Francis Jack Needham, Viscount Newry (2 February 1815-6 May 1851), was an Anglo-Irish

Anglo-Irish

Anglo-Irish was a term used primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries to identify a privileged social class in Ireland, whose members were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy, mostly belonging to the Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until...

 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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Newry was the eldest son of Francis Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey

Francis Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey

Francis Jack Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey , known as Viscount Newry from 1822 to 1832, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Member of Parliament....

, and Jane Gun-Cuninghame. He gained the courtesy title

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 of Viscount Newry when his father succeeded as Earl of Kilmorey in 1832. In 1841 he was elected to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 for Newry

Newry (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1841, a seat he held until his death.

Lord Newry married Anne Amelia Colville, daughter of General the Hon. Sir Charles Colville

Charles Colville

Sir Charles Colville was a British military leader who fought in the Peninsular War and in action near the Battle of Waterloo, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General. He was the son of John Colville, 8th Lord Colville of CulrossAmong other battles, Colville led the 2nd Brigade in Picton's 3rd...

, in 1839. He died in May 1851, aged 36, predeceasing his father. His eldest son Francis

Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey

Francis Charles Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey KP , known as Viscount Newry from 1851 to 1880, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.-Life:...

succeeded in the earldom in 1880. Lady Newry died in 1900.