Sir Richard Musgrave, 3rd Baronet (6 January 1790 – 7 July 1859) was an Irish baronet and politician.[1]
Sir Richard Musgrave, Bt | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for County Waterford | |
| In office 1835–1837 Serving with Patrick Power, William Villiers-Stuart | |
| Preceded by | Sir Richard Keane, Bt John Matthew Galwey |
| Succeeded by | William Villiers-Stuart John Power |
| In office 1831–1832 Serving with Robert Power | |
| Preceded by | Daniel O'Connell Lord George Beresford |
| Succeeded by | Sir Richard Keane, Bt John Matthew Galwey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Musgrave 6 January 1790 |
| Died | 7 July 1859 (aged 69) Whiting Bay, County Waterford |
| Spouse |
Frances Newcome (after 1815) |
| Relations | Sir Richard Musgrave, Bt (grandson) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
Early life edit
He was the eldest son of Sir Christopher Frederick Musgrave, 2nd Baronet and Jane Beere (a daughter of John Beere of Ballyboy, County Tipperary).[2] Among his siblings was John Musgrave and Anne Musgrave.[3]
Musgrave's uncle, and namesake, Sir Richard Musgrave had been a collector of excise for the port of Dublin and the author of an anti-Catholic History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and sat for Lismore in the Irish Parliament from 1778 to 1800. On his death in 1818, his Irish estates and baronetcy had passed to his brother, Musgrave's father.[2]
He graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1807.[2]
Career edit
Musgrave was High Sheriff of County Waterford in 1820 and Member of Parliament for County Waterford in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1831 to 1832 and, again, from 1835 to 1837.[2] At the 1832 dissolution, Musgrave retired from county Waterford. He was elected unopposed as a Liberal in 1835 and stood down in 1837. Thereafter he was active in the local repeal campaign and in 1843 publicly resigned his commission of the peace in protest at the Peel administration's dismissal of magistrates who had attended repeal meetings.[citation needed]
He succeeded to the baronetcy, of Tourin, in September 1826, which had been created for his uncle, Sir Richard Musgrave, in 1782.[1]
Personal life edit
On 29 July 1815, Musgrave was married to Frances Newcome, daughter of William Newcome, D.D., Primate of Ireland.[3] Together, they were the parents of five sons:[2]
- Sir Richard Musgrave, 4th Baronet (1820–1874), who married Frances Mary Yates, the eldest of five daughters of John Ashton Yates, MP for County Carlow. Her sister Mary Ellen Yates was the second wife of Robert Needham Philips, MP for Bury,[4][5] and her youngest sister, Sophia Yates, was married to Louis Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, a cousin of Lord Alfred Tennyson and the youngest son of the Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt of Bayons Manor.[6][7]
- Christopher Musgrave (1823–1872)[6]
- Robert Musgrave (1830–1878)[6]
- Edward Musgrave (1834–1911), who married Anastasia Letitia Gee, a daughter of James Gee.[6]
- John Musgrave (1840–1870)[6]
Sir Richard died at Whiting Bay, County Waterford, on 7 July 1859 and was succeeded by his eldest son Richard.[2]
Descendants edit
Through his eldest son Richard, he was a grandfather of Sir Richard John Musgrave, 5th Baronet (1850–1930).
Through his son Edward, he was a grandfather of James Musgraves, and great-grandfather of Sir Christopher Norman Musgrave, 6th Baronet (1892–1956)
References edit
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "M" (part 4)
- ^ a b c d e f "MUSGRAVE, Sir Richard, 3rd bt. (1790-1859), of Tourin, nr. Cappoquin, co. Waterford". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ a b Burke, John (1826). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom, for 1826. H. Colburn. p. 338. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Mair, Robert Henry (1867). Debrett's illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881. Dean & Son. p. 187.
- ^ Oxford Archaeology North (October 2008). Philips Park House, Prestwich, Greater Manchester: Archaeological Evaluation (PDF). p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Burke, Bernard (1868). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Harrison. p. 1718. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Collections Online | Sophia Tennyson d'Eyncourt". www.britishmuseum.org. The British Museum. Retrieved 20 October 2020.