Valentine Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

Who was Valentine Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl?

Valentine Richard Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 1st Baronet was an Irish Peer.

He had presumably chosen the title of ‘Dunraven’ in honour of his daughter-in-law, Caroline Wyndham, who had married his eldest son in 1810. His earldom lasted only two years and in 1824 his son, Windham Henry Quin, became the 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mountearl. The family name had officially become Wyndham-Quin in 1815.

The son of Windham Quin, he was created a Baronet in 1781, 1st Baron Adare on 31 July 1800 - as a staunch supporter of the union, he was recommended by Lord Cornwallis - 1st Viscount Mount-Earl on 3 February 1816, and 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl on 5 February 1822.

He married Lady Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways, daughter of Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester, on 24 August 1777. They had the following children:

⁕Lady Harriet Quin, married Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Baronet

⁕Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven

He married Margaret Mary Coghlan

He is buried at St. Nicholas' Church of Ireland in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland.