Robert Tilson Deane, 1st Baron Muskerry PC (Ire)

Privy Council of Ireland

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 (29 November 1745 – 25 June 1818), known as Sir Robert Deane, 6th Baronet from 1770 to 1781, was an Irish

Ireland

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 politician.

He was the son of Sir Robert Deane, 5th Baronet

Sir Robert Deane, 5th Baronet

Sir Robert Deane, 5th Baronet PC was an Irish barrister-at-law and politician.He was the third son of Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Baronet and his wife Jane Sharpe, only daughter of Reverend William Sharpe. In 1751, he succeeded his older brother Matthew as baronet...

 of Dromore and succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1770.

Deane represented Carysfort

Carysfort (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 in the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

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 between 1771 and 1776 and then Cork County

Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 between 1776 and 1781. He was also appointed High Sheriff of County Cork

High Sheriff of County Cork

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 for 1773 and admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1777. In 1781 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

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 as Baron Muskerry. In 1783, he was chosen Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland

Grand Lodge of Ireland

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, a post he held for the next both years.

Lord Muskerry married Anne, daughter of John FitzMaurice, in 1775 and later inherited Springfield Castle

Springfield Castle

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, County Limerick from his father-in-law. He died in June 1818, aged 72, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son John. Lady Muskerry died in 1830.