John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart

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

The Right Honourable The Earl of Desart
Member of Parliament for Bossiney
In office 13 December 1808 – May 1817 Serving with James Stuart-Wortley
Preceded by	Peter Thellusson James Stuart-Wortley
Succeeded by	James Stuart-Wortley William Yates Peel
Personal details
Born	20 February 1788
Died	23 November 1820 (aged 32)
Spouse(s)	Catherine O'Connor ​ ​ (m. 1817; his death 1820)​
Relations	Earl of Altamont (grandfather)
Children	John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart
Parents	Earl of Desart Lady Anne Browne
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford University of Edinburgh

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]

• John Otway O'Connor Cuffe (1818–1865), who married Lady Elizabeth Lucy, daughter of John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor, in 1842.[4]

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. "Desart, Earl of (I, 1793 - 1934)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Cracroft's Peerage. 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
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.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Cyril Thomas Culverwell
• John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart at the National Portrait Gallery, London.