Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Kilmorey KP ADC |
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"Amateur theatricals". Caricature of the Earl of Kilmorey by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1876.
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Francis Charles Needham August 2, 1842 London, England |
| Died | 28 July 1915 (aged 72) London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Mother | Anne Amelia Colville |
| Father | Francis Needham, Viscount Newry |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation | Politician |
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 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1865–96 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Yeomanry Force |
Francis Charles Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey KP ADC (2 August 1842 – 28 July 1915), styled Viscount Newry from 1851 to 1880, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.
Kilmorey was the eldest son of Francis Needham, Viscount Newry, son of Francis Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey. His mother was Anne Amelia Colville, daughter of General Sir Charles Colville. He attended Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
In 1862 (aged nineteen), Kilmorey proposed to give a ball; this was prohibited by the college authorities, chiefly by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll). The wife of Henry Liddell, the Dean of the college, had supported the ball; the Liddell's Irish residence was close to the Kilmorey seat of Moure Park, and this favour to a family friend might have made social connexions for her several daughters (including Alice). The ball and the resulting coldness between the Liddells and Carroll is mentioned in his diary as "Lord Newry's business". He was graduated in 1864.
In 1874 he served as High Sheriff of Down and was then elected to the House of Commons for Newry in 1871, a seat he held until 1874. In 1880 he succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Kilmorey, but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. However, the following year Kilmorey was elected an Irish Representative Peer, and sat in the House of Lords until his death in 1915. In 1890 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick.
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