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 CLONMELL 331 CLONMELL i.e. " Clonmell," Barony [I.] (de la Rochefoucauld), cr. 1699 with the Earldom of Lifford [I.], which see; extinct 1749. See "LiGONiER of Clonmell," Viscountcy [I.] (^Ligonier), cr. 1762; Earldom, cr. 1776; both becoming extinct in 1782. VISCOUNTCY [I.] I. John Scott, s. of Thomas S.,(^) of Mohubber, - CO. Tipperary, by Rachel, da. of MarkPRiM, of Johns- ^'9* well, CO. Kilkenny, was b. 8 June 1739; ed. at Clon- FART nnM n ^ I'nell, and was a scholar at Trin. Coll. Dublin, 1758, L ■-' B.A., 1760, and subsequently, 1775, honoris causa, I. 1 793. LL.D. ; M.P. for Mullingar, 1769-83, and for Portar- lington, i783-84;Barrister-at-law[I.], I765;K.C. [I.], 1770; Counsel to the Board of Revenue [I.], 1772; Solicitor Gen. [I.], 1774-77; Attorney Gen. [I.],('') 1777-82; P.C. [I.], 5 Nov. 1777; Clerk of the Pleas of the Court of Exchequer [I.] for life, 1783; Prime Serjeant at Law, Dec. 1783, being, five months afterwards, made Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench (an office which he retained till his death). He was cr., at the same time, 20 May 1784, BARON EARLSFORT OF LISSON EARL, co. Tipperary [L], taking his seat in the House on the next day. On 18 Aug. I789,(') he was cr. VISCOUNT CLONMELL [I.], taking his seat 21 Jan. 1790, and, on 6 Dec. 1 793,0 EARL OF CLON- MELL [I.], taking his seat, as such, 21 Jan. 1794. In Sep. 1789 he was one of the three Commissioners of the Great Seal. He m., istly, in 1768, Catherine Anna Maria, widow of Philip Roe, sister of Francis, ist Earl of Landaff [I.], da. of Thomas Mathew, of Thomastown, co. Tipperary, by Mary, da. of Richard Mathews, of Dublin. She d. s.p.s., 19 Mar. 1771. He m., 2ndly, 23 June 1779, Margaret,('') da. and eventually h. of Patrick Lawless, of Dublin, Banker, by Mary, sister of Nicholas, ist Baron Cloncurry [I.], da. of Robert Lawless, of Dublin. He d. 23 May 1798, in his 59th year, in Harcourt Str., Dublin, and was bur. at St. Peter's there. M.I.Q Will pr. 1798. His widow ^. 5 Nov. 1829, aged 66, in Portman Sq., Midx. Will pr. May 1830, under £-jo,ooo. (") Gent. Mag. says he was a clergyman of the estabh'shed church. V.G. ('') He accepted this office from Lord Chancellor LifFord with the significant words, "My Lord, you have spoilt a patriot." V.G. ('^) He appears to have pressed for an Earldom at this date, but was refused. V.G. (^) For a list of creations and promotions in the Irish peerage shortly before, and at the time of, the Union, see Appendix H to this volume. V.G. (') In A Review of the Irish Home of Commons, by the Rev. John Scott, 1789, it is said that she had an immense fortune. V.G. His bronzed visage and reputation for effrontery led to his being called "copper-faced Jack;" and Lord Charlemont in his Memoirs writes bitterly of him when Attorney General, that he was amply and exactly described by his nickname