Sir
Edward
Lovett
"Surveyor General of Ireland"
Pearce
MP
Born about in County Meath, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Pearce
and Frances (Lovett) Pearce
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ann Pearce
— married
about 1725 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 34
in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
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| Created 4 Jul 2018
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Biography
Irish architect Sir Edward Lovett Pearce and his wife Ann Pearce (his 1st cousin) had four daughters who were heirs of Whitlingham Manor at Norwich in Norfolk.
He is known as the father of Irish Palladian and Georgian Dublin architecture. Edward was appointed Surveyor General of Ireland as architect of the Parliament building in 1730. He was highly acclaimed for his design and after the first Parliament was held in the new structure he was both knighted in 1732 and given the freedom of the city of Dublin in 1733.[1]
His military career began in 1716, where he served as Cornet. Pearce remained a Captain in Colonel Clement Neville's Dragoons (ca. 1720–1737).[2]
Born in County Meath, he died at his home, The Grove at Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in Dublin.
Parliament
Member of Parliament for Ratoath, Ireland, 1727–1734.
Sources
- Sir Edward Lovett Pearce
- Craig, M. (2004 September 23). Pearce, Sir Edward Lovett (1699?–1733), architect. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. Retrieved 7 Aug. 2018, from Oxford DNB.
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Richard Devlin
Richard Devlin
Sir Knight of The Grove is not a proper title. I would replace Capt with Sir and move Capt to the Biography area with a source. If you have any questions on Name Fields for European Aristocrats see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Name_Fields_for_European_Aristocrats
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