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Sir Nicholas Colthurst, 4th Baronet
Sir Nicholas Colthurst, 4th Baronet (1789–1829) was an Anglo-Irish politician. He served in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Cork City (UK Parliament constituency), Cork City 1812–1829. He was the fourth of the Colthurst baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland, the only son of Sir Nicholas Colthurst, 3rd Baronet and Harriet LaTouche. In 1810, Sir Nicholas Colthurst got a grant from the British Government for £20,000 to begin the construction of Cork City Gaol. Although pledged to oppose Catholic Emancipation, he felt it necessary at times to temporise on the issue., as the Roman Catholic influence was strong in Cork city. He married his cousin Elizabeth Vesey and had four sons and one daughter. References 1789 births 1829 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Cork City Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland, Colthurst, 04th Baronet 19th-century Anglo-Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until 1871, or to a lesser extent one of the English dissenting churches, such as the Methodist church, though some were Roman Catholics. They often defined themselves as simply "British", and less frequently "Anglo-Irish", "Irish" or "English". Many became eminent as administrators in the British Empire and as senior army and naval officers since Kingdom of England and Great Britain were in a real union with the Kingdom of Ireland until 1800, before politically uniting into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) for over a century. The term is not usually applied to Presbyterians in the province of Ulster, whose ancestry is mostly Lowland Scottish, rather than English or Irish, and who are sometimes ident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
