Lot 193: Robert Hunter , Ulster active 1752 - 1803 Dublin Portrait of the Rt. Hon. John Ormsby Vandeleur of Kilrush (1765-1828), when a boy oil on canvas

half length, seated, wearing a green coat, a book in his right hand signed with monogram and dated l.l.: 1783 oil on canvas

measurements note 74 by 61 cm., 29 1/4 by 24 in.

Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur, Kilrush, County Clare;
by descent

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
John Ormsby Vandeleur, of Kilrush, County Clare, was the eldest son of Crofton Vandeleur M.P. and his wife Alice, daughter of Thomas Burton of Buncraggy. He attended Glasgow University in 1783, became a member of Lincoln's Inn in 1785 and was called to the Bar in 1790. Vandeleur was Member of Parliament for Carlow from 1790 to 1800 and served, among other appointments, as Commissioner of Customs for Ireland between 1806 and 1822. On 17th November 1800 he married Lady Frances Moore, daughter of Charles, 1st Marquis of Drogheda, by whom he had two sons and two daughters.