Anthony Nugent, 11th Earl of Westmeath

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Lord Westmeath wearing coronation robes, 1911

Anthony Francis Nugent, 11th Earl of Westmeath, PC (Ire) (11 January 1870 – 12 December 1933), styled Lord Delvin from 1879 to 1883, was an Irish peer. He was elected an Irish representative peer in 1901. Lord Westmeath occupied properties at Pallas and Spring Garden, Tynagh, County Galway. He owned over 14,000 acres (57 km2) in County Galway in the 1870s as well as property in County Roscommon in the parish of Ogulla, barony of Roscommon.

Educated at Oratory School, South

Justice of the Peace
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Lord Westmeath was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902,[1] and was sworn in by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Cadogan, at Dublin Castle on 11 August 1902.[2] He was appointed a member of the Senate of the Royal University of Ireland in December 1902.[3]

He died without issue. All his titles devolved upon his youngest surviving brother, Gilbert Nugent.

References

  1. ^ "The Coronation Honours". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Ireland". The Times. No. 36844. London. 12 August 1902. p. 9.
  3. ^ "Ireland". The Times. No. 36947. London. 10 December 1902. p. 11.
  • Tynagh Millennium Review (pp. 42–45), Tynagh & District Development Society Ltd., 2000.

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Westmeath
1883–1933
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Representative peer for Ireland
1901–1933
Office lapsed