Christopher Hely-Hutchinson

[1] In 1795 Hely-Hutchinson entered the Irish House of Commons, succeeding his father as MP for the borough of Taghmon, in County Wexford.

He saw action in the Battle of Ballinamuck, where he was instrumental in capturing the French generals Lafontaine and Sarrazin, and was commended for his bravery by Lord Cornwallis.

In January 1801 he was raised to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and accompanied his brother John as a volunteer in the expedition to Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercromby.

He voted in favour of Sir Francis Burdett's plan of parliamentary reform, and one of the last speeches he made was directed against emigration to Canada as a panacea for Irish distress.

After the Peace of Tilsit he visited Moscow, and on his return to England in the beginning of 1809 he opposed the ministry for their mismanagement of the war, and particularly for the Convention of Cintra.

He died after a lingering illness at his residence, Ben Lomond House, Downshire Hill Road, Hampstead, on 26 August 1826.