Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart

Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart (25 November 1737 – 9 August 1804) was an Anglo-Irish peer and lawyer.

On 25 November 1767 he succeeded his elder brother, John Cuffe, 2nd Baron Desart, in his title, and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords.

He was further honoured when he was made Earl of Desart and Viscount Castlecuffe, also titles in the Peerage of Ireland, on 4 December 1793.

[1] Following the implementation of the Acts of Union 1800, Desart was elected as one of the original 28 Irish representative peers, and attended the House of Lords until his death four years later.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, John Otway Cuffe.