John Hely-Hutchinson, 5th Earl of Donoughmore

Who was John Hely-Hutchinson, 5th Earl of Donoughmore?

John Luke George Hely-Hutchinson, 5th Earl of Donoughmore KCMG, JP, DL, styled Viscount Suirdale between 1851 and 1866, was an Irish peer.

Donoughmore was the son of Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore and Thomasina Jocelyn Steele. He succeeded to his father's peerages in 1866 and gained a seat in the House of Lords. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He was Assistant Commissioner for the European Commission for the Organization of Eastern Roumelia between 1878 and 1879 and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1879. He was also a Justice of the Peace for County Waterford and a Deputy Lieutenant of County Tipperary and of County Waterford. In 1893 he spoke in the House of Lords in favour of the Home Rule for Ireland.

Lord Donoughmore married Frances Isabella Stephens, daughter of General William Frazer Stephens, on 19 May 1874 and had five children, including Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 6th Earl of Donoughmore.