| has gloss | eng: Earl of Portarlington is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1785 for John Dawson, 2nd Viscount Carlow, who had earlier represented Portarlington in the Irish House of Commons. He was the son of William Dawson, who had represented Portarlington and Queens County in the Irish House of Commons, and had been created Baron Dawson, of Dawsons Court in the Queen's County, in 1770, and Viscount Carlow, in the County of Carlow, in 1776. These titles were also in the Peerage of Ireland. The first Earl was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He was a Colonel in the 23rd Dragoons and fought at the Battle of Waterloo. In 1808 Lord Portarlington succeeded to the estates of George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester. |
