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John Vesey (archbishop Of Tuam)
John Vesey (10 March 1638 – 28 March 1716) was a Church of Ireland clergyman. Biography He was born in Coleraine, son of Thomas Vesey, the local rector. His grandfather William Vesey had emigrated from Cumbria in the previous century. The family were Presbyterians who later conformed to the Established Church. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Dublin. He is said to have holy orders at an unusually young age. He was Archdeacon of Armagh, then Dean of Cork. He was made Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe in 1672. In 1678 he became Archbishop of Tuam. During the religious troubles in the reign of King James II of England, he and his diocese suffered greatly: his cattle were driven off and attempts were made to burn his cathedral. Finally, fearing that their lives were in danger, he and his wife and twelve children fled to London in late 1688, where he obtained a poorly paid lectureship. He was proscribed by the Patriot Parliament in 1689. After James ...
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Church Of Ireland
The Church of Ireland (, ; , ) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomy, autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the Christianity in Ireland, second-largest Christian church on the island after the Catholic Church in Ireland, Roman Catholic Church. Like other Anglican churches, it has retained elements of pre-Reformation practice, notably its episcopal polity, while rejecting the papal primacy, primacy of the pope. In theological and liturgical matters, it incorporates many principles of the Reformation, particularly those of the English Reformation, but self-identifies as being both Protestantism, Reformed and Catholicity, Catholic, in that it sees itself as the inheritor of a continuous tradition going back to the founding of Celtic Christianity, Christianity in Ireland. As with other members of the global Anglican communion, individual parishes accommodate differing approaches to the level of ritual and formality ...
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Hollymount
Hollymount () is a village in County Mayo, Ireland. It is in the plains of south Mayo, on the R331 road midway between the towns of Ballinrobe and Claremorris. The village was named after the nearby Hollymount Estate, although the village lies largely within the townland of Kilrush. History Hollymount Estate, for which the village is named, was acquired by John Vesey, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Tuam in December 1698. He built a large manor house on the estate in the early 18th century. Roman Catholic records for Hollymount commenced in 1857. Surviving Church of Ireland records commenced in 1845 and civil records commenced in 1864. Gravestone inscriptions go back to the early 18th century. Amenities Hollymount village has a post office, a mini-mart, a community centre (Cois Abhainn), a small fuel/petrol station, health clinic and several public houses. The local Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international ...
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Archdeacon Of Meath
The archdeacon of Meath is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the united Diocese of Meath and Kildare. The archdeaconry can trace its history from Helias, the first known incumbent, who held the office in the twelfth century, to the last discrete incumbent Thomas George Corrigan. who retired in 1996 when his role was merged with that of Kildare. As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy and the upkeep of diocesan property within his half of the diocese."ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 Thomas Bache, Archdeacon of Meath for many years (c.1365-1410) was a leading judge and statesman, who served as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and Lord Treasurer of Ireland in 1400–1402. His successor William Yonge, or Young (died c.1437), who was appointed Archdeacon in 1412, and was still in office in 1435, was like Bache a political and judicial figure of considerable importance, who held office as Lord Chan ...
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James Smyth (priest)
James Smyth (1683–1759) was an 18th-century Anglican priest in Ireland. The son of Bishop William Smyth, and of Mary Povey, daughter of Sir John Povey, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, he was born in Raphoe and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Smyth was Archdeacon of Meath from 1732 until his death in 1759.”Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol III” Cotton, H p129: Dublin, Hodges,1848 He married Catherine Vesey, one of the numerous children of John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam The Archbishop of Tuam ( ; ) is an Episcopal polity, archbishop which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Cathol ..., by his second wife Anne Muschamp, and had several children. References 1683 births 1799 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 18th-century Irish Anglican priests ...
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Earl Of Dartrey
Earl of Dartrey, of Dartrey in the County of Monaghan, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in July 1866 for the 3rd Baron Cremorne. Thomas Dawson, Burgess of Armagh, came from Yorkshire to Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I. During the 1650s and 1660s, his second son, Richard, a cornet in Cromwell's cavalry, purchased 31 townlands which formed the nucleus of the family's estates in County Monaghan. His only daughter and heiress, Frances, married her cousin Walter Dawson (died 1718) of Armagh, who built Dawson's Grove, County Monaghan. Their son, Richard Dawson (died 1766), represented County Monaghan in the Irish House of Commons, becoming a Dublin banker and Alderman. He married Elizabeth Vesey, daughter of The Most Rev. Dr John Vesey, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Tuam and Lord Justice of Ireland. Richard's and Elizabeth's third son, Thomas Dawson, also sat as Member of Parliament for County Monaghan from 1749 to 1768 in the Parliament ...
