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Moira, Earl of (I, 1762 - 1868)

Creation: let. pat. 30 Jan 1762

Extinct: 10 Nov 1868

Family name: Rawdon later Rawdon-Hastings

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Arms:

See Marquess of Hastings

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John [Rawdon], 1st Baron Rawdon later 1st Earl of Moira

1st son and heir of Sir John Rawdon, 3rd Bt., of Rawdon Hall, co. York, and Moira, co. Down, by his wife Dorothy Levinge, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Rt Hon Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bt. MP, of Parwich, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons

born

17 Mar 1719/20

mar. (1)

10 Nov 1741 Lady Helena Perceval (b. 14 Feb 1717/8; dspm. 11 Jun 1746), 2nd dau. of John [Perceval], 1st Earl of Egmont, by his wife Catherine Parker, 1st dau. of Sir Philip Parker, 2nd Bt., of Erwarton, co. Suffolk

children by first wife

1. Lady Catherine Rawdon, mar. 30 Apr 1764 Joseph Henry, of Straffan, co. Kildare

2. Lady Helena Rawdon (b. 27 Mar 1744; d. 3 Jun 1792), mar. 3 Jun 1769 Stephen [Moore], 1st Earl Mountcashell, and had issue

mar. (2)

23 Dec 1746 Hon Anne Hill (dsp. 1 Aug 1751; bur. at Moira, co. Down), only dau. of Trevor [Hill], 1st Viscount Hillsborough, by his wife Mary Rowe, dau. and cohrss. of Anthony Rowe, of Muswell Hill, co. Middlesex

mar. (3)

26 Feb 1752 his first cousin once removed Lady Elizabeth Hastings, suo jure Baroness Hungerford, Botreaux, de Moleyns, Hastings of Hastings and Hastings of Hungerford (d. 11 Apr 1808), 1st and only surviving dau. of Theophilus [Hastings], 9th Earl of Huntingdon, by his wife Lady Selina Shirley, 2nd dau. of Washington [Shirley], 2nd Earl Ferrers, by his wife Mary Levinge, 1st dau. by his first wife of Rt Hon Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bt. MP, of Parwich, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons

children

1. Hon Francis Rawdon later Rawdon-Hastings, later 1st Baron Rawdon later 2nd Earl of Moira later 1st Marquess of Hastings

2. Hon John Theophilus Rawdon (b. 19 Nov 1756; d. 1808), mar. 1792 Frances Stephenson (d. 1795), dau. of Joseph William Hall Stephenson, son of John Hall later Stephenson, of Skelton Castle, co. York, and had issue:

1a. Elizabeth Anne Rawdon (b. 1793; d. 10 Aug 1874), mar. 21 Jun 1817 Maj Gen Lord George William Russell GCB MP (b. 8 May 1790; d. 16 Jul 1846), 2nd son by his first wife of John [Russell], 6th Duke of Bedford, and had issue

3. Maj Hon George Rawdon (b. 9 Jan 1761)

3. Lady Anne Elizabeth Rawdon (b. 16 May 1753; dsp. 8 Jan 1813), mar. 15 Feb 1788 as his second wife Thomas [Bruce later Brudenell-Bruce], 1st Earl of Ailesbury

4. Lady Selina Frances Rawdon (b. 9 Apr 1759; d. May 1827), mar. 10 May 1779 George [Forbes], 6th Earl of Granard, and had issue

5. Lady Charlotte Adelaide Constantia Rawdon (b. 1769; d. 1834), mar. 1814 Hamilton FitzGerald

died

20 Jun 1793 (bur. at Moira, co. Down)

created

9 Apr 1750 Baron Rawdon, of Moira in the County of Down

30 Jan 1762 Earl of Moira

suc. by

son by third wife

note

suc. his father 2 Feb 1725/6 as 4th Baronet

Francis [Rawdon later Rawdon-Hastings], 1st Baron Rawdon later 2nd Earl of Moira later 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG GCB GCH

created

v.p. 5 Mar 1783 Baron Rawdon, of Rawdon in the County of York (Peerage of Great Britain)

13 Feb 1817 Viscount Loudoun, Earl of Rawdon and Marquess of Hastings

note

suc. his mother 11 Apr 1808 as 17th Baron Botreaux, 17th Baron Hungerford, 15th Baron de Moleyns, 14th Baron Hastings de Hastings and 13th Baron Hastings de Hungerford

The Earldom of Moira was held by the Marquesses of Hastings from 13 Feb 1817 until 10 Nov 1868, when on the death without issue of Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet [Rawdon-Hastings], 4th Marquess of Hastings, 5th Earl of Moira, etc., the Marquessate of Hastings, the Earldoms of Moira and Rawdon, the Viscountcy of Loudoun and the two Baronies of Rawdon all became extinct.

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