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'''Edward Brabazon, 7th Earl of Meath''' (c. 1691 – 24 November 1772) was an [[Anglo-Irish]] peer.
The second surviving son of [[Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath]] and Juliana Chaworth, he sat for [[County Dublin (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Dublin]] from 1715, when his elder brother was called up to the [[Irish House of Lords]], to 1758. In 1763, he succeeded his brother as [[Earl of Meath]].<ref name="peerage">{{cite book| editor-last=Cokayne| editor-first=George Edward| year=1893| title=Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (L to M)| volume=5| edition=1st| location=London| publisher=George Bell & Sons| url=https://archive.org/details/completepeerage01cokagoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerage01cokagoog/page/n293 283]}}</ref>
Around 1720, he married Martha (d. 24 April 1762), daughter of Rev. William Collins. Upon his death in 1772, he was succeeded by his eldest son [[Anthony Brabazon, 8th Earl of Meath|Anthony]]. He and Martha had a younger son William who married Katherine Gifford of Aghern, [[County Cork]].<ref name="peerage" />
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