Robert Henry Southwell

Robert Henry Southwell (October 1745[1] – 29 August 1817[2]), styled The Honourable from 1766, was an Irish politician.

He was the second son of Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell and his wife Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Arthur Cecil Hamilton.[3] Southwell served as lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Dragoons.[4] In 1776, he entered the Irish House of Commons for Downpatrick, representing the constituency until 1783.[1]

In 1786, he married Frideswide Moore, daughter of John Moore, and had by her a son and a daughter.[3] Southwell died at Clontarf, Dublin.[2]

References

1. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Retrieved 12 June 2009.
2. Sylvanus, Urban (1817). The Gentleman's Magazine. vol. II. London: Nichols, Son and Bentley. p. 285.
3. 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.
4. "ThePeerage - Lt-Col Hon. Robert Henry Southwell". Retrieved 13 June 2009.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Mathew Forde Clotworthy Rowley	Member of Parliament for Downpatrick 1776–1783 With: Clotworthy Rowley	Succeeded by Hon. Hercules Rowley Clotworthy Rowley