Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath


Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath PC , styled Hon. Chambré Brabazon from 1652 to 1707, was an Irish nobleman and politician.

Education and offices

He was the third son of Edward Brabazon, 2nd Earl of Meath and Mary Chambre. He was admitted to Trinity College, Dublin, on 10 October 1667. He was the captain of a troop of horse in Ireland, and was Paymaster of Ireland in 1675. Between 1692 and 1695, he sat in the Irish House of Commons for Dublin County. He succeeded his brother Edward as Earl of Meath in 1707 and took his seat on 8 August 1709 in the Irish House of Lords. Meath was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Dublin in the same year, and named to the Privy Council of Ireland in 1710.

Family

In 1682, he married Juliana Chaworth, only daughter of Patrick Chaworth, 3rd Viscount Chaworth and Grace Manners, daughter of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland. They had seven children:
He died in Nottingham and was buried in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham on 2 April 1715.