John Craven Westenra

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John Craven Westenra (March 31, 1798 , † 1874 ) was a British politician.

John Craven Westenra was the fifth child of Warner William Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore and his wife Mary Anne (born Walsh; † August 12, 1807). Henry Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore was his older brother.

From January 6, 1835 to July 7, 1852 he was a member of the British House of Commons for the constituency of King's County . His father had already been a member of parliament there and in its Irish counterpart, the Irish House of Commons .

Westenra was married twice. Among other things, he married on March 31, 1834 Eleanor-Mary Jolliffe. He had a daughter who later married Francis Hastings, 13th Earl of Huntingdon .

literature

  • William Courthope [Ed.]: Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1838)

Individual evidence

  1. a b John Westenra in Hansard (English)
  2. a b Patrick F. Meehan: The Members of Parliament for Laois and Offaly (1983)