Somerset Maxwell, 8th Baron Farnham

The Rt Hon. Somerset Richard Maxwell, 8th Baron Farnham (18 October 1803 – 4 June 1884), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament.

He was the son of The Rev. The 6th Baron Farnham and Lady Anne Butler.

From 1839 to 1840, he was a Member of Parliament for Cavan and in 1844 High Sheriff of Cavan.

He married twice, firstly on 30 May 1839 to Dorothea Pennefather (1824–1861), daughter of the eminent judge Richard Pennefather and his wife Jane Bennett. He married secondly, on 31 May 1864, to Mary Anne Delap (died 1873), daughter of Samuel Delap of Monellan Castle, near The Cross, just outside Killygordon in the east of County Donegal. Samuel Delap married Jane Bennett's sister Susannah, and thus Lord Farnham's two wives were cousins. On his older brother's death, he succeeded as The 8th Baron Farnham on 20 August 1868. Lord Farnham died on 4 June 1884, without issue, and was succeeded by his younger brother, James.

References

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  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. (ISBN 033338847X)
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
  • Peerage.com – Somerset Richard Maxwell, 8th Baron Farnham
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Cavan
1839–1840
With: John Young
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Farnham
1868–1884
Succeeded by