William Meeke (3 January 1758 – 15 July 1830) was a

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for Callan in the Irish Parliament from 1790 to 1797 and for Penryn,

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, firstly in the

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(1796–1800) and then in the

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(1801–1802). The son of Joseph Easton Meeke of Rotherhithe by his wife Suffina, he was educated at

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and

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. He was a Fellow of

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from 1800 to 1807, when he married Mary Kelly. His sister Elizabeth married the MP Samuel Farmer.

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1758 births 1830 deaths Irish MPs 1790–1797 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall UK MPs 1801–1802 People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub