Robert Molesworth Rochfort (12 December 1743 – 17 October 1797) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Rochfort was the third son of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Hon. Mary Molesworth, daughter of Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth. In 1776 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for County Westmeath. He held the seat until his death in 1797.
References
- Kimber, Edward (1784). The New Peerage (PDF). London: W. Owen. p. 104.
- ^ Johnston-Liik, E.M. (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800. Newtownards: Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 119. ISBN 1903688604.
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| Preceded byViscount Belfield Anthony Malone |
Member of Parliament for County Westmeath 1776–1797 With: Sir Benjamin Chapman, Bt (1776–1783) Richard Malone (1783–1784) William Smyth (1784–1797) |
Succeeded byGustavus Hume Rochfort William Smyth |
- 1743 births
- 1797 deaths
- 18th-century Anglo-Irish people
- Irish MPs 1776–1783
- Irish MPs 1783–1790
- Irish MPs 1790–1797
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Westmeath constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for King's County constituencies
- Rochfort family
- Younger sons of earls