Thady Wyndham-Quin, 7th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

Thady Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 7th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (27 October 1939 – 25 March 2011) was an Irish peer.

Early life edit

He was educated at Ludgrove School and Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland.[1] While a schoolboy, he was disabled by polio.

He succeeded to the earldom in 1965 on the death of his father, Richard Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven.[1]

Career edit

Lord Dunraven sold Adare Manor and its contents in 1984 to Irish-American businessman Tom Kane, and the manor was converted into the Adare Manor Hotel. Thereafter he lived with his family in a nearby house called Kilgobbin House.[citation needed]

He was chairman of the Irish Wheelchair Association for two decades.[2] The Dunraven Centre, a disability resource centre at Limerick Enterprise Development Park, is named after him.[citation needed]

Family edit

In 1969, he married Geraldine McAleer, daughter of Air Commodore Gerard W. McAleer, CBE, MB, BCh. They had one child, a daughter:

  • Lady Ana Wyndham-Quin (born 1972).[1] m. Duncan Johnson in 2009.[3]

Death edit

Lord Dunraven died at his home on 25 March 2011, aged 71.[4] The earldom and his other titles became extinct on his death.

Ancestry edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Who's Who 2007 (A. & C. Black Ltd, London, 2007)
  2. ^ Earl of Dunraven passes away after short illness Archived 2011-04-01 at the Wayback Machine Limerick Leader, 2011-03-28.
  3. ^ "Lady Ana Wyndham Quin and Duncan Johnson". Irish Times.
  4. ^ The 7th Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl, Telegraph Announcements, 28 March 2011

External links edit

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
1965–2011
Extinct