Charles William Bury, 1st Earl of CharlevilleFRS, FSA (30 June 1764 – 31 October 1835), known as The Lord Tullamore between 1797 and 1800 and as The Viscount Charleville between 1800 and 1806, was an Irish landowner, antiquarian and politician.[1]
Bury was returned to the Irish Parliament for Kilmallock in January 1790, but lost the seat in May of that year. He was once again elected for Kilmallock in 1792, and retained the seat until 1797.[4] The latter year he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Tullamore, of Charleville Forest in King's County.[5] In 1798 he helped quell the Irish Rebellion.[2] and two years later the Charleville title was revived when he was made Viscount Charleville, of Charleville Forest in the King's County, in the Irish peerage.[6]
In 1801 he was elected an Irish representative peer (replacing Lord Rossmore).[2][7] In 1806 he was further honoured when he was made Earl of Charleville in the Irish peerage, reviving the title that had been made extinct on the childless death of his grandmother's brother.[8]
Lord Charleville married Catherine Maria Dawson, daughter of Thomas Townley Dawson and widow of James Tisdall, in 1798.[2] He rebuilt Charleville Castle in the Gothic style and also developed the town of Tullamore, of which he was the main owner.[9] He died at Dover, Kent, in October 1835, aged 71, and was succeeded by his son, Charles. The Countess of Charleville died at Cavendish Square, London, in February 1851, aged 88.[2]