Commons 1754-1790

b. 1731, o.s. of Robert Nugent by his 1st w. educ. Fagan’s acad. Dublin. unm. , 2s. 1da.

b. 1709,Almon, xvii. 516; Debrett, xii. 463. o. surv. s. of Michael Nugent of Carlanstown, co. Meath by Mary, da. of Robert Barnewall, 9th Baron Trimlestown [I]. educ. Fagan’s acad. Dublin. m. (1) 14 July 1730, Lady Emilia Plunkett (d. 16 Aug. 1731), da. of Peter, 4th Earl of Fingall [I], 1s. d.v.p.; (2) 23 Mar. 1737, Anne (d. 22 Nov. 1756), da. and h. of James Craggs (postmaster gen. 1715-21), sis. and coh. of Rt. Hon. James Craggs (secretary of state 1718-21), wid. of (i) John Newsham of Chadshunt, Warws. (ii) John Knight of Gosfield, Essex, s.p.; Nugent took name of Craggs before Nugent; (3) 2 Jan. 1757, Elizabeth, da. of Henry Drax of Ellerton Abbey, Yorks., wid. of Augustus, 4th Earl of Berkeley, 1da. (she m. 1775 George Grenville jun.; a 2nd da. was not recognized by Nugent). suc. fa. 13 May 1739; cr. Visct. Clare [I] 19 Jan. 1767; Earl Nugent [I] 21 July 1776.

b. 1726, 1st s. of Hon. James O’Brien (3rd s. of William, 3rd Earl of Inchiquin), by Mary, da. of Rev. William Jephson, dean of Kilmore. m. (1) 5 Mar. 1753, cos. Lady Mary O’Brien (suc. mother as Countess of Orkney [S] 7 Dec. 1756, d. 10 May 1790), da. of William, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, by Lady Anne Hamilton, da. of George, 1st Earl of Orkney, s.j. Countess of Orkney 1737, 1da.; (2) 25 July 1792, Mary, da. of John Palmer of Torrington, Devon by Mary, sis. of Sir Joshua Reynolds, s.p. suc. fa. 1771; uncle William, 4th Earl of Inchiquin 18 July 1777; P.C. [I] 23 Dec. 1780; K.P. 5 Feb. 1783; cr. Mq. of Thomond [I] 29 Dec. 1800 with sp. rem. to heirs of his bro.; Baron Thomond [UK] 2 Oct. 1801.

b. 2 Apr. 1746, 3rd s. of Fletcher Norton, and bro. of Hon. Edward, Hon. Fletcher, and Hon. William Norton. unm.

b. 11 Mar. 1750, 4th s. of Fletcher Norton, and bro. of Hon. Chapple, Hon. Fletcher and Hon. William Norton. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1766; M. Temple 1772, called 1775. unm.