Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne

Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne (December 1703 – 10 June 1772) was an Irish peer and politician.

Erne was a major landowner in County Fermanagh. He represented Lifford in the Irish House of Commons from 1727 until 1768, when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Erne, of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh. He died in June 1772 and was succeeded in the barony by his son John, who was later created Earl Erne.

Up to 1729 Alexander Montgomery shared the parliamentary patronage of Lifford, County Donegal with the Creighton family, the Earls of Erne. There is an agreement in the Erne papers (held in the Northern Ireland Public Records Office)[1] dated 1727 between Alexander Montgomery and General David Creighton about the sharing of Lifford Corporation and its representation in the Irish House of Commons, to which it sent two M.P.s. One of the articles of agreement was that, if Montgomery should die without a son, then his interest should pass to the Creightons. Montgomery was elected as an M.P. for County Donegal in the General Election held later on in 1727 so General David Creighton and his son and heir, Abraham Creighton, (later the 1st Lord Erne) were returned as the two Lifford M.P.s. General David Creighton died in 1728 so the Lifford seat was filled by Thomas Montgomery, the nephew of Alexander. On the death of Thomas Montgomery in 1760, full control of the Lifford seats passed to Abraham Creighton.

Notes

  1. "Erne papers" (PDF). Northern Ireland Public Records Office. Retrieved 29 December 2009.

References


Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Richard Hamilton
David Creighton
Member of Parliament for Lifford
with David Creighton 1727–1729
Thomas Montgomery 1729–1761
John Creighton 1761–1768

1727–1768
Succeeded by
Abraham Creighton
John Creighton
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
New creation
Baron Erne
1768 – 1772
Succeeded by
John Creighton
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