William Stewart, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy
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William Stewart, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy (1675-1728), was an Anglo-Irish peer.
Sir William Stewart was born in 1675, the son of Sir William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy
. He married on November 23, 1696 Anne Boyle, the daughter of Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington
. They had 5 sons and 4 daughters.
He was given command of a regiment of foot and was made successively a brigadier-general, a major-general and a lieutenant-general. In 1714 he was made Master-General of the Ordnance, colonel of a regiment of dragoons and soon after one of the Keepers of the Great Seal.
On his death on January 10,1727 his title passed to his son Sir William Stewart, 3rd Viscount Mountjoy, later (1745) William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington
.
Sir William Stewart was born in 1675, the son of Sir William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy
William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy
William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy , was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.Steawrt was born in 1653, the son of Sir Alexander Stewart, 2nd Baronet, of Ramelton. He married the Honourable Mary Coote, daughter of Richard Coote, 1st Lord Coote, Baron Coloony...
. He married on November 23, 1696 Anne Boyle, the daughter of Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington
Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington
Murragh Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington was an Irish peer and member of the House of Lords.Murrough Boyle was born in Cork, Ireland, the son of The Most Reverend Michael Boyle, Archbishop Bishop of Armagh and Mary O'Brien. He married twice; firstly Mary Parker, daughter of Dr...
. They had 5 sons and 4 daughters.
He was given command of a regiment of foot and was made successively a brigadier-general, a major-general and a lieutenant-general. In 1714 he was made Master-General of the Ordnance, colonel of a regiment of dragoons and soon after one of the Keepers of the Great Seal.
On his death on January 10,1727 his title passed to his son Sir William Stewart, 3rd Viscount Mountjoy, later (1745) William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington
William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington
William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington was an Anglo-Irish peer and member of the House of Lords, styled The Honourable William Stewart until 1728 and known as The Viscount Mountjoy from 1728 to 1745....
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