Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent
The Earl Nugent | |
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Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough | |
| First Lord of Trade | |
| In office 19 January 1767 – 20 January 1768 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Chatham |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Hillsborough |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Hillsborough |
Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, PC (1709 – 13 October 1788) was an Anglo-Irish politician and poet. He was tersely described by Richard Glover as a jovial and voluptuous Irishman who had left "Popery" for the Protestant religion, money and widows.