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Rev. William Geoffrey Bouchard de Montmorency, 6th Viscount Mountmorres, (23 September 1872- 2 December 1936) was a clergyman, journalist, lecturer and politician.

The son of the 5th Viscount Montmorres, an Irish peer, and his wife Harriet Broadrick of Yorkshire. His father was murdered in County Galway in September 1880, and he succeeded to the title at the age of eight. Following education at the University of Oxford he travelled widely and became an expert in "tropical economics"

From 1895-98 he sat as a Moderate Party member of the London County Councilrepresenting Tower Hamlets (Mile End.

He was ordained a priest in 1917, at the age of 40. He held a number of clerical posts before his death aged 64.

References[]

  • "Obituary: Lord Mountmorres. A Varied Career". The Times: p. 9. 3 December 1936. 
  • Entry in Who’s Who
  • The Wikipedia page on the Montmorres Viscounts is [1].
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