228 DESART Richard Gorges, of Kilbrew, co. Meath, by Nichola Sophia, da. of Hugh (Hamilton), ist Baron Hamilton of Glenawley [I.]. He d. 26 June 1749, and was bur. at Castle Inch. His will pr. 1749, and that of his widow 1777, Prerog. Ct. [I.]. II. 1749. 2. John (Cuffe), Baron Desart [I.], 3rd(^) but ist surv. s. and h., by 2nd wife, b. 16 Nov. 1730; ed. at Dublin Univ.; took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 25 Nov. 1751. He w., 2 Sep. 1752, Sophia, widow of Richard Thornhill, da. and h. of Bettridge Badham, of Rockfield, co. Cork, by Sophia, da. of John (King), 3rd Baron Kingston [I.]. He d. s.p.m., 2^ Nov. 1767, at Desart, aged 37. Will pr. 1767, Prerog. Ct. [I.]. His widow d. 2 Aug. 1768, in Merrion Str., Dublin. Will pr. 1768, Prerog. Ct. [I.]. VISCOUNTCY [I.] I. 1781. EARLDOM [I.] I- 1793- [767. 'j 3 and I. Otway (Cuffe), Baron Desart [I.], br. and h. male, />. 25 Nov. 1737; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 1 1 July 1752, aged 15; admitted to the Inner Temple, 31 Jan. 1756; took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 22 Dec. 1767. Mayor of Kilkenny 1771-72, and 1779-80. On 6 Jan. 1 78 1, he was cr. VISCOUNT DESART, co. Kilkenny [I.], taking his seat, as such, 9 Oct. 1791, and on 4 Dec. 1793, he was cr. VISCOUNT CASTLE-CUFFE and EARL OF DESART [I.], and took his seat 21 Jan. 1794. Rep. Peer [I.] 1801-04. He m., 18 Aug. 1785, in Dublin, Anne, sister of John (Denis), ist Marquess of Sligo [I.], ist da. of Peter (Browne), 2nd Earl of Altamont [I.], by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Denis Kelly. He d. 9 Aug. 1804, at Dublin, aged 66. Will pr. 1804, Prerog. Ct. [I.]. His widow, who was b. 6 Mar. 1755, d. 15 Aug. 18 14, of nervous fever, at Clifton. 2 and 4. John Otway (Cuffe), Earl of Desart, (^c. [I.], only s. and h., b. 20 Feb. 1788, at Dublin; sty/ed Viscount 804. Castle-Cuffe i 793-1 804; ed. at Eton circa 1800-04; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 29 Apr. 1805; M.P. (Tory) for Bossiney 1808-17; Mayor of Kilkenny 1809-10; a Lord of the Treasury 1809-10. He m., 7 Oct. 1 8 17, Catherine, ist da. and coh. of Maurice Nugent O'Connor, of Mount Pleasant, King's Co., by Maria, da. of Sir Thomas Burke, Bart. [I.], of Marble Hill, co. Sligo. He d. 23 Nov. 1 820, in his 33rd year, at Desart. EARLDOM AND VISCOUNTCY [I.] BARONY [I. IV. (') The 1st s., Joseph, i. 27 Nov. ijiy, d. 13 Dec. 1730, and the 2nd s.. Agmondesham, b. 1728, d. 7 Nov. 1728. V.G.
