Family
Martin's first wife was the Honourable Elizabeth Vesey, a daughter of Lord Trimblestown. They had nine children, of whom only three survived childhood. His daughter, Mary, was born in 1783. Her brothers were Thomas B. Martin (1786–1847) and St. George (died 1805). Following the revelation of her affair with a Mr. Petrie in Paris, Martin sued Petrie for criminal conversation in 1791 and was awarded £10,000. He had this distributed to the poor by throwing it out the windows of his coach on the long journey back from London to Galway.
In 1793 he married the novelist Harriet Evans Martin in Nenagh, and had by her four surviving children, including the writer Harriet Letitia Martin (1801–1891, and Rev. Richard Martin (1797–1878). The latter emigrated to Canada in 1834 and had descendants, who included D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin, c.1899–1992.
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