George St George, 1st Baron St George

Who was George St George, 1st Baron St George?

George St George, 1st Baron St George, was an Irish politician.

St George was the son of Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet, and Olivia Beresford, daughter of Michael Beresford, of Coleraine, County Londonderry. Oliver St George was his younger brother. He represented County Roscommon in the Irish House of Commons between at least 1692 and 1715. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1695. In 1715 he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron St George, of Hatley Saint George in the Counties of Roscommon and Leitrim. In 1627 he was made Vice-Admiral of Connacht.

Lord St George married Margaret Skeffington, daughter of John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Massereene, in 1681. They had two daughters. St George died in August 1735 when the baronetcy and barony became extinct. One of his daughters, the Honourable, Mary St George, married John Ussher. Their son St George assumed the surname of St George and was created Baron St George in 1763.