Earl of Milltown, in the County of Dublin

County Dublin

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, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland

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. It was created in 1763 for the Irish politician Joseph Leeson, 1st Viscount Russborough

Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown

Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown was an Irish peer and politician.-Background:He was the son of Joseph Leeson, who was a brewer in Dublin, and Mary Brice, daughter of Alderman Andrew Brice, Sheriff of Dublin...

. He had already been created Baron Russborough, in the County of Wicklow

County Wicklow

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, in 1756, and Viscount Russborough, of Russellstown in the County of Wicklow, in 1760, also in the Peerage of Ireland. His eldest son, the second Earl, represented Thomastown

Thomastown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 in the Irish House of Commons

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. The sixth Earl was elected an Irish Representative Peer

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 in 1881 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow

Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow

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. The titles became dormant on the death of the seventh Earl in 1891.

The family seat, commissioned by the first Earl, was Russborough House

Russborough House

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 in Ireland

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Earls of Milltown (1763–1891)

• Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown
  Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown
  Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown was an Irish peer and politician.-Background:He was the son of Joseph Leeson, who was a brewer in Dublin, and Mary Brice, daughter of Alderman Andrew Brice, Sheriff of Dublin...
  
   (1701–1783)
• Joseph Leeson, 2nd Earl of Milltown
  Joseph Leeson, 2nd Earl of Milltown
  Joseph Leeson, 2nd Earl of Milltown , styled Viscount Russborough between 1763 and 1783, was an Irish peer.Leeson was the son of Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown, by Cecilia, daughter of Francis Leigh, of Rathangan. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Thomastown in 1757, a seat he...
  
   (1730–1801)
• Brice Leeson, 3rd Earl of Milltown (1735–1807)
• Joseph Leeson, 4th Earl of Milltown
  Joseph Leeson, 4th Earl of Milltown
  Joseph Leeson, 4th Earl of Milltown KP was an Irish peer, styled Viscount Russborough from 1801 to 1807. He became Earl of Milltown in 1807 on the death of his grandfather Brice Leeson, 3rd Earl of Milltown and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 13 March 1841....
  
   (1799–1866)
• Joseph Henry Leeson, 5th Earl of Milltown (1829–1871)
• Edward Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown
  Edward Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown
  Edward Nugent Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown KP PC was an Irish peer. He became Earl of Milltown in 1871 on the death of Joseph Leeson, 5th Earl of Milltown and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow on 14 June 1887...
  
   (1835–1890)
• Henry Leeson, 7th Earl of Milltown (1837–1891) (dormant)