Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden

Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden (19 September 1729 - 23 August 1803) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.[1]

Hawarden was the son of Sir Robert Maude, 1st Bt and his wife Eleanor née Cornwallis.

Hawarden succeeded to the baronetcy following the death of his older brother, Thomas Maude, 1st Baron de Montalt, in 1777. He served as the Member of Parliament for Roscommon Borough in the Irish House of Commons between 1783 and 1785. He was created Baron de Montalt of Hawarden in the Peerage of Ireland on 29 June 1785. He was further honoured when he was created Viscount Hawarden, also in the Peerage of Ireland, on 5 December 1793.

He had 16 children with 3 different wives.[2]

References

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Henry Moore Sandford
Member of Parliament for Roscommon Borough
17831785
Succeeded by
Maurice Copinger
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
New creation
Viscount Hawarden
17931803
Succeeded by
Thomas Ralph Maude
Preceded by
New creation
Baron de Montalt
17851803
Succeeded by
Thomas Ralph Maude
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Thomas Maude
Baronet
(of Dundrum)
17771803
Succeeded by
Thomas Ralph Maude

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