Peter La Touche
Politician
1775 – 1830
Who was Peter La Touche?
Peter La Touche was an landowner and Irish politician.
The La Touche family were originally from France and settled in Ireland after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
He was the son of David La Touche, MP of Marley, County Dublin and educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Dublin He succeeded his uncle Peter Latouche, MP, to Bellevue House, County Wicklow in 1828.
He became a Member of Parliament for County Leitrim 1802–1806.
He married the Hon. Charlotte Maude, daughter of Cornwallis, 1st Viscount Hawarden, with whom he had nine sons and five daughters. He was succeeded in turn by his sons Peter David and William Robert.
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