Everything about Henry Luttrell 2nd Earl Of Carhampton totally explained
Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton PC (
7 August 1743 –
25 April 1821) succeeded to the Earldom and other titles on the death of
his father in 1787.
He was a member of the Irish branch of the ancient family of Luttrell and a descendant of Sir
Geoffrey de Luterel, who established
Luttrellstown Castle,
County Dublin in the early 13th century.
He was a
Tory Member of Parliament for several constituencies:
- Bossiney 1768–1769
- Middlesex 1769–1774 defeating John Wilkes in controversial circumstances; Wilkes outpolled him by a large margin, but the House of Commons declared that Luttrell "should have been returned" and seated him.
- Bossiney 1774–1784
- Old Leighton (Ireland) 1783–1787
- Plympton Erle 1790–1794
- Ludgershall 1817–1821
He served in the
6th Dragoon Guards and reached the rank of
Major General.
He was Adjutant General of Ireland 1770–1783, and was appointed to the
Privy Council of Ireland in 1786. Carhampton was Lieutenant General of the Ordnance of Ireland 1789–1797. He led the British suppression of the
Irish Rebellion of 1798. Not popular among some in Ireland, he sold
Luttrellstown Castle which the family had owned for almost 600 years in
1800.
His popularity is encapsulated in two examples. After
Luttrellstown Castle was sold his grandfather's grave was opened and the skull smashed (Colonel Henry Luttrell d.1717). The
Dublin Post of 2nd May 1811 erroneously reported his death, he demanded a retraction which they printed under the headline
Public Disappointment (External Link
).
He owned an estate in West Indies and lived in
Painshill Park in
Surrey, England. He married Jane Boyd in 1776, but they'd no children and was succeeded by
his brother John.
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