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Edward Bligh

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Data Last Updated: 12 May 2026
Application Last Amended: 10 May 2026
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Born: 25 February 1795

Died: 11 February 1835

Peerages

Baron Clifton of Rathmore - 25 February 1795

5th Earl of Darnley - 17 March 1831

son of John Bligh

son of Elizabeth Brownlow

husband of Emma Jane Parnell

son-in-law of Henry Brooke Parnell

Education

Eton College   (1805 - 1811)

Christ Church, Oxford   (1812 - 1816)

Elections fought

19 June 1818		Canterbury	Whig	861	68.39
8 March 1820		Canterbury	Whig	566	90.34
10 June 1826		Canterbury	Whig	435	72.08