Robert Ridgeway, 4th Earl of Londonderry

Robert Ridgeway, 4th Earl of Londonderry (died 7 March 1714) was an Anglo-Irish peer.

Early life

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Londonderry was the son of Weston Ridgeway, 3rd Earl of Londonderry and Frances Temple. His father was the grandson of he former Cicely MacWilliam and Thomas Ridgeway, 1st Earl of Londonderry. His maternal grandparents were Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet, MP for Buckingham, and the former Christiana Leveson.[1]

Career

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Upon the death of his father in 1672, he became the 4th Earl of Londonderry (also "Lord Baron of Gallen Ridgeway"[2]).[3]

Personal life

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In 1686, Lord Londonderry married Lucy Jopson, a daughter of Sir William Jopson, 2nd Baronet and Lucy Tindall. Together, they were the parents of:[3]

Lord Londonderry of Tor Mohun in Devon died on 7 March 1714. As he had no male issue, his titles became extinct.[5] His daughter, Lady Frances, inherited the estate of Cudworth in Yorkshire and, in 1726, his son-in-law Thomas Pitt was created Earl of Londonderry in the title's second creation.[6]

Descendants

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Through his daughter Lady Frances, he was posthumously a grandfather of Thomas Pitt, 2nd Earl of Londonderry, Ridgeway Pitt, 3rd Earl of Londonderry, and Lady Lucy Pitt (wife of Pierce Meyrick, the youngest son of Owen Meyrick of Bodorgan, Anglesey).[3]

References

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  1. ^ George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 415.
  2. ^ Vivian, p.647
  3. ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1158.
  4. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.647, pedigree of Ridgeway
  5. ^ Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995).
  6. ^ Romney R. Sedgwick, biography of PITT, Thomas (c.1688-1729), of Pall Mall, London, published in History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970 [1]


Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Londonderry
1672–1713
Succeeded by
Extinct
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Torrington)
1672–1713
Succeeded by
Extinct