3rd Earl of Desart.
Son of John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Dysart, and Catherine (nèe O'Connor) Cuffe.
He succeeded in the earldom in November 1820, aged two, on the early death of his father.
Educated at Eton College and entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1836 but took no degree.
Sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Ipswich between June and July 1842, when his election was declared void. He did not stand in the subsequent by-election. In 1846 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer and thus took a seat in the House of Lords, which he held until his death in 1865.
Was also Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 2 March 1852 – 17 December 1852.
Married Lady Elizabeth Lucy Campbell on 28 Jun 1842.
Children:
Alice Mary Cuffe 1844-1893
William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe 1845-1898
Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe 1848-1934
Otway Frederick Seymour Cuffe 1853-1912
Died at his London home in Eaton Square on 1 April 1865, through a fall suffered during an attack of paralysis.
Note: All the Irish variants spell the name 'Desert', whereas elsewhere it is 'Desart'.
Son of John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Dysart, and Catherine (nèe O'Connor) Cuffe.
He succeeded in the earldom in November 1820, aged two, on the early death of his father.
Educated at Eton College and entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1836 but took no degree.
Sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Ipswich between June and July 1842, when his election was declared void. He did not stand in the subsequent by-election. In 1846 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer and thus took a seat in the House of Lords, which he held until his death in 1865.
Was also Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 2 March 1852 – 17 December 1852.
Married Lady Elizabeth Lucy Campbell on 28 Jun 1842.
Children:
Alice Mary Cuffe 1844-1893
William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe 1845-1898
Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe 1848-1934
Otway Frederick Seymour Cuffe 1853-1912
Died at his London home in Eaton Square on 1 April 1865, through a fall suffered during an attack of paralysis.
Note: All the Irish variants spell the name 'Desert', whereas elsewhere it is 'Desart'.
3rd Earl of Desart.
Son of John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Dysart, and Catherine (nèe O'Connor) Cuffe.
He succeeded in the earldom in November 1820, aged two, on the early death of his father.
Educated at Eton College and entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1836 but took no degree.
Sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Ipswich between June and July 1842, when his election was declared void. He did not stand in the subsequent by-election. In 1846 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer and thus took a seat in the House of Lords, which he held until his death in 1865.
Was also Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 2 March 1852 – 17 December 1852.
Married Lady Elizabeth Lucy Campbell on 28 Jun 1842.
Children:
Alice Mary Cuffe 1844-1893
William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe 1845-1898
Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe 1848-1934
Otway Frederick Seymour Cuffe 1853-1912
Died at his London home in Eaton Square on 1 April 1865, through a fall suffered during an attack of paralysis.
Note: All the Irish variants spell the name 'Desert', whereas elsewhere it is 'Desart'.
Son of John Otway Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Dysart, and Catherine (nèe O'Connor) Cuffe.
He succeeded in the earldom in November 1820, aged two, on the early death of his father.
Educated at Eton College and entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1836 but took no degree.
Sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Ipswich between June and July 1842, when his election was declared void. He did not stand in the subsequent by-election. In 1846 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer and thus took a seat in the House of Lords, which he held until his death in 1865.
Was also Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 2 March 1852 – 17 December 1852.
Married Lady Elizabeth Lucy Campbell on 28 Jun 1842.
Children:
Alice Mary Cuffe 1844-1893
William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe 1845-1898
Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe 1848-1934
Otway Frederick Seymour Cuffe 1853-1912
Died at his London home in Eaton Square on 1 April 1865, through a fall suffered during an attack of paralysis.
Note: All the Irish variants spell the name 'Desert', whereas elsewhere it is 'Desart'.
Inscription
In memory of John Otway 2nd Earl of Desert born February 20th 1788 and
died November 23rd 1820 and of his son Otway O'Connor third Earl of
Desert, born October 12th 1818 and died April 1st 1865
Gravesite Details
Black marble slab inside Mausoleum with Desert Coat of arms and Motto
'Vertus repulsae vescia sordidae'
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