Stephen Woulfe [SEP] date of death
Stephen Woulfe
Stephen Woulfe (1787 – 2 July 1840) was an Irish barrister and Liberal politician. He served as Solicitor-General for Ireland, 1836 and as Attorney-General for Ireland in 1838;. He was the first Roman Catholic to be appointed Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. He died young due to a combination of poor health and overwork.
Life.
Woulfe was born in Ennis, County Clare in 1787, to Stephen Woulfe and Honora Woulfe (née McNamara). His father was a
he was in the House of Commons. Scandal rocked the family when Graves committed suicide, supposedly because his wife was having an affair with the Duke of Cumberland although his wife had been living apart from her husband for some time. Woulfe was 12 when her father died. Lady Mary died when Graves was just 17.
Career.
In 1844 Woulfe became a Roman Catholic. She married the only son of Stephen Woulfe, Stephen Roland Woulfe on 9 June 1853, an eminent Irish catholic. They had no children.