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Richard More O'Ferrall | |
Eldest son of Major Ambrose O'Ferrall (1752-1835) and his first wife, Anne Bagot. |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Event |
1797 | | Born (Balyna, Co Kildare, Ireland). |
1831 | 1846 | M.P. for Kildare. |
16 May 1835 | 28 August 1839 | Lord of the Treasury. |
28 September 1839 | | Married Matilda (died 1882), 2nd daughter of Thomas Antony, 3rd Viscount Southwell KP (Knight of the Order of St. Patrick). |
4 October 1839 | 9 June 1841 | First Secretary of the Admiralty. |
9 June 1841 | 21 May 1844 | Secretary to the Treasury. |
1 October 1847 | 27 October 1851 | Governor of Malta (both the first civilian and the first Roman Catholic governor). |
22 November 1847 | | Privy Councillor. |
1850 | 1851 | M.P. for Longford. |
12 September 1851 | | Resigned, refusing to serve under Lord John Russell, because of his Ecclesiastical Titles Act (against restoration of a Catholic hierarchy in England). |
1859 | 1865 | M.P. for Kildare. |
27 October 1880 | | Died (Kingstown (present Dun Laoghaire), Ireland). |
Literature: (DNB). |