Valentine Browne Lawless, second baron Cloncurry (1773-1853)
The son of the first baron (d. 1799), he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was
imprisoned for treason in 1799; upon his release in 1801 he entered Irish politics as a
supporter of Catholic Emancipation.
The son of the first baron (d. 1799), he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was
imprisoned for treason in 1799; upon his release in 1801 he entered Irish politics as a
supporter of Catholic Emancipation.