Robert Henry Southwell (October 1745 – 29 August 1817), styled The Honourable from 1766, was an Irish politician.
He was the second son of Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell and his wife Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Arthur Cecil Hamilton. Southwell served as lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Dragoons. In 1776, he entered the Irish House of Commons for Downpatrick, representing the constituency until 1783.
In 1786, he married Frideswide Moore, daughter of John Moore, and had by her a son and a daughter. Southwell died at Clontarf, Dublin.
References
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ Sylvanus, Urban (1817). The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. II. London: Nichols, Son and Bentley. p. 285.
- ^ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. II (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 465.
- "ThePeerage - Lt-Col Hon. Robert Henry Southwell". Retrieved 13 June 2009.
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| Preceded byMathew Forde Clotworthy Rowley |
Member of Parliament for Downpatrick 1776–1783 With: Clotworthy Rowley |
Succeeded byHon. Hercules Rowley Clotworthy Rowley |
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