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William Brabazon, 11th earl of Meath

1803–87

Politician and philanthropist. Reforming member of parliament for county Dublin, 1830–2. Liberal MP for Dublin, 1837–41. Chairman of the Bray Township Commissioners, 1852–75. Established schemes to further the moral and physical improvement of the working classes in county Wicklow, Ireland. Succeeded as the eleventh earl of Meath in 1851. Lord lieutenant of county Wicklow, 1869–87.

Sources

Bunbury 2005

D. R. Fisher ed. 2009

Bibliography

Bunbury, Turtle. 2005. The landed gentry & aristocracy of County Wicklow. Dublin: Irish Family Names.

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