(1734 - 1809), s. and h. of 1st E. of Arran; sty. Vct. Sudley [I] 1762 - 73 when suc. fa. as 2nd E.; MP [I] 1759 - 73; m. 1 1760 Hon. Catherine Annesley (d. 1770), dau. of 1st Vct. Glerawly [I], 2 1771 Anne Knight (d. 1779), 3 1781 Elizabeth Underwood; KP 1783.
1767 - 70 Florence (by 10 Jan. 1767 - ), Naples (by 15 Nov. 1768 - ), Rome (1769), Florence (Oct. - Nov. 1769), Pisa (winter 1769 - 70), Florence (by 20 Mar. 1770) [Dublin by Nov.]
Lord Sudley had arrived in Florence by 10 January 1767, and on the 24th he had been presented to the Grand Duke.1 He is next recorded at Naples on 15 November 1768.2 He was travelling with his first wife, very probably for the sake of her health, and she was to be remembered in Naples for her 'humanity, generosity, and every virtue'.3 They were in Florence in October and November 1769, and after passing the winter at Pisa were briefly back in Florence in March 1770. Lady Sudley was a favourite with the Grand Duchess in Florence, wrote Horace Mann, 'though she left off when she pleased, and even refused the royal invitation when engaged to another party'.4 She sat to Hewetson for an undated marble bust (priv. coll.) and, with her husband, to Batoni for a portrait dated 1769 (Clark/Bowron 335; priv. coll.). Lady Sudley died in Dublin, soon after their return, on 23 November 1770 (CP).
1. Gazz.Tosc. Wal.Corr., 22:42. 2. SP 93/24 (Hamilton, 15 Nov. 1768). 3. Miller, Letters, 2:132 - 3. 4. Wal.Corr., 23:149, 203. Eg.2641, f.62 (Mann, 20 Mar. 1770).