Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey
Francis Charles Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey KP ( August 2, 1842 , † July 28, 1915 ) was an Irish-British peer and politician.
Kilmorey was the eldest son of Francis Needham, Viscount Newry and Morne (1815-1851), son of Francis Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey (1787-1880). His mother was Anne Amelia Colville († 1900), daughter of General Sir Charles Colville (1770-1843). Since his father had already died in 1851, he carried the courtesy title Viscount Newry and Morne as his grandfather's apparent marriage from 1851 .
He attended Eton College and completed in 1867 his studies at Christ Church College of Oxford University as a Master of Arts from. He served in the South Down Militia from 1868 to 1880 and rose to the rank of captain .
In 1871 he held the office of High Sheriff of County Down . In the same year he was elected to the British House of Commons as a member of the Conservative Party for the Newry constituency. He held this mandate until 1874.
When his grandfather died in 1880, he inherited his title of nobility as 3rd Earl of Kilmorey . A seat of parliament was not automatically associated with these, but the following year he was elected for life as Irish representative peer in the British House of Lords . In 1890 he was made Knight Companion des Order of Saint Patrick .
From 1889 to 1896 he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Shropshire Imperial Yeomanry and was promoted to Honorary Colonel of this unit on the occasion of his retirement from military service in 1897 .
Lord Kilmorey married Ellen Constance Baldock in 1881, daughter of the House of Commons Edward Holmes Baldock (1812-1875). He died in July 1915 at the age of 72; his wife died in 1920. He had three children:
- Francis Charles Adelbert Henry Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey (1883-1961);
- Francis Edward Needham (1886-1955);
- Cynthia Almina Constance Mary Needham (1889–1947), ⚭ (1) George Child-Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey (1873–1923), ⚭ (2) William Rodney Slessor († 1945).
Web links
- Viscount Newry and Morne at Hansard (English)
- Francis Charles Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey on thepeerage.com
- Kilmorey, Earl of (I, 1822) at Cracroft's Peerage
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Francis Needham |
Earl of Kilmorey 1880-1915 |
Francis Needham |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Needham, Francis, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Needham, Francis, Viscount Newry and Morne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Anglo-Irish peer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1842 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1915 |