Henry Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore

Henry Robert Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore

Henry Robert Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore ( August 24, 1792 - December 1, 1860 ) was a British nobleman and politician.

Life

Henry Westenra was the eldest son of Warner William Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore , and his first wife Mary Anne (nee Walsh). John Craven Westenra was one of his brothers. Westenra attended Westminster School until 1806 and then Trinity College in Dublin .

Like his father, he represented the constituency of County Monaghan in the House of Commons . He was a member of the House of Commons from 1818 to 1830, from 1831 to 1832, from May 17 to July 30, 1834, and from 1835 to 1842 when he finally inherited the title of Baron Rossmore from his father. As such, he was a member of the House of Lords . In 1838 he had succeeded his father as Lord Lieutenant of County Monaghan . He held this office until 1852.

On January 25, 1820 he married Anne Douglas Hamilton († August 20, 1844), the illegitimate daughter of Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton . The marriage remained childless. On May 19, 1846, he married Josephine Julia Helen Lloyd. With this he had four sons and two daughters, including Henry Westenra, 4th Baron Rossmore and Derrick Westenra, 5th Baron Rossmore . He played the uilleann pipes at a high level .

Westenra was buried in the Monaghan cemetery. In 1874 he was transferred to the family mausoleum in Rossmore Park.

Web links

• R. Thorne (Ed.): Entry on Henry Robert Westenra in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820 (1986)
• DR Fisher [Ed.]: Entry on Henry Robert Westenra in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820–1832 (2009)

predecessor	Office	successor
Warner William Westenra	Baron Rossmore 1842-1860	Henry Westenra