The Right Honourable
The Viscount Castlecomer
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Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer (ca 1683-1719) by Michael Dahl, (1659-1743)
Secretary at War
In office
1718
Preceded byJames Craggs the Younger
Succeeded byRobert Pringle
Member of Parliament for Morpeth
with Richard Sandford
In office
1710–1713
Preceded byRichard Sandford & Sir John Bennett
Succeeded bySir John Germain & Oley Douglas

Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer (2 March 1684 – 23 June 1719) was an Irish politician who sat in the Parliament of Ireland in 1707 and in the British House of Commons between 1710 and 1719.

Wandesford was the son of Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin in 1702.

Wandesford served as the Member of Parliament for St Canice in the Parliament of Ireland between July and September 1707. He also succeeded to his father's titles on 15 September 1707.[1] On 25 April 1710 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland and was Governor of Kilkenny from 1715.[2]

At the 1710 British general election, Wandesford was returned to Parliament as MP for Morpeth but lost the seat in 1713. At the 1715 general election he was returned as MP for Ripon and sat until his death in 1719. He was Secretary at War in 1718.[2][3]

Castlecomer married Hon. Frances Pelham, daughter of Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham and Lady Grace Holles, on 31 May 1715. He died aged 35 and was succeeded by his only child, Christopher.

References

  1. ^ Edward Kimber and John Almon, The Peerage of Ireland (J. Almon, 1768), 95.
  2. ^ a b "WANDESFORD, Christopher, 2nd Visct. Castlecomer [I] (1684-1719), of Kirklington, Yorks". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. ^ "WANDESFORD, Christopher, 2nd Visct. Castlecomer [I] (1684-1719), of Kirklington, Yorks". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
Political offices Preceded byJames Craggs Secretary at War 1718 Succeeded byRobert Pringle Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byRichard SandfordSir John Bennett Member of Parliament for Morpeth 1710-1713 With: Richard Sandford Succeeded bySir John GermainOley Douglas Preceded bySir John GermainOley Douglas Member of Parliament for Morpeth 1715–1717 With: Viscount Morpeth Succeeded byViscount MorpethHon. George Carpenter Preceded byJohn SharpJohn Aislabie Member of Parliament for Ripon 1715–1719 With: John Aislabie Succeeded byJohn AislabieWilliam Aislabie Parliament of Ireland Preceded byRichard ConnellSir Christopher Wandesford Member of Parliament for St Canice 1707 With: Richard Connell Succeeded byRichard ConnellRichard Cole Peerage of Ireland Preceded byChristopher Wandesford Viscount Castlecomer 1707–1719 Succeeded byChristopher Wandesford
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