Richard Southwell (Askeaton politician)

Richard Southwell (died September 1688)[1] was an Irish politician.

He was the only son of Sir Thomas Southwell, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Starkey, daughter of William Starkey.[1] in 1661, Southwell was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Askeaton in County Limerick, representing the borough until 1666.[2]

He married Lady Elizabeth O'Brien, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin.[3] They had five sons and two daughters.[4] Having predeceased his father, Southwell's oldest son Thomas succeeded his grandfather as baronet and was later elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Southwell.[5] His third son William and his fifth son Richard sat both in the Parliament of Ireland.[6]

References

1. Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. vol. VI. Dublin: James Moore. pp. 17–18.
2. "ThePeerage - Richard Southwell". Retrieved 8 June 2009.
3. Burke, John (1863). Bernhard Burke (ed.). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. II. London: Harrison. p. 1738.
4. Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. II (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 465.
5. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 8 June 2009.
6. Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.