George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough

George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough (1620-1683) was the son of Sir Richard Lane, 1st Baronet, of Tulsk, by his wife Mabel Fitzgerald. He married Frances Sackville, daughter of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset and Frances Cranfield, on 11 December 1683.

• George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough (ca. 1620 – 11 December 1683) was an Irish politician.
• From 1662 to 1666 he was Member of Parliament for Roscommon.
• In November 1664 he was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland, and on 5 October 1668 he succeeded his father as second Baronet.
• He was created Viscount Lanesborough in the Peerage of Ireland on 31 July 1676.
• He was Secretary of State (Ireland) from 1665 until his death.
• He was elected Fellow of Royal Society on 19 February 1662

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• Wikipedia
• Viscount Lanesborough
• The Peerage