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| Richard More O'Ferrall | |||
| Eldest son of Major Ambrose O'Ferrall (1752-1835) and his first wife, Anne Bagot. | |||
| 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). | |||
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