Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway

The Viscount Galway

Sir Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway PC (4 July 1758 – 23 July 1810), was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

He was a younger son of William Monckton-Arundell, 2nd Viscount Galway and succeeded his elder brother Henry to the title in 1774.

He was elected Member of Parliament to represent Pontefract from 1780-1783, made a Privy Counsellor in 1784 and knighted in 1786. He was MP for York from 1783 to 1790 and again for Pontefract from 1796 to 1802.

His career also included service as Comptroller of the Household (1784–87) during the reign of King George III.

He married twice:firstly Elizabeth, the daughter of Daniel Mathew of Felix Hall, Essex, with whom he had 5 sons and 4 daughters and secondly Mary Bridget, the daughter and heiress of Pemberton Milnes of Bawtry Hall, Yorkshire and the widow of P. A. Hay Drummond. He was succeeded by his son William Monckton-Arundell, 5th Viscount Galway.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir John Goodricke, Bt Charles Mellish	Member of Parliament for Pontefract 1780–1783 With: William Nedham	Succeeded by William Nedham Nathaniel Smith
Preceded by Charles Turner Lord John Cavendish	Member of Parliament for York 1783–1790 With: Lord John Cavendish 1783–1784 Richard Slater Milnes 1784–1790	Succeeded by Sir William Mordaunt Milner, Bt Richard Slater Milnes
Preceded by William Sotheron John Smyth	Member of Parliament for Pontefract 1796–1801 With: John Smyth	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Pontefract 1801–1802 With: John Smyth	Succeeded by John Smyth Richard Benyon
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl Ludlow	Comptroller of the Household 1784–1787	Succeeded by Hon. John Villiers
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Henry William Monckton-Arundell	Viscount Galway 1774–1810	Succeeded by William George Monckton-Arundell