Richard Gorges-Meredyth
Anglo-Irish politician
About Richard Gorges-Meredyth
Lived 1735 – 1821 (aged 85–86).
Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Baronet (7 May 1735 – September 1821) was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet.
Born Richard Gorges, son and heir of Hamilton Gorges, MP for Swords. On his marriage in 1775 to Mary, daughter and heir of Arthur Meredyth, he assumed the additional name of Meredyth before that of Gorges.
Gorges-Meredyth represented Enniskillen in the Irish House of Commons between 1768 and 1776. In 1787 he was created a Baronet, of Catharines Grove in the Baronetage of Ireland. He sat in the Commons for Naas from 1787 to 1790.
He died without male issue, when his title became extinct. He was the grandfather of William Somerville, 1st Baron Athlumney.
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Who was Richard Gorges-Meredyth?
Anglo-Irish politician
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Richard Gorges-Meredyth was born on 7 May 1735.
When did Richard Gorges-Meredyth die?
Richard Gorges-Meredyth died in 1821.
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