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Bandonbridge (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Bandonbridge was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Borough This constituency was a parliamentary borough based in the town of Bandon, County Cork, Bandon in County Cork. Following the Acts of Union 1800, the borough Bandon (UK Parliament constituency), retained one seat at the Union. History It was incorporated by charter in 1613 with a Provost (civil), Provost, 12 Burgesses and freemen. It had a Corporation, the patron being Francis Bernard and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 50 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II of England, James II, Bandonbridge was represented with two members. Members of Parliament, 1613–1801 Notes References Bibliography * *Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), *T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, ''A New History of Ireland 1534-1691'', Oxfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandon, County Cork
Bandon (; ) is a town in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies on the River Bandon between two hills. The name in Irish means 'Bridge of the Bandon', a reference to the origin of the town as a crossing point on the river. In 2004 Bandon celebrated its quatercentenary. The town, sometimes called the Gateway to West Cork, had a population of 8,196 at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. Bandon is in the Cork South-West (Dáil constituency), Cork South-West (Dáil Éireann) constituency, which has three seats. History In September 1588, at the start of the Plantation of Munster, Phane Beecher of London acquired, as Undertaker, the seignory of Castlemahon. It was in this seignory that the town of Bandon was formed in 1604 by Phane Beecher's son and heir Henry Beecher, together with other English settlers John Shipward, William Newce and John Archdeacon. The original settlers in Beecher's seignory came from various locations in England. Originally the town proper w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Slingsby
Sir Francis Slingsby (c. 1569–1651) was an English-born soldier who settled in Ireland following service as an officer during the Nine Years' War. The ninth and youngest son of apparently recusant Yorkshire Catholic parents, Francis and Mary ( Percy) Slingsby, the younger Francis married Elizabeth Cuffe shortly after arriving in Kilmallock, County Limerick. She was a daughter of Hugh Cuffe, an early settler in the Munster Plantation who held estates in northern County Cork. Slingsby acquired lands at Kilmore through his marriage, and his family were established as prominent figures in Munster. He sat as MP for Bandonbridge in the Parliament of Ireland The Parliament of Ireland () was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until the end of 1800. It was modelled on the Parliament of England and from 1537 comprised two chambers: the Irish Hou ... from 1639 to 1645. References Bibliography * MacCarthy-Morrogh, Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Freke
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Martin Bladen
Colonel Martin Bladen (1680–1746) was a British politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1713 to 1727 and in the British House of Commons from 1715 to 1746. He was a Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations, a Privy Councillor in Ireland and Comptroller of the Mint. Family Martin was born in 1680 in Yorkshire and was the son of Nathaniel Bladen and Isabella Fairfax. His father was an attorney and Steward to Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (Lord Danby), his mother was the daughter of William Fairfax (soldier), Sir William Fairfax of Steeton and was related to Lord Fairfax. Martin's older brother William Bladen was Attorney-General in Maryland and briefly Secretary of that Province and his nephew Thomas Bladen was Governor of Maryland in the 1740s. Martin's sister Elizabeth was the mother of Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke. Martin acted as guardian to Admiral Hawke and supported his career advancement in the navy. Military career After initial edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Bernard
Arthur Bernard (10 October 1915 – 5 March 1984) was a Luxembourgish footballer. He played in two matches for the Luxembourg national football team from 1937 to 1939. He was also part of Luxembourg's squad for the football tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ..., but he did not play in any matches. References External links * 1915 births 1984 deaths Luxembourgian men's footballers Luxembourg men's international footballers Place of birth missing Men's association football midfielders CS Fola Esch players Jeunesse Esch players {{Luxembourg-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1713 Irish General Election
The 1713 Irish general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons. The election took place during a high-point for party politics in Ireland, and saw heavy losses for the Tories and the emergence of a Whiggish majority in the commons. Election Since 1703 Irish politics had taken on a far more confrontational hue, with clear party dividing lines being drawn along Tory-Whig lines, mirroring the division in England (and later Great Britain). Simultaneously Irish politics, like British politics, had come to focus on questions of religion, with the ruling Anglican elite fearing subversion from both the majority Catholic population, and the growing, and equally hostile, Presbyterian population in Ulster. Irish Whigs advocated protestant unity, seeing Catholics as the greatest threat, and thereby advocated further penal laws. In contrast the Tories regarded Ireland's Catholics as a spent force, and focused their efforts on dealing with Ireland's growing Presbyterian popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gorges (Bandonbridge MP)
