Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford

Who was Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford?

Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford KP, styled Viscount Acheson between 1807 and 1849, was a British peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, he succeeded to that Irish Earldom upon the death of his father in 1849, but had previously been created a British peer in his own right in 1847.

He was created 1st Baron Acheson, of Clancairney, County Armagh in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 18 September 1847. He was created a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick in 1855.

He married Theodosia Brabazon, daughter of John Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath, on 22 June 1832, with whom he had the following children:

⁕Lady Gertrude Emily Acheson

⁕Lady Mary Acheson

⁕Ruthanne Acheson

⁕Edith Acheson

⁕Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford

⁕Major-General the Hon. Edward Archibald Brabazon Acheson

⁕Lady Katherine French Acheson