John Westenra

John Craven Westenra (31 March 1798 – 5 December 1874)[1] was an Irish Whig politician and army officer.[2][3][4][5][6]

John Westenra
Member of Parliament for King's County
In office 16 January 1835 – 26 July 1852 Serving with Nicholas Fitzsimon (1835–1841) Andrew Armstrong (1841–1852)
Preceded by	William Parsons Nicholas Fitzsimon
Succeeded by	Patrick O'Brien Loftus Henry Bland
Personal details
Born	31 March 1798 Walsh Park, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	5 December 1874 (aged 76)
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Whig
Parents	Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore Mary Anne Walsh

Born in Walsh Park, County Tipperary, Ireland, he was the son of Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore and Mary Ann Walsh, and the brother of Henry Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore. He first married Eleanor Mary East née Jolliffe, daughter of William Jolliffe, in 1834. After she died in 1838, he then married Ann Daubuz, daughter of Lewis Charles Daubuz, in 1842, and they had at least one /child: Mary Anne Wilmot Westenra (died 1894).[5][6]

An army officer, he at sometime achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Scots Fusilier Guards.[6]

Westenra was first elected Whig MP for King's County at the 1835 general election and held the seat until 1852, when he did not seek re-election.[4][5][6][7]

He was also a member of the Reform Club and, in 1863, held the office of High Sheriff of King's County.[5][6]

References

1. Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "K"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
2. "King's County". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 28 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "The Irish Members". Dublin Weekly Nation. 14 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 35. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.
5. "John Westenra". Members of Parliament after 1832. The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
6. Lundy, Darryl (7 May 2011). "Lt.-Col John Craven Westenra". The Peerage. Wellington. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
7. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Hon. John Westenra