Background
Wandesford was the son of George Wandesford, 4th Viscount Castlecomer and Susannah Griffith.
Wandesford was the son of George Wandesford, 4th Viscount Castlecomer and Susannah Griffith.
He succeeded to his father"s viscountcy on 25 June 1751, and took his seat in the Irish House of Lords on 22 November that same year. He was elevated on 1 August 1758 when he was created Earl Wandesford in the Peerage of Ireland.
Royal Society.