John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley
John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley (1 October 1719 – 31 July 1781), styled Manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British parliamentarian.
Background
Bligh was the son of
MA on 13 July 1738.[3]
Political career
Bligh served as
Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone from 1741 to 1747[4] and for Athboy in the Irish House of Commons
from 1739 to 1747.
Family
Lord Darnley married Mary Stoyte on 11 September 1766. They had seven children:[5]
- John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (30 June 1767 – 17 March 1831)
- General Hon. Edward Bligh(19 September 1769 – 2 November 1840)
- Lady Mary Bligh (d. 4 March 1796), married Sir Lawrence Palk, 2nd Baronet on 7 August 1789, without issue
- Lady Theodosia Bligh (February 1771 – 21 January 1840), married Thomas Cherburgh Bligh, her second cousin once removed, and had issue
- Lady Sarah Bligh (10 February 1772 – April 1797)
- Lady Catherine Bligh (1775 – 11 February 1812), married Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry in 1804 and had issue
- Colonel Hon. William Bligh (25 September 1775 – 8 August 1845), married Lady Sophia Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, and had one daughter Sophia who married Henry William Parnell {1809-1896} in 1835 whose father Henry Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton was a great-uncle of Charles Stewart Parnell.
External links
References
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.322
- ^ Hume, Robert (17 October 2019). "A strange brew of a man: The MP for Meath who believed he was a teapot". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Bligh, John
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Burke, Sir Bernard; Burke, Ashworth P. (1914). Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison & Sons. p. 571.
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