John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield

John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield (12 November 1802 – 17 August 1879) was a British peer and diplomatist.

Background Bloomfield was the eldest son of Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield and his wife Hariott, the oldest daughter of Thomas Douglas, of Grantham.

Career From 1824, Bloomfield was attaché at Lisbon and was transferred as secretary of legation to Stuttgart in the following year. this time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which entitled him to a seat in the House of Lords.

Death John Arthur Douglas, Lord Bloomfield died without legitimate heir in 1879 at his home, Ciamhaltha, near Newport, County Tipperary and his titles became extinct. Bloomfield was buried in his family's vault at Borrisnafarney parish Church, beside the Loughton Demesne and Moneygall, in County Offaly. An impressive memorial exists in the church in his memory.

Bloomfield Mausoleum The Borrisnafarney Parish Church in the Bloomfield Mausoleum, located 1.5 miles from the village of Moneygall beside the Loughton Estate in County Offaly, Ireland.

"The interior name plaques, that commemorate those who lie there, ensure that history will not forget them: they read 'Thomas Ryder Pepper 1828; Mrs Bloomfield 1828; Mrs Ryder Pepper 1841; Lieutenant General Benjamin Baron Bloomfield 1846;"

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