Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC (Ire) (9 May 1768 – 31 December 1854), styled The Honourable from 1783 to 1795, and then Viscount Clements to 1804, was an Irish nobleman and politician.
Early life
Clements was born in Dublin on 9 May 1768. His mother was the eldest daughter of Clotworthy Skeffington, 1st Earl of Massereene.
Career
He was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Leitrim in 1795 and Custos Rotulorum of Donegal in 1804. Having served as High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1796, In 1798 he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Leitrim, but subsequently failed in his attempts to be elected to the House of Lords as an Irish representative peer. In 1831, as well as becoming Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim for life, Lord Leitrim was created Baron Clements in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Personal life
On 24 July 1800, he was married to Mary Bermingham (d. 1840), eldest daughter and co-heiress of William Bermingham of Ross Hill and Mary (née Ruttledge) Bermingham (eldest daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Ruttledge). a reverend who served as Vicar of Norton and Canon of Durham; he married Charlotte King, daughter of Rev. Gilbert King; after her death, he married Amelia Verner, eldest daughter of Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet.
References
External links
- Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim (1768–1854), Irish nobleman and politician at the National Portrait Gallery, London