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Lismore (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Lismore was a parliamentary constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1800. Located in County Waterford, it returned two members to Parliament and was disenfranchised following the Acts of Union with Great Britain. Members of Parliament *1613–1615 Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Sir Richard Boyle and Francis Annesley *1634–1635 James Barry, 1st Baron Barry of Santry, James Barry, later Lord Barry and Stephen Crowe *1639–1649 Sir John Browne and Stephen Crowe *1661–1666 Adam Loftus and William Fitzgerald 1692–1801 Notes References * {{coord missing, County Waterford Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Waterford 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lismore, County Waterford
Lismore () is a historic town in County Waterford, in the province of Munster, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Originally associated with Mo Chutu of Lismore, Saint Mochuda of Lismore, who founded Lismore Abbey in the 6th century, the town developed around the medieval Lismore Castle. As of the 21st century, Lismore supports a rural catchment area, and was designated as a "district service centre" in Waterford County Council's 2011–2017 development plan. As of 2022, the town had a population of 1,347 people. History Founded by Mo Chutu of Lismore, died 637, first abbot of Lismore Abbey, Lismore. The town is renowned for its early ecclesiastical history and the scholarship of Lismore Abbey. The imposing Lismore Castle, situated on the site of the old monastery since medieval times, lies on a steep hill overlooking the town and the Blackwater valley. It can trace an eight-hundred-year-old history linking the varied historic relations between England and Ireland. Originally bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bristow
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historic Constituencies In County Waterford
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categorize history as a social science, while others see it as part of the humanities or consider it a hybrid discipline. Similar debates surround the purpose of history—for example, whether its main aim is theoretical, to uncover the truth, or practical, to learn lessons from the past. In a more general sense, the term ''history'' refers not to an academic field but to the past itself, times in the past, or to individual texts about the past. Historical research relies on primary and secondary sources to reconstruct past events and validate interpretations. Source criticism is used to evaluate these sources, assessing their authenticity, content, and reliability. Historians strive to integrate the perspectives of several sources to devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituencies Of The Parliament Of Ireland (pre-1801)
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provide the voters therein with representation in a legislature or other polity. That legislative body, the state's constitution, or a body established for that purpose determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (''constituents'') who reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. The district representative or representatives may be elected by single-winner first-past-the-post system, a multi-winner proportional representative system, or another voting method. The district members may be selected by a direct election under wide adult enfranchisement, an indirect election, or direct election using another form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ponsonby (Junior Lord Of The Treasury)
The Hon. George Ponsonby (1773 – 5 June 1863), was an Irish politician, who served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury in the governments under Earl Grey (his brother-in-law) and Lord Melbourne from 1832 to 1834. Early life He was the fourth of five sons and one daughter born to William Brabazon Ponsonby by his wife, Hon. Louisa Molesworth. Among his siblings were the diplomat John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby, Hon. Sir William Ponsonby, a major-general in the army who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo, Richard Ponsonby, who became Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora, Derry, and Derry and Raphoe, and Mary Ponsonby, who married the Prime Minister, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. His mother was the fourth daughter of Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, and the former Mary Jenney Ussher (daughter of the Rev. William Ussher, Archdeacon of Clonfert).Burke's Peerage (1939 edition), s.v. Bessborough, Earl of His paternal grandparents were the Hon. John Ponsonby, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Paul (politician)
Robert Paul may refer to: * Robert Paul (figure skater) (1937–2024), Canadian figure skater * Robert Paul (banker) (1788–1866), director of the Commercial Bank of Scotland * Robert H. Paul (1830–1901), American Old West sheriff * Robert Paul (painter) (1906–1979), Zimbabwean painter * Robert W. Paul (1869–1943), cinema pioneer * Robbie Paul (born 1976), New Zealand international rugby footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s * Bob Paul (rugby league), New Zealand international rugby league footballer who played the 1970s * Robert Paul (athlete) (1910–1998), French Olympic sprinter * Robert Paul (footballer) (born 1984), German football defender *Robert Bateman Paul (1798–1877), Anglican priest See also * {{hndis, Paul, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet, Of Tourin
Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet (''c''. 1757 – 7 April 1818) was an Irish writer and politician. He was born the eldest son of Christopher Musgrave of Tourin, County Waterford, by Susannah, daughter of James Usher of Ballintaylor, near Dungarvan.J. M. Rigg, 'Musgrave, Sir Richard (1757?–1818)', in Sidney Lee (ed.), ''Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. XXXIX: Morehead—Myles'' (New York: Macmillan, 1894), pp. 422–423. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Lismore from 1778 to 1801. On 2 December 1782 he was rewarded with a baronetcy for his loyalism and Protestantism. Musgrave was high sheriff of County Waterford and was firm in enforcing the law; in September 1786 he personally flogged a Whiteboy after no one else could be found to do it. In his works ''A Letter on the Present Situation of Public Affairs'' (1794 and 1795) and ''Considerations on the Present State of England and France'' (1796) he warned of impending rebellion in Ireland. After the defeat of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gisborne
James Gisborne (died 1778) was a British Army officer and Member of the Irish Parliament. Biography He was the son of James Gisborne, rector of Staveley, Derbyshire; Thomas Gisborne was his younger brother. He went to Ireland as page to the Duke of Devonshire, and had a successful career in the viceregal household. On 1 June 1739 he joined the Army with a commission as second lieutenant in Bissett's Regiment of Foot, and after a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 10th Regiment in 1755, and was afterwards employed many years on the staff of Ireland, as quartermaster-general in that country. Richard Cannon, ''Historical Record of the Sixteenth, or the Bedfordshire Regiment of Foot'' (1848p. 41 In 1762 Gisborne was promoted to the rank of colonel of Foot, with command of the 121st Regiment, and on 4 March 1766 he was removed to the 16th Regiment. In 1770 Gisborne was persuaded by Lord Townshend to resign his post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet
Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet Privy Council of Ireland, PC (29 September 1732 – 3 August 1804) was an Anglo-Irish politician noted for his extensive recording of parliamentary debates in the late 1760s and early 1770s. Early life Cavendish was the son of Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne (née Pyne), daughter of Henry Pyne and Anne Edgcumbe, and granddaughter of Sir Richard Pyne, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and his wife Catherine Wandesford, a granddaughter of the leading Anglo-Irish statesman Christopher Wandesford. This branch of the Cavendish family descended from Henry Cavendish, illegitimate son of Henry Cavendish (politician), Henry Cavendish of Tutbury Prior, eldest son of William Cavendish (courtier), Sir William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick and elder brother of William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (the ancestor of the Duke of Devonshire, Dukes of Devonshire). The Pyne family were substantial landowners in County Cork, and owned the celebrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Moore, 1st Earl Mount Cashell
Stephen Moore, 1st Earl Mount Cashell PC (25 July 1730 – 14 May 1790), styled The Honourable Stephen Moore between 1764 and 1766 and known as The Viscount Mount Cashell between 1766 and 1781, was an Irish landowner and politician. Early life Moore was the second but eldest surviving son and heir of Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell and the former Alicia Colville. His elder brother, Richard Moore, who died unmarried in 1761, represented Clonmel in the Irish Parliament. His younger brother, William Moore represented Clogher, Clonmel and St Johnstown. His paternal grandparents were Richard Moore of Cashell and the former Hon. Elizabeth Ponsonby (daughter of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon). His mother was the sister and heiress of Robert Colville and daughter of Hugh Colville (son and heir of Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Colville of Newtown by his third wife Rose Leslie). Galgorm Castle near Ballymena passed by inheritance to Stephen from the Colvilles, who ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet (13 April 1707 – 31 May 1776), was a British politician who held several appointments in the Kingdom of Ireland. Biography Cavendish was the son of William Cavendish and Mary Tyrell. He was descended from Sir William Cavendish, an ancestor shared with the dukes of Devonshire.John Burke, ''A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom, for M.D.CCC.XXVI'' (H. Colburn, 1826), 338. Cavendish studied at University College, Oxford, matriculating on 17 August 1724. He held the office of High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1741. He was responsible for the construction of Doveridge Hall, in Doveridge, Derbyshire. He subsequently moved to Ireland, where he became Teller of the Exchequer in the Irish government and Collector for Cork in 1743. He became Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland in 1747. Cavendish was created a baronet on 7 May 1755, of Doveridge in the County of Derby, in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He ... [...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] |