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Richard Dawson (died 1766)
Richard Dawson of Dawson Grove, County Monaghan (c. 1693 – 29 December 1766) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Biography Dawson was a banker at Dublin and an alderman of Dublin Corporation.George Edward Cokayne, ed. Vicary Gibbs and H. Arthur Doubleday (1913), ''The Complete Peerage'', vol. IIIp. 527 He sat in the Irish House of Commons for St Canice from 1727 to 1760 and for Monaghan from 1761 until his death.Edith Mary Johnston-Liik (2006), ''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''p. 83 By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam, he was the father of Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne. References 1690s births 1766 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Politicians from County Monaghan Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Monaghan constituencies Richard Richard is a male given ...
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Sir Robert Staples, 4th Baronet
The Staples Baronetcy, of Lissan in the County of Tyrone and Faughanvale in the County of Londonderry, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 18 July 1628 for Thomas Staples, who later served as High Sheriff of County Tyrone. The long-serving MP John Staples was grandson of the fourth Baronet, brother-in-law of the seventh Baronet, father of the ninth Baronet and great great-grandfather of the author C.S. Lewis. The lines of the Marquesses of Ormonde, Earls of Clancarty, and Barons Ponsonby and Clermont can be traced back to his daughters. The ninth Baronet was a prominent lawyer. Thomas Staples, younger brother of the tenth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army. The twelfth Baronet, Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples was a well-known artist, good friend of King Edward VII and member of the Café Royal set. Following the death of the seventeenth Baronet in November 2013, the title become extinct. The family seat was Lissan House, near Cookstown, C ...
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Baron Fitzgerald And Vesey
Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, of Clare and of Inchicronan in County Clare, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 31 July 1826 for Catherine FitzGerald, with the remainder to her heirs male by her husband James FitzGerald. James Fitzgerald was a member of the Irish House of Commons for many years and also represented Ennis in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He refused a peerage in 1826 and the honour was instead bestowed upon his wife. Lady Fitzgerald and Vesey was the daughter of Reverend Henry Vesey. She was succeeded by her eldest son, the second Baron. He was a prominent Tory politician and notably served as President of the Board of Trade between 1841 and 1843. On 10 January 1835 he was created Baron FitzGerald, of Desmond and of Clan Gibbon in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of G ...
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Archdeacon Of Kilfenora
The Archdeacon of Kilfenora was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Kilfenora until 1643; the Archdiocese of Tuam until 1752; the Diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora until 1834; and the Diocese of Killaloe and Clonfert until 1923 when it was amalgamated with Killaloe. The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Charles who held the office in 1302Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1
Cotton, H. pp. 511
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John Vesey (archdeacon)
John Vesey was an 18th-century Anglican priest in Ireland. The son of John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam, and his second wife Anne Muschamp, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Christ Church, Oxford. Vesey was Rector of Ballinrobe. In 1706 he was appointed Prebendary of Kilmoylan at Tuam Cathedral. Vesey was Archdeacon of Kilfenora from 1714 to 1743."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp511/12 Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ..., Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 References Deans of Kilfenora Archdeacons of Kilfenora 18th-century Irish Anglican priests Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub ...
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Agmondisham Vesey (1677–1739)
Agmondisham Vesey (21 January 1677 – 24 March 1739) was an Irish landowner. Biography He was the son of John Vesey by his second wife Anne, daughter of Colonel Agmondisham Muschamp. He was first elected to Parliament for Tuam in 1703 on the nomination of his father, the Archbishop of Tuam, and would continue to represent the seat until his death. He married firstly, Charlotte, daughter of William Sarsfield and Mary Crofts, and an alleged grand-daughter of Charles II and Lucy Walter. They had two daughters: Anne, who married Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet, and Henrietta, who married Caesar Colclough. Vesey's second wife was Jane, daughter of Captain Edward Pottinger and widow of John Reynolds and of Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet. By her he had further issue, including Agmondisham, also an MP; Letitia, who married Charles Meredyth, Dean of Ardfert; and Catherine, who married Anthony Jephson. Vesey had residences at Molesworth Street, Dublin; Hollymount, County Ma ...
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