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Askeaton (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Askeaton was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II of England, King James II, Askeaton was represented with two members. Members of Parliament, 1614–1801 Notes References Bibliography * * {{coord missing, County Limerick Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Limerick 1614 establishments in Ireland 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1614 Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askeaton
Askeaton (, Waterfall of Géitine, also historically spelt Askettin) is a town in County Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is built on the banks of the River Deel which flows into the Shannon Estuary 3 km to the north. Askeaton is on the N69 road (Ireland), N69 road between Limerick and Tralee; it is 25 km west of Limerick and 8 km north of Rathkeale. The town is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. Among the historic structures in the town are a castle dating from 1199 and a Franciscan friary dating from 1389. The castle was abandoned to the English in 1580 – its walls blown up by the fleeing defenders – after the fall of Siege of Carrigafoyle Castle, Carrigafoyle Castle during the Desmond Rebellions. Askeaton was a Askeaton (Parliament of Ireland constituency), constituency in the Irish House of Commons represented by two members until the dissolution of the parliament in 1801. Desmond Castle The foc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Denny (1676–1727)
Edward Denny was an Irish politician. Denny was born in County Kerry and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Deny represented Askeaton (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Askeaton from 1715 to 1727. References Irish MPs 1715–1727 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Politicians from County Kerry {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Alexander (Irish Politician)
Henry Alexander (1763 – 6 May 1818) was an Irish politician from County Londonderry. Alexander was educated at Trinity College, Dublin,"Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/ Thomas Ulick Sadleir p8: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 and sat in the Parliament of Ireland until its abolition under the Act of Union 1800 and then in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was returned as a Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Old Sarum Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest recor ... in the 1802 election. He was the brother of James Alexander, who was also a Member of Parliament for Old Sarum, and who bought the patronage of the borough i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Griffith (politician)
Richard Griffith, MP (10 June 1752 – 30 June 1820) was the only son of Richard Griffith of Maiden Hall, County Kilkenny, (1714–1788), and his wife and cousin, the novelist Elizabeth Griffith. Biography Griffith served as the Member of Parliament for Askeaton in the Irish House of Commons between 1783 and 1790. He was twice wed; first, to Charity Yorke Bramston, daughter of John Bramston of Oundle, with whom he had Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet; she died in June 1789. On 24 February 1793, he married Mary (died 10 September 1820), daughter of Walter Hussey Burgh, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and Anne de Burgh, with whom he had Arthur Hill Griffith (1810–1881), an attorney. Arthur Hill Griffith fathered numerous children with his second wife, Hannah Rose Cottingham (1826–1921), including: :* Edward Arthur Griffith (1857–1949), mining attorney, whose descendants include the son of Lucy Griffith Paré and Canadian mining engineer Al Paré, Jules-Arthur Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1783 Irish General Election
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Ireland in 1783, the first after the passing of the series of constitutional legal changes known as the Constitution of 1782, which lifted the substantial legal restrictions on the Irish parliament. The elections were fought in a highly charged political atmosphere, with a major emphasis on the issues of parliamentary reform and free trade. Following the election, Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery, Sexton Pery was re-elected Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, Speaker. Henry Grattan, the leader of the Patriot Party, had rejected an office in government in 1782, choosing instead to continue his role in opposition. Instead, the Dublin Castle administration was undertaken by a group that was referred to by Edmund Burke as the Junta; dominated by individuals such as John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare, John FitzGibbon, the new Attorney General and later Lord Chancellor. John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel, John Foster was appointed as the Junta' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Massy, 2nd Baron Massy
Hugh Massy, 2nd Baron Massy (14 April 1733 – 10 May 1790) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Massy was the son of Hugh Massy, 1st Baron Massy and Mary Dawson. Massy served as High Sheriff of County Limerick in 1765. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Askeaton Askeaton (, Waterfall of Géitine, also historically spelt Askettin) is a town in County Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is built on the banks of the River Deel which flows into the Shannon Estuary 3 km to the north. Aske ... in 1776 and sat until 1783. He succeeded to his father's title on 30 January 1788. He married Catherine Taylor, the daughter of Colonel Edward Taylor and Anne Maunsell, in September 1760. They had eight children. He was succeeded by his son, also Hugh. A daughter Jane married William Greene.. Another daughter Catherine married John Green of Graige, Co Limerick circa 17 September 1793Saunders Newsletter (Dublin) 17 September 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tunnadine
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet
Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest (1714 – 9 June 1770) was an Irish politician and baronet. Career Cotter was born into the Norse-Gaelic Cotter family, the son of James Cotter the Younger (1689–1720), a leading Roman Catholic and Jacobite in County Cork, by his marriage to Margaret Mathew.John Burke, ''A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire'', Volume 1 (H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832)p. 292/ref> After his father's death, he was brought up by guardians as a Protestant and educated at Midleton College, a Church of Ireland boarding school in County Cork and Trinity College Dublin. Cotter served as a Member of Parliament for Askeaton in the Irish House of Commons between 1761 and 1768. On 11 August 1763 he was created a baronet, of Rockforest in the County of Cork, in the Baronetage of Ireland. In 1746 Cotter married Arabella Rogerson, daughter of Sir John Rogerson, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and Elizabeth Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Joseph Hoare, 1st Baronet
Sir Joseph Hoare, 1st Baronet (25 December 1707 – 24 December 1801) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Hoare was the son of Edward Hoare (politician), Edward Hoare, the Member of Parliament for Cork, and Grace Burton. His family had settled in Ireland during the early part of the seventeenth century and became prosperous merchants and bankers, who founded Hoare's Bank. Hoare was educated in law and practised as a barrister in Ireland. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the MP for Askeaton (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Askeaton in 1761. He held the office for an unusually long period of time, sitting until 1800, when the seat was disenfranchised following the Acts of Union 1800 when the Parliament of Ireland was dissolved. He was created a baronet, of Annabella in the Baronetage of Ireland on 10 December 1784. He passionately opposed the union between the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain and spoke at length against it in the House of Commons, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1761 Irish General Election
The 1761 Irish general election was the first general election to the Irish House of Commons in over thirty years, with the previous general election having taken place in 1727. Despite few constituencies hosting electoral contests, the election was significant due to it taking place in a time of rising political awareness within the Irish public, with many being drawn to the cause of patriotism. Background Unlike England, which had passed the Triennial Acts in 1694, thereby requiring elections every 3 years (and following 1716 every 7 years), Ireland had passed no similar pieces of legislation. As a result, the only limit on a term of parliament was the life of the monarch. This did not mean that the Commons had the same membership between 1727 and 1761, and numerous vacancies had occurred over the years, which had in turn been filled through by-elections. By the late 1750s the lack of frequent elections was becoming a contested issue, and the issue was taken up by the patriot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Malone (judge)
Edmund Malone (1704–1774) was an Irish barrister, politician and judge. He was the second of three brothers who all rose to the top of the legal profession, as their father had before them. He was the father of the first and only Lord Sunderlin, and of Edmund Malone junior, the noted Shakespearean scholar.Ball p.214 He was born at Baronston (or Baronstown) House, Ballynacarrigy, County Westmeath, second son of Richard Malone and Marcella Molady, daughter of Redmond Molady of Robertstown, County Kildare, nephew and heir of Sir Patrick Molady. His father was a highly successful barrister who was held in high regard by the English Crown, having as a young man performed a number of diplomatic missions for King William III. The eldest son, Anthony Malone, was both a fine barrister and a leading figure in Government. Edmund entered the Middle Temple in 1722 and was called to the English bar in 1730.Hart p.175 He practised successfully in England for a number of years, but in time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Minchin-Walcott
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
