Background
He was the younger son of Honorary Dorothea Bellew, daughter of Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek.
He was the younger son of Honorary Dorothea Bellew, daughter of Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek.
He was High Sheriff of Meath in 1766. Jane Moore, daughter of John Moore, 1st Baron Moore. They had:
Gustavus (1749-1816) married Martha Somerville in 1773
Charles (1750-1794) married Unknown Lister in 1785
Jane (7-sep-1751-?)
John (1-aug-1752-?)
Dorothy (22-feb-1753-?)
Catherine (28-aug-1754-1795) married Hugh Montgomery Lyons on 2-feb-1773
Elizabeth (1755-?)
Georgiana (16-oct-1756-?)
Richard (27-jan-1758-?)
Mary-Anne (1-may-1760-?)
Mary (1762-?)
William (1763-1779)
Richard (1764-?)
Barbara (1766-?)
Sophia (1769-?) married Henry Henzell and William John Lowe
Anne (1771-1828) married Thomas Craven
Richard (1774-?).
He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1755 and sat as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Navan until 1761.