James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (25 March 1734 – 1 January 1789), was an Irish peer and politician[1] and held the office of one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland.
He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, and Anne Ellis, daughter of Welbore Ellis, Bishop of Meath, and was probably born at Gowran Castle on 25 March 1734.
On 20 March 1760, James married Lucia Martin, daughter of John Martin and widow of Henry Boyle-Walsingham.
He died on 1 January 1789 when his eldest son became the second viscount and Baron Mendip.
[4] In addition to being a Member of Parliament (MP) for Gowran, for which he sat three times, from 1753 to 1761, again from 1768 to 1769 and finally from 1776 to 1777, he controlled three other borough seats through the strength of his family holdings.