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John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart (died 26 June 1749) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
He was the son of Agmondesham Cuffe and his wife, Anne Otway. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1708 he was High Sheriff of County Kilkenny. He served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Thomastown between 1715 and 1727. On 10 November 1733 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Desart, of Desart in the County of Kilkenny, and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords.
He was succeeded in his title by his eldest son from his second marriage, John Cuffe. His second son, Otway Cuffe, was made Earl of Desart in 1793.
References
- "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p200: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- Edmund Lodge, The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage Archived 11 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Saunders and Otley, 1838), p.140.
- Edmund Lodge, The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage Archived 11 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Saunders and Otley, 1838), p.140.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byArthur Webb | High Sheriff of County Kilkenny 1708 |
Succeeded byEdward Deane |
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
| Preceded byAmyas Bushe Arthur Bushe |
Member of Parliament for Thomastown 1715–1727 With: William Flower (1715) William Despard (1715–1721) Richard Bettesworth (1721–1727) |
Succeeded byLuke Gardiner Nicholas Aylward |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| New creation | Baron Desart 1733–1749 |
Succeeded byJohn Cuffe |
- 1749 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- 18th-century Anglo-Irish people
- Barons in the Peerage of Ireland
- Peers of Ireland created by George II
- Irish MPs 1715–1727
- High sheriffs of County Kilkenny
- Mayors of Kilkenny
- Members of the Irish House of Lords
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies