About Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore
Richard Michael John Hely Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore (born 8 August 1927) is an Irish peer, styled Viscount Suirdale from 1948 until 1981.
The son of John Hely-Hutchinson, 7th Earl of Donoughmore (12 November 1902 – 1981), and Dorothy Jean Hotham (12 August 1906 – 29 December 1995), he succeeded to his father's titles in 1981 and sat in the House of Lords under the Viscountcy of Hutchinson (a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom).
Due to the House of Lords Act 1999 he lost his seat.
Donoughmore was educated at Winchester, Groton School (Massachusetts) and at New College, Oxford graduating with a medical degree and later gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Royal Army Medical Corps.