The Earl of Donoughmore | |
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| President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 3 March 1859 – 11 June 1859 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby |
| Preceded by | Joseph Warner Henley |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Milner Gibson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 April 1823 (1823-04-04) |
| Died | 22 February 1866 (1866-02-23) (aged 42) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Thomasina Steele (d. 1890) |
Richard John Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of DonoughmorePCFRS (4 April 1823 – 22 February 1866), styledViscount Suirdale between 1832 and 1851, was a BritishConservative politician.
Donoughmore was the son ofJohn Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore, and the Hon. Margaret, daughter ofLuke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy.[citation needed]
Donoughmore was appointedHigh Sheriff of Tipperary for 1847.[1]
He entered theHouse of Lords on the death of his father in 1851. He held office asVice-President of the Board of Trade andPaymaster General inLord Derby'ssecond government, and was promoted to the actualpresidency of the Board of Trade in February 1859 on the resignation ofJ. W. Henley over the abortive 1859 Reform Bill. He remained in this post until the government fell in June of the same year. In 1858 he was admitted to thePrivy Council.[2]
In 1865 he was elected aFellow of the Royal Society.[3]
Lord Donoughmore married Thomasina Jocelyn, daughter of Walter Steele, in 1847. Their fifth son the Hon.Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson was a diplomat. Donoughmore died in February 1866, aged 42, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son,John. The Countess of Donoughmore died in May 1890.[citation needed]
ColonelLewis Vivian Loyd was married on 14 August 1879 to Lady Mary Sophia Hely Hutchinson (1854–1936), daughter of the 4th Earl of Donoughmore,[citation needed] a writer and translator[4] with whom he had three children: two sons and a daughter.[5]
He was Intitated in Lodge No.12, in Ireland and was Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Ireland for 1846.. He was made an Honorary Member of Lodge Holyrood House (St Luke's), No.44, on 7 January 1846.[6]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Paymaster General 1858–1859 | Succeeded by |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade 1858–1859 | ||
| Preceded by | President of the Board of Trade 1859 | Succeeded by |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by | Earl of Donoughmore 1851–1866 | Succeeded by |
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