Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim

Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC (Ire) (9 May 1768 – 31 December 1854), styled The Honourable from 1783 to 1795, and then Viscount Clements to 1804, was an Irish nobleman and politician.

Born in Dublin, he was educated at a private school in Portarlington and Oriel College, Oxford, graduating in 1788. Two years later he was elected to the Irish House of Commons as Whig member for Roscommon Borough as well as Carrick, but chose to sit for the latter. In 1798, as Viscount Clements, he was returned for both Cavan Borough and Leitrim. He represented the latter constituency until the Act of Union in 1801, and was then elected for Leitrim at Westminster until 1804.

He was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Leitrim in 1795 and Custos Rotulorum of Donegal in 1804. Having served as High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1796, Clements that same year became Colonel of the Donegal Regiment until its disbandment in 1802. Two years later, he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Leitrim, but subsequently failed in his attempts to be elected to the House of Lords as an Irish representative peer. In 1831, as well as becoming Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim for life, Lord Leitrim was created Baron Clements in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Three years later he was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick, and later that year he became a member of the Irish Privy Council.

Lord Leitrim died in 1854 aged 86 at his residence of Killadoon in County Kildare. His eldest son having predeceased him in 1839, he was succeeded in the earldom by his younger son, William Sydney Clements.

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    Parliament of Ireland
    Preceded by
    Maurice Copinger
    George Sandford
    Member of Parliament for Roscommon Borough
    1790–1791
    With: George Sandford
    Succeeded by
    Henry Moore Sandford
    George Sandford
    Preceded by
    Edward King
    Hon. Thomas Pelham
    Member of Parliament for Carrick
    1790 1797
    With: Edward King 17901793
    Nathaniel Sneyd 17941797
    Succeeded by
    Nathaniel Sneyd
    William Gore
    Preceded by
    Peter La Touche
    Theophilus Jones
    Member of Parliament for Leitrim
    1798 – 1801
    With: Theophilus Jones
    Succeeded by
    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Thomas Nesbitt
    Lord Charles James FitzGerald
    Member of Parliament for Cavan Borough
    1798
    With: Thomas Nesbitt
    Succeeded by
    Thomas Nesbitt
    George Cavendish
    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    New constituency Member of Parliament for Leitrim
    1801 1804
    With: Theophilus Jones 1801-1802
    Peter La Touche II 1802-1804
    Succeeded by
    Peter La Touche II
    Henry John Clements
    Honorary titles
    New title Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim
    18311854
    Succeeded by
    Edward King Tenison
    Peerage of Ireland
    Preceded by
    Robert Clements
    Earl of Leitrim
    1804 1854
    Succeeded by
    William Clements
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    New creation Baron Clements
    1831 1854
    Succeeded by
    William Clements


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