James Annesley, 2nd Earl of Anglesey

James Annesley

2nd Earl of Anglesey
Earl of Anglesey
Tenure6 April 1686 – 1 April 1690
PredecessorArthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey
SuccessorJames Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey
Other titlesViscount Valentia, Baron Mountnorris, Baron Annesley
Bornc. 1645
Died1 April 1690(1690-04-01) (aged 45)
NationalityBritish
Offices
Spouse(s)Lady Elizabeth Manners
Issue
ParentsArthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey and Elizabeth Altham

James Annesley, 2nd Earl of Anglesey FRS (c. 1645 – 1 April 1690), styled Lord Annesley from 1661 to 1686, was a British peer.

He was the son of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey and Elizabeth Altham. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford University, on 4 December 1661.

He married Lady Elizabeth Manners, daughter of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu, on 17 September 1669. They had children:

He died intestate and the administration of his estate in England and Ireland, with a value estimated at £4,000 per annum, was granted to his widow on 6 June 1690.

He was briefly a Whig member of parliament for County Waterford in 1666, after his brother-in-law, Richard Power succeeded in his father's (Irish) peerage.[1] He was elected to the English seat of Winchester in the parliaments of May and October 1679, and again in 1681. He was a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire and Surrey (1674–81), colonel of the Hampshire militia (1675–81), Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire(1675–81) and a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire (1680–81).[1]

On 6 April 1686 Annesley succeeded to his father's peerages of Baron Mountnorris and Earl of Anglesey, in Wales [E., 1661], Baron Annesley, of Newport Pagnel, Buckinghamshire [E., 1661] and Viscount Valentia.[2] [3]

  1. ^ a b Watson, Paula (1983). "ANNESLEY, James, Lord Annesley (c.1645-90), of Farnborough, Hants.". In Henning, B. D. (ed.). The House of Commons 1660–1690. The History of Parliament Trust.
  2. ^ "James Annesley, 2nd Earl of Anglesey". The Peerage. 6 January 2013.
  3. ^ A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire, Sir Bernard Burke, Harrison, 1866