Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley
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Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley (26 January 1831 – 15 December 1908) was a British
military officer and Member of Parliament
for County Cavan from 1857 to 1874.
He became a professional soldier and served in the Kaffir Wars in South Africa
, 1851-1853. He was wounded in this war, and in the Crimean War
his jaw was shattered at the Battle of the Alma in 1854. He became Colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards
in 1860. In 1874 his brother William Richard Annesley, 4th Earl Annesley, died unmarried, and Hugh succeeded as 5th Earl Annesley
. In 1877, he was elected as a Representative Peer, serving until his death.
He was a pioneering amateur photographer. Thirty-five albums of his photographs are in the Public Record Office
of Northern Ireland. They include pictures taken during the wars in South Africa and the Crimea, and during a visit to Japan
, as well as photographs of his home, Castlewellan, and the surrounding area.
He married, first, Mabel Wilhelmina Frances Markham on 4 July 1877. He was 46 and she was 19. They had a daughter, Lady Mabel Annesley (1881-1959), who became well known as a water colour painter and wood engraver, and a son, Francis (born 25 February 1884). Francis became 6th Earl Annesley, but was killed in November 1914 in the First World War. Countess Mabel Annesley died at Castlewellan on 17 April 1891 (within three weeks of the death of Hugh's mother, The Dowager Countess Annesley, wife of the Third Earl, on 29 March 1891).
He married, secondly, his first cousin, Priscilla Cecilia Armytage Moore (1870-1941) on 2 July 1892. He was 61 and she was 22. They had two daughters, Clare, born 30 June 1893, who became a pacifist and socialist, and Constance Mary, born 24 October 1895 who became Constance Malleson. Priscilla Cecilia, Countess Annesley, died at St James Square, Bath, on 9 October 1941. She was the second Countess Annesley of that name, her Aunt, the wife of the Third Earl, also having been Priscilla Cecilia.
He established an arboretum
at Castlewellan, which has been described thus:
An obituary appeared in The Times.
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military officer and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for County Cavan from 1857 to 1874.
Biography
He was the second son of William Richard Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley.He became a professional soldier and served in the Kaffir Wars in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, 1851-1853. He was wounded in this war, and in the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
his jaw was shattered at the Battle of the Alma in 1854. He became Colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards
Scots Guards
The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland...
in 1860. In 1874 his brother William Richard Annesley, 4th Earl Annesley, died unmarried, and Hugh succeeded as 5th Earl Annesley
Earl Annesley
Earl Annesley, of Castlewellan in the County of Down, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 17 August 1789 for Francis Annesley, 2nd Viscount Glerawly, with special remainder to his younger brother the Hon. Richard Annesley. He had previously represented Downpatrick in the Irish...
. In 1877, he was elected as a Representative Peer, serving until his death.
He was a pioneering amateur photographer. Thirty-five albums of his photographs are in the Public Record Office
Public Record Office
The Public Record Office of the United Kingdom is one of the three organisations that make up the National Archives...
of Northern Ireland. They include pictures taken during the wars in South Africa and the Crimea, and during a visit to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, as well as photographs of his home, Castlewellan, and the surrounding area.
He married, first, Mabel Wilhelmina Frances Markham on 4 July 1877. He was 46 and she was 19. They had a daughter, Lady Mabel Annesley (1881-1959), who became well known as a water colour painter and wood engraver, and a son, Francis (born 25 February 1884). Francis became 6th Earl Annesley, but was killed in November 1914 in the First World War. Countess Mabel Annesley died at Castlewellan on 17 April 1891 (within three weeks of the death of Hugh's mother, The Dowager Countess Annesley, wife of the Third Earl, on 29 March 1891).
He married, secondly, his first cousin, Priscilla Cecilia Armytage Moore (1870-1941) on 2 July 1892. He was 61 and she was 22. They had two daughters, Clare, born 30 June 1893, who became a pacifist and socialist, and Constance Mary, born 24 October 1895 who became Constance Malleson. Priscilla Cecilia, Countess Annesley, died at St James Square, Bath, on 9 October 1941. She was the second Countess Annesley of that name, her Aunt, the wife of the Third Earl, also having been Priscilla Cecilia.
He established an arboretum
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
at Castlewellan, which has been described thus:
- "In terms of size, age and condition of the trees, this collection ranks among the top three arboreta in the British Isles and the finest in Ireland." (Web site of the Forest Service of Northern Ireland).
An obituary appeared in The Times.