Arthur Annesley, 5th Earl of Anglesey

The Earl of Anglesey
Personal details
Bornc. 1678
Died(1737-03-31)31 March 1737
Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Resting placeFarnborough, Hampshire, England
Political partyTory
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
OccupationAnglo-Irish politician

Arthur Annesley, 5th Earl of Anglesey PC, PC (Ire) (c. 1678 – 31 March 1737), of Farnborough, Hampshire, Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, and Knockgrenan, near Camolin, county Wexford, was an Anglo-Irish Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 to 1710 and in the Irish House of Commons from 1703 to 1710. He then succeeded as 6th Viscount Valentia and 5th Earl of Anglesey, joining both the British and Irish House of Lords. He served as Vice-Treasurer in Ireland from 1710 to 1716 and was a member of the regency commission upon the succession of George I.


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