Abraham Creighton, 2nd Earl Erne
Abraham Creighton, 2nd Earl Erne (10 May 1765 – 10 June 1842) was an Irish peer and politician.
He was the elder son of the 1st Earl Erne, by his first wife, Catherine Howard. Between 1790 and 1798, he represented Lifford in the Irish House of Commons. In Dublin, he was a member of the Kildare Street Club.[1]
In November 1798 Abraham was declared insane. He was then incarcerated in Brooke House, London, for the next forty years. On his father's death in 1828 Abraham became the second Earl, although still incarcerated and officially insane.
He died in 1842, within months of the death of his father's second wife, Mary Hervey, daughter of Frederick Hervey, Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry. He was unmarried and without descendants. The title and the estates including Crom Castle passed to his nephew John Creighton, the third Earl. The third Earl subsequently changed the spelling of the family name to Crichton, which spelling is maintained to this day by the Earl of Erne.
Notes
- Thomas Hay Sweet Escott, Club Makers and Club Members (1913), pp. 329–333
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Abraham Creighton Edward Cooke |
Member of Parliament for Lifford 1790–1797 With: Abraham Creighton |
Succeeded by Abraham Creighton John Creighton |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by John Creighton |
Earl Erne 1828–1842 |
Succeeded by John Crichton |