Background
A son of Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath and Anne Catherine Daly, Nugent was educated at Oscott College, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England.
A son of Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath and Anne Catherine Daly, Nugent was educated at Oscott College, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England.
He became a Captain of the 9th Foot, and fought in the Crimean War. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Galway in 1875. He succeeded to his father"s peerages on 12 May 1879. three unnamed daughters who died young
Lady Emily Theresa Nugent (died 23 September 1935), married Brigade-General
Gardiner Humphreys in 1906.
Anthony Francis Nugent, 11th Earl of Westmeath (11 January 1870 – 12 December 1933)
Honorary William Andrew Nugent (11 March 1876 – 29 May 1915), married Kathleen Stoner (died 1955)
Gilbert Charles Nugent, 12th Earl of Westmeath (9 May 1880 – 20 November 1971).