Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow

The Right Honourable
The Earl Ludlow
PC
The Right Honourable The Earl Ludlow PC
Comptroller of the Household
	In office; 1782–1784
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	The Earl of Shelburne ; The Duke of Portland ; William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	Sir Richard Worsley, Bt
Succeeded by	The Viscount Galway
Personal details
Born	21 April 1730
Died	26 October 1803 (aged 73)
Nationality	British
Spouse	Lady Frances Lumley

Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow PC (21 April 1730 – 26 October 1803), known as The Lord Ludlow between 1755 and 1760, was a British politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1782 to 1784.

Background

Ludlow was the son of Peter Ludlow and Mary, daughter of John Preston, of Ardsalla, County Meath (of the Viscounts Gormanston). He was the grandson of Stephen Ludlow, who represented several constituencies in the Irish House of Commons, and the great-grandson of Henry Ludlow, brother of the Parliamentarian general Edmund Ludlow.^[1]

Political career

In 1755 Ludlow, then aged only 25, was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Ludlow, of Ardsalla in the County of Meath.^[2] Five years later he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Preston, of Ardsalla in the County of Meath, and Earl Ludlow, both in the Peerage or Ireland.^[3] Lord Ludlow remained eligible to stand for election to the House of Commons and in 1768 he was returned for Huntingdonshire, a seat he would hold for the next 28 years.^[4]^[5] In 1782 he was sworn of the Privy Council^[6] and appointed Comptroller of the Household, a post he held until 1784.^[1]

Family

Lord Ludlow married Lady Frances, eldest daughter of Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough, in 1753. They had two sons and four daughters. They lived at Great Staughton Manor in Huntingdonshire.

He died in October 1803, aged 73, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Augustus. Ludlow's second son George, the third Earl, was a General in the British Army.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c William Courthope (ed.),William Courthope (editor). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Twenty-Second edition.
^ "No. 9529". The London Gazette. 15 November 1755. p. 1.
^ "No. 10029". The London Gazette. 23 August 1760. p. 1.
^ Possession of an Irish peerage did not automatically confer the holder membership to the British House of Lords, or preclude them from sitting in the British House of Commons.
^ leighrayment.com Horncastle to Hythe^[usurped]
^ "No. 12286". The London Gazette. 9 April 1782. p. 1.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by The Lord Carysfort Sir Robert Bernard, Bt	Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1768–1796 With: Viscount Hinchingbrooke 1768–1792 Lancelot Brown 1792–1794 Viscount Hinchingbrooke 1794–1796	Succeeded by Viscount Hinchingbrooke Lord Frederick Montagu
Political offices
Preceded by Sir Richard Worsley, Bt	Comptroller of the Household 1782–1784	Succeeded by The Viscount Galway
Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Earl Ludlow 1760–1803	Succeeded by Augustus Ludlow
New creation	Baron Ludlow 1755–1803	Succeeded by Augustus Ludlow

[debrett-1] William Courthope (ed.),William Courthope (editor). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Twenty-Second edition.

[2] "No. 9529". The London Gazette. 15 November 1755. p. 1.

[3] "No. 10029". The London Gazette. 23 August 1760. p. 1.

[4] Possession of an Irish peerage did not automatically confer the holder membership to the British House of Lords, or preclude them from sitting in the British House of Commons.

[5] rayment.com Horncastle to Hythe^[usurped]

[6] "No. 12286". The London Gazette. 9 April 1782. p. 1.

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