Benjamin O'Neale Stratford, 4th Earl of Aldborough (1746 – 11 July 1833) [1] styled The Honourable from 1763 until 1823, was an Irish peer and politician of the noble House of Stratford. [2]
He was the fourth son of John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough and his wife Martha O'Neale, daughter of Venerable Benjamin O'Neale, Archdeacon of Leighlin, and a younger brother of Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough. [3] In 1823, he succeeded his older brother John as earl. [4]
In 1777, Aldborough entered the Irish House of Commons for Baltinglass, the same constituency his father and his older brother has represented before, and sat as Member of Parliament until 1783. [5] In 1790, he stood again for Baltinglass and was returned for it until the Act of Union in 1801. [5] He was Governor of County Wicklow in 1777. [6]
On 10 January 1774, he married Martha Burton, daughter of John Burton. They had a son and three daughters. [7] Aldborough died at Stratford Lodge and was buried at Baltinglass. [8] He was succeeded in his titles by his only son Mason. [7]
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