RARE! "1st Marquess of Westmeath" George Nugent Hand Written Note Dated 1830 COA

Description

Up for auction a RARE! "1st Marquess of Westmeath" George Nugent Hand Written Note Dated 1830.
This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
ES-9931
George Thomas John Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath
(17 July 1785 – 5 May 1871), styled
Lord Delvin
between 1792 and 1814 and known as
The Earl of Westmeath
between 1814 and 1821, was an
Irish
peer. Nugent was born in Clonyn,
County Westmeath
, the son of
George Frederick Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath
, and Maryanne, daughter of
Major
James St. John Jefferyes.
[1]
His parents divorced in 1796 after his father's discovery of his mother's affair with
Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw
, which also resulted in a celebrated action for
criminal conversation
. Both his parents were quickly remarried, his mother to her lover, and his father to Lady Elizabeth Moore, daughter of
Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda
. Lord Westmeath succeeded his father in the earldom in 1814. In 1822, he was created
Marquess of Westmeath
in the
Peerage of Ireland
. As these were Irish peerages they did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the
House of Lords
. However, in 1831 he was elected an
Irish Representative Peer
. The same year he was also appointed
Lord-Lieutenant of Westmeath
, a post he held until his death.