king containing a declaration of Irish legislative independence, Hely-Hutchinson supported the attorney-general's motion postponing the question; but on 16 April, after the Easter recess, he read a message from the Lord Lieutenant, the Duke of Portland, giving the king's permission for the House to take the matter into consideration, and he expressed his personal sympathy with the popular cause which Grattan on the same day brought to a triumphant issue. Hely-Hutchinson supported the opposition on the regency question in 1788, and one of his last votes in the House was in favour of parliamentary reform. In 1790 he exchanged the constituency of Cork for that of Taghmon in County Wexford, for which borough he remained member till his death at Buxton, Derbyshire on 4 September 1794. In Mar 1794 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Family In 1783 his wife Christiana had been created Baroness Donoughmore and on her death in 1788, his eldest son Richard (1756–1825) succeeded to the title. Richard, an ardent advocate of Catholic emancipation, was created Viscount Donoughmore in 1797, and in 1800 (having voted for the Union, hoping to secure Catholic emancipation from the united parliament) he was further created Earl of Donoughmore of Knocklofty, being succeeded first by his brother John Hely-Hutchinson (1757–1832) and then by his nephew John, 3rd Earl (1787–1851), from whom the title descended. See also Froude, JA; The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century (3 vols, London, 1872–1874); Grattan, H.; Memoirs of the Life and Times of Henry Grattan (8 vols, London, 1839–1846); Lecky, William Edward Hartpole; History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century (5 volumes, London, 1892) and Various authors; Baratariana, (Dublin, 5773). References External links The Donoughmore papers, Trinity College Library, Dublin 1724 births 1794 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Fellows of the Royal Society Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 John Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Cork City Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Longford constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wexford constituencies Politicians from County Cork Provosts of Trinity College Dublin Serjeants-at-law (Ireland)