Arthur Acheson, 1st Earl of Gosford

Wikipedia Biographical Summary

"Arthur Acheson, 1st Earl of Gosford (ca. 1745 – 14 January 1807), known as The Viscount Gosford between 1790 and 1806, was an Irish peer of Scottish descent and politician.

No detailed records from the early 1740s have emerged to indicate the date and place of Arthur Acheson's birth, with varying documents giving the year as 1742 or 1745. The son of Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford, he succeeded to the viscountcy upon the death of his father, and was subsequently created Earl of Gosford in 1806. Acheson was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Leighlin from 1783 until 1791.

By his 1774 marriage to Millicent Pole, he became the father of Olivia Acheson (1778-1863) later Lady Olivia Sparrow , and Mary Acheson (1787–1843). He was also the father of Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, whose mother is not mentioned in existing documentation."

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Other References

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. London : Harrison 1869. page 503