Background
Courtown was the eldest son of James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown, and his wife Elizabeth (née Smith), and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.
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James Stopford
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Education
Trinity College.
Career
Between 1784 and 1793 he served as Treasurer of the Household under William Pitt the Younger. In 1796 he was further honoured when he was created Baron Saltersford, of Saltersford in the County of Chester, in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Courtown married Mary, daughter of Richard Powys, in 1762.
Their second son the Honorary
Sir Edward Stopford (1766–1837) was a Lieutenant-General in the Army. Their third son the Honorary
Sir Robert Stopford (1768–1874) was an Admiral of the Red. Their fourth son Reverend the Honorary
Richard Bruce Stopford (1774–1844) was Canon of Windsor and Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
Lady Courtown died in January 1810. Lord Courtown only survived her by three months and died in March 1810, aged 78.
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14th Parliament of Great Britain. 15th Parliament of Great Britain. 16th Parliament of Great Britain.
17th Parliament of Great Britain]
He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Taghmon in 1761, a seat he held until 1768, and later sat as a Member of the British House of Commons for Great Bedwyn in 1774 and for Marlborough from 1780 to 1793.
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Died
March 30, 1810 (aged 79)