Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart

Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart
(caricature by Leslie Ward (Spy) in Vanity Fair , January 16, 1902)

Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart KP KCB PC (born August 30, 1848 - † November 4, 1934 ) was a British lawyer and politician who between 1894 and 1909 simultaneously held the functions of Treasury Solicitor , Queen's Proctor and Director of Public Prosecutions dressed. After his elevation to Baron Desart , of Desart in the County of Kilkenny, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , he also became a member of the House of Lords in 1909 , of which he was a member until his death in 1934.

Life

Family background and professional career

Cuffe was the second eldest son of John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart , who was one of the Irish Representative Peer Member in the House of Lords between 1846 and 1865 and briefly held the post of Under-Secretary of State for War in 1852 and the Colonies ), and his wife Elizabeth Lucy Campbell, whose father John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor was a member of the House of Commons between 1813 and 1823 and was later Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire from 1852 to 1860 . His older sister Alice Mary Cuffe was with John Henniker-Major , who was a member of the House of Commons between 1866 and 1870 and later as Baron Henniker between 1895 and 1902 was Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man . His older brother William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe , who succeeded his late father as 4th Earl of Desart in 1865 , worked as a writer and was married to Ellen Odette Bischoffsheim , who came from the Jewish banking family Bischoffsheim and later between 1922 and hers Death in 1933 was a nominee for the Senate of the Free State of Ireland . His younger brother Otway Seymour Cuffe served as a captain in the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) .

Hamilton Cuffe himself first entered the Royal Navy after attending school , which he left as a midshipman . After studying law he was by his legal registration since 1872 as a barrister employed before he entered the legal government service in 1877 and first in 1877 secretary of the judiciary committee ( Judicature Committee ) and since 1878 deputy legal adviser to the Treasury ( Assistant Solicitor to the Treasury ) was . As such, he became Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on May 26, 1894 . Shortly thereafter, on October 25, 1894, he succeeded Augustus Keppel Stephenson as legal advisor to the Treasury ( Solicitor to the Treasury ) in personal union at the same time Queen's Proctor and Director of Public Prosecutions and thus representative of the crown in proceedings before probate and divorce courts, but also in other legal proceedings in maritime, foreign, civil and church matters. He remained in this position until 1909 and was then replaced by Charles Willie Mathews .

Member of the House of Lords, Marriage and Offspring

After the death of his brother William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe, who died without a male heir, Hamilton Cuffe inherited the titles of 5th Earl of Desart , 8th Baron Desart , 5th Viscount Castlecuffe, which were created in the Peerage of Ireland on September 15, 1898 as well as the 5th Viscount Desart . In addition, he was beaten on May 21, 1898 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).

In 1913 the Earl of Desart became chairman of a committee set up by the Board of Trade to investigate the shipwreck on the passenger ship Volturno

Through a letters patent dated May 12, 1909, Cuffe was also elevated to Baron Desart , of Desart in the County of Kilkenny, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and thus belonged to the House of Lords until his death on November 4, 1934 Lords ) as a member. After the shipwreck on the passenger ship Volturno , in which 136 passengers and crew were killed in a fire on October 9, 1913, he was entrusted by the Ministry of Trade ( Board of Trade ) as chairman of the committee to investigate the accident. The committee presented its final report on January 17, 1914. The results were surprisingly positive, the Volturno's crew and especially the captain were praised for their behavior. Everything had been tried to contain the fire, get help and save the passengers. In 1913 he was also a member of the Privy Council (PC) and in 1919 Knight of St. Patrick (KP). He also succeeded James Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde, who died on October 26, 1919, as Lord Lieutenant of Kilkenny and held this position until the Irish Free State was founded on December 6, 1922.

Hamiliton Cuffe married Margaret Joan Lascelles on July 19, 1876, daughter of Henry Thynne Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood and his wife Elizabeth Joanna de Burgh. From this marriage the two daughters Joan Elizabeth Mary Cuffe and Sybil Marjorie Cuffe were born. Since he died without male descendants, the title of Earl of Desart and all titles of nobility to which he was entitled expired with his death on November 4, 1934.

Web links

• Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart in the Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart on thepeerage.com , accessed June 30, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Countess of Desart on the homepage of the Seanad Éireann
2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 26516, HMSO, London, May 26, 1894, p. 3116 ( PDF , accessed June 30, 2016, English).
3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 26564, HMSO, London, October 26, 1894, p. 6005 ( PDF , accessed June 30, 2016, English).
4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 26974, HMSO, London, June 3, 1898, p. 3446 ( PDF , accessed June 30, 2016, English).

predecessor	Office	successor
William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe	Earl of Desart 1898-1934	Title expired
New title created	Baron Desart 1909-1934	Title expired