Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden
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Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden (28 March 1780 – 12 October 1856) was a British
Conservative
politician.
Hawarden was the son of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden
, by his second wife Anne Isabella (née Monck), and succeeded his half-brother in the viscountcy in 1807. In 1836 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer
and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords
. He served as a Lord-in-Waiting
(government whip in the House of Lords) under Sir Robert Peel from 1841 to 1846 and under the Earl of Derby
in 1852.
Lord Hawarden married Jane, daughter of Patrick Crawford Bruce, in 1811. She died in 1852. Hawarden survived her by four years and died in October 1856, aged 76. He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son Cornwallis
, who was created Earl de Montalt in 1886.
United Kingdom
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Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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politician.
Hawarden was the son of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden
Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden
Cornwallis Maude, ist Viscount Hawarden was an Irish peer and politician.Hawarden was the son of Sir Robert Maude, 1st Bt and his wife Eleanor née Cornwallis. He had 16 children with 3 different wives....
, by his second wife Anne Isabella (née Monck), and succeeded his half-brother in the viscountcy in 1807. In 1836 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer
Representative peer
In the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords...
and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords
House of Lords
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. He served as a Lord-in-Waiting
Lord-in-Waiting
Most Lords in Waiting are Government whips in the House of Lords who are members of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. As members of the Royal Household their duties are nominal, though they are occasionally required to meet visiting political and state leaders on visits...
(government whip in the House of Lords) under Sir Robert Peel from 1841 to 1846 and under the Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley...
in 1852.
Lord Hawarden married Jane, daughter of Patrick Crawford Bruce, in 1811. She died in 1852. Hawarden survived her by four years and died in October 1856, aged 76. He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son Cornwallis
Cornwallis Maude, 1st Earl de Montalt
Cornwallis Maude, 1st Earl de Montalt , known as the Hon. Cornwallis Maude until 1856 and as the Viscount Hawarden from 1856 to 1886, was a British Conservative politician....
, who was created Earl de Montalt in 1886.