Windham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl(4 September 1782 – 6 August 1850) was an Irish Peer.
Origin[edit]
He was the eldest son ofValentine Richard Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earland Lady Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways, daughter ofStephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester,and his wife,the former Elizabeth Horner.He had one brother, Richard George Quin (1789–1843), who married Amelia Smith on 7 September 1813 and died without issue, and two sisters, Elizabeth who died young in August 1795, and Harriet, who marriedSir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Baronetand died in 1845.
He was styledViscount Adarefrom 1822 until he succeeded to the Earldom on the death of his father in 1824. Hetook the additional surnameof Wyndham, becoming Windham Wyndham Quin, on 7 April 1815.
Life[edit]
He was appointedCustos Rotulorum of County Limerickfor life in 1818. He served as an MP forCounty Limerickin theParliament of the United Kingdomfrom 1806 to 1820. He was accused ofcorruptionfollowing the 1818General Election,but after a full inquiry, theHouse of Commonsexonerated him.[1]
Marriage and children[edit]
On 27 December 1810, he married Caroline, daughter and heiress ofThomas Wyndhamof Dunraven Castle,GlamorganandClearwell,Gloucestershire. They had the following children:
- Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl(1812–1871)
- Captain the Hon. Windham Henry Wyndham Quin (2 November 1829 – 24 October 1865), who on 24 January 1856 married Caroline, third daughter of Rear AdmiralGeorge Tyler,K.H., of Cottrell, Glamorgan, M.P., and had issue.
- Lady Anna Maria Charlotte Wyndham Quin (21 November 1814 – 7 January 1855), who marriedWilliam Monsell, 1st Baron Emlyon 11 August 1836.
References[edit]
- ^"QUIN (afterwards WYNDHAM QUIN), Windham Henry (1782–1850), of Adare, co. Limerick".History of Parliament Online.Retrieved18 June2014.
- Lodge, Edmund,Norroy King of Arms,&c.,The Peerage of the British Empire & Baronetage,27th edition, London, 1858, pp. 203–4.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages[self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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- 1782 births
- 1850 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Limerick constituencies (1801–1922)
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