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- Arthur Ingram, 6th Viscount of Irvine (21 December 1689 – 30 May 1736), styled the Honourable Arthur Ingram until 1721, was a British landowner and politician.
Ingram was the third son of Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount of Irvine, by Isabella Machel, daughter of John Machel (or Machell), Member of Parliament for Horsham, of Hills, Sussex.[1] He was returned to Parliament for Horsham in 1715, a seat he held until 1721, when he succeeded his elder brother Richard in the viscountcy.[1][2] This was a Scottish peerage and did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords although he was forced to resign his seat in Parliament as Scottish peers were barred from sitting in the House of Commons. In 1728 he was made Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, which he remained until his death.[1]
Lord Irvine died unmarried in May 1736, aged 46, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his younger brother, Henry.[1]
Family and Education
bap. 21 Dec. 1689, 3rd s. of Arthur Ingram, M.P., 3rd Visct. Irwin [S], by Isabella, 1st da. and coh. of John Machell of Hills, Suss., M.P. Horsham 1681-1700, bro. of Hon. Charles and Henry Ingram. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 1706; L. Inn 1706. unm. suc. bro. as 6th Visct. 10 Apr. 1721.
Offices Held
Ld. lt. Yorks. E. Riding 1728-36.
Biography
Descended from Sir Arthur Ingram, M.P. (d. 1642), a merchant and official who bought the manor of Temple Newsam and other estates in Yorkshire, the Ingrams acquired by marriage the estate of Hills, near Horsham, at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Returned for Horsham on petition in 1715, Arthur Ingram voted with the Government, except on the septennial bill, which he opposed, possibly because his constituents had petitioned against it.1 He vacated his seat on succeeding to the peerage in 1721. In 1723 he contracted to buy out his chief opponent at Horsham, Charles Eversfield, but was unable to raise sufficient capital to complete the purchase.2 He is described by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu as 'a quite new man, that has a great deal of wit, joined to a diabolical person'.3 He died 26 May 1736.
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1689 - 1736 (46 years)
