UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 1709

Died: 14 October 1788

1st Viscount Clare - 19 January 1767

1st Earl Nugent - 21 July 1776

Member of Privy Council - 17 December 1759

son of Michael Nugent

son of Mary Barnewall

husband of Lady Emilia Plunkett

husband of Anne Craggs

son-in-law of James Craggs

husband of Elizabeth Drax

son-in-law of Henry Drax

Fagan's Academy, Dublin

Comptroller of the Household to the Prince of Wales	1747	1751
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	6 April 1754	December 1759
First Lord of Trade	18 December 1766	January 1768

1 May 1754	Bristol	Whig	2,592	74.09
December 1759 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Nugent on appointment as Vice-Treasurer of Ireland.
26 December 1759	Bristol	Whig
27 March 1761	Bristol	Whig
18 December 1766 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Nugent on appointment as First Lord of Trade.
16 December 1766	Bristol	Whig
16 March 1768	Bristol	Whig
June 1768 Resignation of Rt Hon Viscount Clare on appointment as Vice-Treasurer of Ireland.
27 June 1768	Bristol	Whig
3 November 1774	Bristol	Whig	283	6.28