Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden Keskustapuolue (Centre Party), Personal Computer Personal Computer , styled Viscount Jocelyn between 1797 and 1820, was an Irish Tory politician and supporter of Protestant causes.
Background
Jocelyn was the son of Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Earl of Roden, and Frances Theodosia, daughter of the Very Reverend Robert Bligh, Dean of Elphin. An ardent conservative, Jocelyn was Member of Parliament for County Louth from 1806 to 1807 and again from 1810 to 1820, when he succeeded his father in the earldom.
Career
In March 1812 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Treasurer of the Household under Spencer Perceval, an office he retained when Lord Liverpool became Prime Minister in June 1812 after Perceval"s assassination. In July 1812 he was made Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, a post he held until the Liverpool administration fell in 1827. In 1821 he was created Baron Clanbrassil, of Hyde Hall in the County of Hertford and Dundalk in the County of Louth, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which entitled him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords.
In 1858 he was sworn of the Irish Privy Council.
He was an important leader in the Orange Order, eventually rising to the rank of Grand Master. A commission was set up to examine the event, and criticised Roden for his conduct.
Lord Roden was twice married. Maria Frances Catherine, daughter of Thomas Stapleton, 16th Baron le Despencer, on 9 January 1813.
They had no children.
In later life Lord Roden spent time in Edinburgh, Scotland, to improve his health. The Countess of Roden died on 9 July 1903.
Membership
Orange Order; 3rd United Kingdom Parliament. 4th United Kingdom Parliament. 5th United Kingdom Parliament.
6th United Kingdom Parliament]
As a result of this he was removed from his position as a member of the Commission of the Peace.