Men-at-the-Bar/Milltown, Earl of (Edward Nugent Leeson)

by Joseph Foster

Milltown, Earl of (Edward Nugent Leeson), a representative peer for Ireland since 1881, B.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin, 1856, J.P. co. Kildare, J.P., D.L. co. Wicklow, a student of the Inner Temple 10 June, 1859 (then aged 23), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1862 (2nd son of Joseph, 4th earl of Milltown, K.P.); born 9 Oct., 1835; married 19 Oct., 1871, Lady Geraldine Evelyn Stanhope, dau. and co-heir of Leicester, 5th earl of Harrington (see Foster's Peerage).

Russborough, Blessington, Ireland; Carlton and St. James' Clubs.