Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort, styled Viscount Headford from 1766 to 1795, and known as The Earl of Bective from 1795 to 1800, was an Irish peer and politician.
Portrait by Pompeo Batoni, 1782
Portrait of Taylour's wife, Mary Quin, and newborn daughter Mary by Pompeo Batoni, 1782. Today at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Baron Langford
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Baron Langford, of Summerhill in the County of Meath, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 1 July 1800 for Clotworthy Rowley, who had earlier represented Trim and County Meath in th
Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort
…assumed the surname of Rowley, by Royal licence, in 1796 and in 1800 the Langford title was revived when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Langford). Like his father and several of his brothers, Taylour represented Kells in the Irish House of Commons from 1776 to 1790. Subsequently, he sat as Member…
Summerhill House, Main Front