UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 31 August 1781

Died: 16 May 1847

Viscount Duncannon - 11 March 1793

1st Baron Duncannon - 19 July 1834

4th Earl of Bessborough - 3 February 1844

Member of Privy Council - 1831

First Commissioner for Woods and Forests	1831	1834
Secretary of State for the Home Department	19 July 1834	15 November 1834
Lord Privy Seal	1835	1839
First Commissioner for Woods and Forests	1835	1841
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland	1846	1847

17 June 1826	Bandon	Whig	Unopposed
1826 Viscount Duncannon elects to sit for Kilkenny County
22 June 1826	Kilkenny County	Whig	568	67.70
12 August 1830	Kilkenny County	Whig	Unopposed
1831 Resignation of Viscount Duncannon on appointment as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests.
28 February 1831	Kilkenny County	Whig	336	55.54
9 May 1831	Kilkenny County	Whig	Unopposed
10 December 1832	Nottingham	Whig	2,349	70.71
19 July 1834 Resignation of Viscount Duncannon on appointment as Secretary of State for the Home Department, and being elevated to the Peerage as Baron Duncannon.