26 CARLETON CARLETON OF ANNER and CARLETON OF CLARE RAPOXrvni ^- Hugh Carleton, 2nd s. of Francis C, of iJAKUIN 1 [l.J ^^^^^ ^ leading Merchant there, by Rebecca, da. of I. 1789. Hugh Lawton, of Lake Marsh, co. Cork, was i. II Sep. 1739; adm. to the Middle Temple 1758; VISCOUNTCY [I.] Barrister of King's Inns, Dublin, Trinity 1764. I. 1797 K.C. 1768; 3rd Serjeant 1776-77; 2nd Serjeant to 1777-79- M. P. for Tuam 1772-76; for Phlllpstown 1826. 1776-83; and for Naas 1783-87; Solicitor Gen. [I.] 1779-87; P.C. [I.] II May 1787; Lord Ch. Justice of the Common Pleas [I.] 1787-1800. On 17 Sep. 1789, he was cr. BARON CARLETON OF ANNER,n co. Tipperary, and subsequently, 21 Nov. 1797, VISCOUNT CARLETON OF CLARE, co. Tipperary. Rep. Peer [I.], 1801-26; cr. Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 3 July 18 10. He m., istly, 2 Aug. 1766, Elizabeth, da. of Richard Mercer, of Dublin, by Elizabeth, da. of Peter Godbey. She ^. 27 May 1794. He m., 2ndly, 15 July 1795, at Uxbridge, Mary Buckley, 2nd da. of Abednego Mathew, of Handley, co. Dorset, by Jennett, da. and h. of William Buckley, of St. Kitts. She d. 13 Mar. 18 10, In the parish of St. Geo., Han. Sq. M.I. at Hawsted, Suffolk. He d'. s.p., 25 Feb. 1826, In his 87th year, at his house in George Str., Hanover Sq., MIdx., when his Peerage became extinct.(^) Will pr. Mar. 1826. CARLETON OF CARLETON BARONY, I. Henry Boyle, yr. br. of Charles, Earl of Bur- lington [E.] and Earl of Cork [1.], being 2nd surv. s. I. 1714 of Charles (Boyle), Lord Clifford, by his 1st wife, Jane, to da. of William (Seymour), Duke of Somerset, was M.P. 1725. (Whig) for Tamworth 1689-90; for Aldborough Feb. to May 1690; for Cambridge Univ. 1692-1705; and for Westm. 1705-10; M.A. Cambridge (Trin. Coll.) 1693; a Lord of the Treasury 1 699-1 701 ; P.C. [E.] 27 Mar. 1701 ; Chancellor of the Ex- (*) Said to be a corruption of "Avontar," a river in co. Tipperary. For a list of creations and promotions in the Irish peerage, see Appendix H to this volume. () In 1798 he "gave his sentiments very firmly on the question of the Union" but altered these views and became a declared supporter in 1799. The "secret and confidential" correspondence of Lord Cornwallis and the Duke of Portland shows very clearly that this alteration was produced by allowing him to retire from the Bench, on the plea of ill health, with a pension and promising to make him a repre- sentative peer. "As a lawyer he holds the middle rank, not having ever been considered as a first-rate man; persevering industry and methodical arrangement being the leading traits of his professional character. As a professional speaker he was neat and argumentative but of no great consideration in Parliament." [Sketches of Irish political character). V.G.
