Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton

Arms of Luttrell: Or, a bend between six martlets sable

Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton (1713 – 14 January 1787) was an Anglo-Irish politician and nobleman.

Biography

He was the second son of Col. Henry Luttrell, of Luttrellstown (whose family had held Luttrellstown since the land there had been granted to Sir Geoffrey de Luterel in about 1210 by King John of England). He served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain for four constituencies: Mitchell (1755–61), Wigan (1761–68), Weobley (1768–74) and Stockbridge (1774–80).[1]

On 13 October 1768 he was created Baron Irnham of Luttrellstown in the Peerage of Ireland. As his title was an Irish peerage, he was able to keep his seat in the British House of Commons. He was elevated to the title of Viscount Carhampton on 9 January 1781 and was made Earl of Carhampton on 23 June 1785. He lived at Four Oaks Hall, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield from 1751 to 1766.[1]

He married Judith Maria Lawes in 1737, by whom he had eight children:

His rakish behaviour earned him the nickname "King of Hell", "Hell" being a district of Dublin notorious for its brothels.[5] He is reputed to have started the courtesan Mary Nesbitt in her career by seducing her.[6] He had a natural son, Henry Luttrell, possibly by a gardener's daughter. He became known in London as a conversationalist and sometime writer.[2]

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Robert Clive
John Stephenson
Member of Parliament for Mitchell
17541761
With: Richard Hussey
Succeeded by
John Stephenson
James Scawen
Preceded by
Richard Barry
Sir William Meredith, Bt
Member of Parliament for Wigan
17611768
With: Fletcher Norton
Succeeded by
George Byng
Beaumont Hotham
Preceded by
Henry Frederick Thynne
William Lynch
Member of Parliament for Weobley
17681774
With: Henry Frederick Thynne 1768–70
Bamber Gascoyne 1770–74
Succeeded by
Sir William Lynch
John St. Leger Douglas
Preceded by
Richard Fuller
James Hare
Member of Parliament for Stockbridge
17741780
With: John Luttrell 1774–75
James Luttrell 1775–80
Succeeded by
James Luttrell
John Luttrell
Peerage of Ireland
New title Earl of Carhampton
1785–1787
Succeeded by
Henry Luttrell
Viscount Carhampton
1781–1787
Baron Irnham
1768–1787
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