
Frederick Peel		 Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
1852		 Succeeded by
Frederick Peel
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
John Cuffe		 Earl of Desart
1832–1865		 Succeeded by
William Cuffe
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