John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley

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Arms of Bligh: Azure, a griffin segreant or armed and langued gules between three crescents argent[1]

John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley (1 October 1719 – 31 July 1781), styled The Hon. John Bligh between 1721 and 1747, was a British parliamentarian.

Background

Bligh was the son of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley and Lady Theodosia Hyde, later Baroness Clifton (in her own right).

Political career

Bligh served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone from 1741 to 1747[2] and for Athboy in the Irish House of Commons from 1739 to 1748.

Family

Lord Darnley married Mary Stoyte on 11 September 1766. They had five children:

  • John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (30 June 1767 - 17 March 1831)
  • General Hon. Edward Bligh (19 September 1769 - 2 November 1840)
  • Lady Theodosia Bligh (February 1771 - 21 January 1840)
  • Lady Catherine Bligh (born 1775, died 11 February 1812) who married Charles Stewart in 1804
  • Colonel Hon. William Bligh (25 September 1775 - 8 August 1845)[3]

External links

References

  1. ↑ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.322
  2. ↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Mcommons1.htm
  3. ↑ http://thepeerage.com/p2833.htm
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Maidstone
1741–1747
With: Hon. Robert Fairfax		 Succeeded by
William Horsemonden-Turner
Lord Guernsey
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Athboy
1739–1748
With: Thomas Bligh		 Succeeded by
William Napper
Thomas Bligh
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Darnley
1747–1781		 Succeeded by
John Bligh


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