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Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven (1593 – 14 May 1631; also spelled Mervin, Touchet), was an English nobleman who was convicted of rape and sodomy and subsequently executed. He is the only member of parliament to be executed for a non-political crime.
The 2nd Earl of Castlehaven was attainted of felony on 14 May 1631, forfeiting his English Barony of Audley, as it was created for heirs general but retaining his Irish Earldom and Barony. When he was beheaded on Tower Hill that same day, his Irish titles passed to his son, James.
Mervyn Touchet (or Tuchet, or Audley, Lord Audley in his father's lifetime), 2nd Earl of Castlehaven (1593 – 14 May 1631), convicted rapist and sodomite, was the son of George Tuchet, 1st Earl of Castlehaven (11th Baron Audley) and his wife, née Lucy Mervyn.
Feb 23, 2024 · Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven was born circa 1593.[1] He was the son of George Tuchet, 1st Earl of Castlehaven and Lucy Mervyn.[1] He married, firstly, Elizabeth Barnham, daughter of Benedict Barnham and Dorothy Smith, before 1619.[1]
May 14, 2013 · The crimes of Mervyn Touchet (executed on May 14, 1631), second Earl of Castlehaven, caused a sensation in Stuart England. Convicted of rape and sodomy by a jury of his aristocratic peers, his crimes were alleged to have taken place under his roof and against members of his own family.
Like his brother, he was known by his Irish title earl of Castlehaven. He was principally a military man, a Catholic royalist with influential connections at court, in Ireland and among the English peerage.5. Little is known of Castlehaven’s early life.
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Aug 25, 2021 · Mervyn (or Mervin) Touchet (or Tuchet), (1592-1631), 2nd earl Castlehaven, 9th lord Audley, was beheaded on Tower Hill for unnatural offences, after a trial by his peers, on 14 May 1631 and his honours forfeited.
