John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne
Lord Lieutenant of County Fermanagh | |
|---|---|
| In office 1845–1885 | |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Enniskillen |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Erne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Creighton 30 July 1802 |
| Died | 3 October 1885 (aged 83) |
| Spouse |
Selina Griselda Beresford
(after 1837) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Hon. John Creighton Jane Weldon |
| Relatives | John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne (grandfather) |
John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne,
Early life
He was the eldest son of Lt.-Col. Hon. John Creighton,
His paternal grandfather was John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne (eldest surviving son of Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne) and the former Catherine Howard (sister of The 1st Viscount Wicklow).[1]
Career
In June 1842, he succeeded to the earldom of Erne upon the death of his insane uncle, The 2nd Earl Erne. His uncle Abraham had been an MP for Lifford from 1790 to 1797 before he was declared insane in November 1798 and then incarcerated at Brooke House, London, for the next forty years. Abraham had succeeded to the titles upon the death of his father in September 1828. The third earl subsequently changed the spelling of the family name to Crichton.[2]
In 1845 he was elected an
Lord Erne is also remembered as the employer of Captain Charles Boycott,[4] whose mishandling of relations with agricultural workers on Lord Erne's estate in County Mayo caused a political and public order crisis and provoked the strategy that gave the English language the term to boycott.[5]
Personal life
On 6 July 1837, Lord Erne was married to Selina Griselda Beresford, the second daughter of The Rev. Charles Cobbe Beresford, Rector of Termonmaguirk, and Amelia Montgomery (a daughter of Sir William Montgomery, 1st Baronet). Together, they were the parents of:[1]
- Lady Louisa Anne Catherine Crichton (1838–1866), who died unmarried.
- The 3rd Earl of Enniskillen.
- Hon. Charles Frederick Crichton (1841–1918), who married Lady Madeline Olivia Susan Taylour, eldest daughter of The 3rd Marquess of Headfort and Amelia Thompson (only child of Lord Mayor of London William Thompson), in 1873
- Hon. Sir Henry George Louis Crichton (1844–1922), the King Edward VII. He married Letitia Grace Cole-Hamilton, third daughter of Maj. Arthur Willoughby Cole-Hamilton in 1869. After her death in 1888, he married Lady Emma Baring, only daughter of The 1st Earl of Northbrook, in 1890.
Lord Erne died in October 1885, aged 83, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son John, who became a Conservative government minister.[6]
He held 40,000 acres in Fermanagh, Sligo, Donegal and Mayo.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Erne, Earl (I, 1789)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-903688-65-6. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ The National Archives. "Crichton, John (1802-1885) 3rd Earl Erne". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. The Discovery Service. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-8232-8736-9. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Erne
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
- John Crichton, 3rd Earl of Erne (1802-1885), Representative peer and politician at the National Portrait Gallery, London