Arthur Rochfort
About Arthur Rochfort
Lived 1711 – 1774 (aged 62–63).
Arthur Rochfort (7 November 1711 – 22 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Rochfort was the son of Rt. Hon. George Rochfort (son of Robert Rochfort, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer), and Lady Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda. Between 1738 and 1760 he was a Member of Parliament for County Westmeath in the Irish House of Commons.
He married Sara Singleton, daughter of Rev. Rowland Singleton of Drogheda, and the couple had a number of children, including Eliza Rochfort (1772 – 1861) who went onto marry George Hyde Clark of Hyde Hall, New York.
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Who was Arthur Rochfort?
(1711-1774)
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Arthur Rochfort was born in 1711.
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Arthur Rochfort died on 22 April 1774.
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