Richard Gorges may refer to: * Richard Gorges (1662–1728), Anglo-Irish politician * Richard Gorges (Augher MP) Richard Gorges may refer to: * Richard Gorges (1662–1728), Anglo-Irish politician * Richard Gorges (Augher MP) (1709–1778), Anglo-Irish politician * Richard Gorges (Leominster MP) (c.1730–1780) * Richard William Howard Gorges (c.1876–194 ... (1709–1778), Anglo-Irish politician * Richard Gorges (Leominster MP) (c.1730–1780) * Richard William Howard Gorges (c.1876–1944) Anglo-Irish soldier and criminal * Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Baronet (born Richard Gorges, 1735–1821), Anglo-Irish politician and baronet See also * Richard Georges, poet laureate of the British Virgin Islands {{hndab, Gorges, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Bernard (lawyer)
Francis Bernard Serjeant-at-law, SL (1663 – 30 June 1731) was an Ireland, Irish lawyer, politician and judge. He was the son of Francis Bernard of Castle Mahon and Mary Freke, daughter of Arthur Freke of Rathbarry and Dorothy Smyth and sister of Percy Freke (politician), Percy Freke. Bernard sat as Member of Parliament (MP) in the Irish House of Commons. He represented Clonakilty (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Clonakilty between 1692 and 1695 and subsequently Bandonbridge (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Bandonbridge between 1695 and 1727. In politics he was described as a "furious Tory", as were his wife's father Stephen Ludlow and her sister Lady Rogerson (his wife's political views are less clear). He held the minor office of Recorder of Kinsale from 1692. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1711, a post he held until 1714, and Serjeant-at-law (Ireland), Prime Serjeant in 1724. Two years later he became a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Riggs (politician)
Edward Riggs (March 24, 1856 – January 17, 1924) was a political reporter for ''The Sun'' (New York). His full name was Edward Gridley Riggs. After retiring from The Sun in 1913 Riggs became an executive assistant to the president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Riggs was born in New York City and died at his home at 38 South Portland Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. His father, James W. Riggs, was the financial editor of the ''New York Courier-Enquirer'' and later ''The Sun''. Career Riggs began his newspaper career by writing about financial and commercial subjects for the New York World. He moved on to write about politics for ''The Sun''. He frequently attended both national and state political conventions. Riggs befriended a number of important political figures of his era. Among his friends included Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Grover Cleveland. His tenure with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad involved him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Moore, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Moore, 2nd Baronet (1663 – 28 August 1693) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Moore was the son of Sir Emanuel Moore, 1st Baronet and Martha Hull, and in 1692 he succeeded to his father's baronetcy. He was the Member of Parliament for Bandonbridge in the Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ... between 1692 and his death in 1693.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.109. Retrieved 24 January 2023. Moore married Catherine Percival on 19 October 1683; they had two sons. He was succeeded in his title by his eldest son, Emanuel Moore. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, William, 2nd Baronet 1663 births 1693 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel MacCarthy Reagh
Daniel MacCarthy Reagh, 20th Chief of the Name MacCarthy Reagh ( – 1691), also called Donal, was an Irish Jacobite politician and soldier. He represented Bandonbridge in the Patriot Parliament and fought and died for King James II at the Battle of Aughrim. He was succeeded in the Chiefship by his nephew, Alexander, who himself was succeeded by Daniel's father's second-cousin, Finghin of Benduff. Birth and origins MacCarthy was the second son of Cormac MacCarthy Reagh and his wife Ellen MacCarty. His father was esquire of Kilbrittain. His paternal grandfather was Donal MacCarthy Reagh of Kilbrittain. His father's family were the MacCarthy Reagh, a Gaelic Irish dynasty that branched from the MacCarthy-Mor line with Donal Maol MacCarthy Reagh, the first independent ruler of Carbery. MacCarthy's mother was a daughter of Charles MacCarthy, 1st Viscount Muskerry. His mother's family were the MacCarthys of Muskerry, who also had branched from the MacCarthy-Mor line. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles MacCarthy (politician)
Colonel Charles MacCarthy (died 20 May 1704) was an Irish Jacobite politician. MacCarthy was the son of Dermod MacCarthy of Ballea. In 1678 he served in the regiment of Colonel Thomas Dongan in the service of Louis XIV of France. He later became a colonel of militia in the Irish Army of James II of England. In 1689, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Bandonbridge in the short-lived Patriot Parliament called by James II. The Corporation of Bandon elected him as provost of the town in 1691, but he was prevented from assuming his position by the Jacobite defeat in the Williamite War in Ireland. Upon his death in 1704, he was buried in Kilcrea Friary. References {{DEFAULTSORT:MacCarthy, Charles Year of birth unknown 1704 deaths 17th-century Irish politicians Irish Jacobites Irish MPs 1689 Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England Irish soldiers in the French Army Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
