Background
Donoughmore was the son of Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore and Thomasina Jocelyn Steele.
Donoughmore was the son of Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore and Thomasina Jocelyn Steele.
He succeeded to his father"s peerages in 1866 and gained a seat in the House of Lords. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He was also a Justice of the Peace for County Waterford and a Deputy Lieutenant of County Tipperary and of County Waterford.
In 1893 he spoke in the House of Lords in favour of the Home Rule for Ireland.
Lord Donoughmore married Frances Isabella Stephens, daughter of General William Frazer Stephens, on 19 May 1874 and had five children, including Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 6th Earl of Donoughmore.