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Title in the peerage of Ireland
Earldom of Westmeath
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Arms:
Ermine, two Bars Gules.
Crest:
A Cockatrice, wings elevated, tail nowed Vert, combed and wattled Gules.
Supporters:
On either side a Cockatrice, wings elevated and addorsed, tail nowed Vert, combed and wattled Gules.
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Creation date
| 4 September 1621
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Creation
| First
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Created by
| James VI and I
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Peerage
| Peerage of Ireland
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First holder
| Richard Nugent, 7th Baron Delvin
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Present holder
| William Anthony Nugent, 13th Earl of Westmeath
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Heir apparent
| Sean Charles Weston Nugent, Lord Delvin
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Remainder to
| the 1st Earl’s
heirs male
forever
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Subsidiary titles
| Baron Delvin
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Status
| Extant
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Motto
| DECREVI
(I have resolved)
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Earl of Westmeath
is a title in the
Peerage of Ireland
. It was created in 1621 for
Richard Nugent, Baron Delvin
. During the
Tudor era
the loyalty of the Nugent family was often in question, and Richard's father, the sixth Baron, died in prison while awaiting trial for
treason
, a crime for which other members of the family had already been condemned. Richard himself when young was suspected of plotting
rebellion
and was imprisoned, but in later life, he was a staunch supporter of
the Crown
, which rewarded him richly for his loyalty. The fifth Earl was a
Major-General
in the
British Army
. The sixth Earl was sworn of the
Irish Privy Council
in 1758. His son by his first wife,
Richard Nugent, Lord Delvin
, was killed in a
duel
at an early age. Lord Westmeath was succeeded by his second son by his second wife, the seventh Earl. He sat in the
House of Lords
as one of the original 28
Irish representative peers
; he was also involved in a much-publicised
divorce
following an action for
criminal conversation
against his wife and her lover. He was succeeded by his son, the eighth Earl. He was created
Marquess of Westmeath
in the
Peerage of Ireland
in 1822. He had no surviving male issue and the marquessate became extinct on his death in 1871. He was succeeded in the barony and earldom by his kinsman, Anthony Francis Nugent, the ninth Earl, who was a claimant to the title
Baron Nugent of Riverston
. The eleventh Earl was an Irish Representative Peer from 1901 to 1933.
Barons Delvin (c. 1389/1486)
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- William Fitzrichard Nugent, 1st Baron Delvin (died
c.
1414
)
- Richard Nugent, 2nd Baron Delvin (died 1475)
- Christopher Nugent, 3rd Baron Delvin (died
c.
1483
)
- Richard Nugent, 4th Baron Delvin (died 1537)
- Richard Nugent, 5th Baron Delvin (1523?1559)
- Christopher Nugent, 6th Baron Delvin
(1544?1602)
- Richard Nugent, 7th Baron Delvin
(1583?1642) (created
Earl of Westmeath
in 1621)
Earls of Westmeath (1621)
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Marquesses of Westmeath (1822)
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Earls of Westmeath (1621; Reverted)
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The
heir apparent
is the present holder's son Sean Charles Weston Nugent, Lord Delvin (born 1965).The heir apparent's
heir presumptive
is his brother Hon. Patrick Mark Leonard Nugent (born 1966).
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References
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- ^
Burke's Peerage 1999 edition page 2980