James Thomas Stopford, fourth earl of Courtown

(1766-1837)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Stopford James Thomas (1794-1858) 4th Earl of Courtown LBT ID: LdCourt4	B/BAP: 1766-09-28 DIED: 1837-09-14
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The son of the third earl of Courtown (d. 1835); he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and was a Tory MP for County Wexford (1820-30).
REFERENCES TO James Thomas Stopford, fourth earl of Courtown: Sir Walter Scott to Daniel Terry, 31 July 1822 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VIII 1822 Found 1: ¶ n1