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Londonderry City (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Londonderry City was a constituency represented 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 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fran ... until 1800. Members of Parliament *1613–1615: George Cary and Thomas Crewe *1634–1635: Sir Robert Farrar and Robert Goodwin *1639–1649: Sir Robert Stewart and Sir Francis Butler *1661–1666: John Godbold (died and replaced 1665 by John Gorges) and Hugh Edwards 1692–1801 Notes References * {{Authority control Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) History of Derry (city) Politics of Derry (city) 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish House Of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive franchise, similar to the unreformed House of Commons in contemporary England and Great Britain. Catholics were disqualified from sitting in the Irish parliament from 1691, even though they comprised the vast majority of the Irish population. The Irish executive, known as the Dublin Castle administration, under the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was not answerable to the House of Commons but to the British government. However, the Chief Secretary for Ireland was usually a member of the Irish parliament. In the Commons, business was presided over by the Speaker. From 1 January 1801, it ceased to exist and was succeeded by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Franchise The limited franchise was exclusively male. From 1728 until 1793, Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hamilton (Irish Politician)
William Hamilton may refer to: Academics * Robert William Hamilton Jr. (1930–2011), known as Bill, American hyperbaric physiologist *William Hamilton (university principal) (1669–1732), Principal of the University of Edinburgh * William Hamilton (surgeon) (died 1717), surgeon in the British East India Company *Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788–1856), Scottish metaphysician *William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865), mathematician, astronomer and physicist who lived in Dublin in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland *William Edwin Hamilton (1834–1902), son of William Rowan and publisher of his ''Elements of Quaternions'' (1866) * William Hamilton (geologist) (1805–1867), English geologist * William F. Hamilton (physician) (1893–1964), American physician * William F. Hamilton (professor) (born 1941), professorship of management and technology *William Hamilton (theologian) (1924–2012), American theologian * W. D. Hamilton (1936–2000), British evolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Derry (city)
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Derry (city)
The earliest references to the history of Derry date to the 6th century when a monastery was founded there; however, archaeological sites and objects predating this have been found. The name Derry comes from the Old Irish word ''Daire'' (modern: ''Doire'') meaning 'oak grove' or 'oak wood'. Early history In the 6th century, a Christian monastery was founded on the hill of ''Doire'' to the east of the River Foyle. The site was allegedly granted by a local king who had a fortress there. According to legend the monastery of Doire was established by Saint Colmcille/Columba. Colmcille founded many important monasteries in Ireland and Scotland, including Durrow Abbey in the Irish Midlands and Iona on an island off the west of Scotland. The claim that he founded a settlement at Doire is less certain, although that monastery belonged to the federation of Columban churches which looked to Colmcille as their spiritual founder and leader. According to local tradition the location of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituencies Of The Parliament Of Ireland (pre-1801)
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity) created to provide its population with representation in the larger state's legislative body. That body, or 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. District representatives may be elected by a first-past-the-post system, a proportional representative system, or another voting method. They may be selected by a direct election under universal suffrage, an indirect election, or another form of suffrage. Terminology The names for electoral districts vary across countries and, occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Andrew Ferguson, 1st Baronet
Sir Andrew Ferguson, 1st Baronet (7 October 1761 – 17 July 1808) was an Anglo-Irish banker and politician. Ferguson was High Sheriff of Londonderry City in 1786 and Mayor of Derry City from 1796 to 1797. He was the Member of Parliament for Londonderry City in the Irish House of Commons between 1798 and the Acts of Union 1800.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.87 (Retrieved 1 November 2022). On 7 October 1801 he was made a baronet, of the City of Londonderry in the Baronetage of Ireland Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James .... Ferguson married Elizabeth, daughter of the Derry merchant Robert Alexander, who was the brother of the James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon. He ... [...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 who 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 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 in 1820 from their cousin, The 2nd Earl of Caledon. He was also the brother of Josias du Pré Alexander Josias Du Pré Alexander (1771 – 20 August 1839) was an Irish-born officer of the British East India Company who sat in the House of Commons of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Hill, 2nd Baronet
Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1763 – 8 March 1839) was an Irish politician. Family and early life He was the oldest son of Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet of Brook Hall, County Londonderry, who had been a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Londonderry City from 1768 to 1795. His mother Hannah was a daughter of John McClintock, Hill was educated in Londonderry and at Trinity College, Dublin. He then studied at Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar in Ireland in 1786. In 1788, he married Jane Beresford, daughter of Hon. John Beresford (son of the Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone), who was President of the Irish Board of Revenue). Career Hill was a member of the Orange Order, serving for time on the committee of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. He was a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Coleraine from 1791 to 1795, and then succeeded his father as MP for Londonderry City 1798. In the Parliament of the United Kingdom, he was the Member of Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lecky (politician)
William Edward Hartpole Lecky (26 March 1838 – 22 October 1903) was an Irish historian, essayist, and political theorist with Whig proclivities. His major work was an eight-volume ''History of Ireland during the Eighteenth Century''. Early life Born at Newtown Park, near Dublin, he was the eldest son of John Hartpole Lecky, a landowner. He was educated at Kingstown, Armagh, at Cheltenham College, and at Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated BA in 1859 and MA in 1863, and where he studied divinity with a view to becoming a priest in the Church of Ireland. Career In 1860, Lecky published anonymously a small book entitled ''The Religious Tendencies of the Age'', but on leaving college he turned to historiography. In 1861 he published ''Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland'', containing brief sketches of Jonathan Swift, Henry Flood, Henry Grattan and Daniel O'Connell, originally anonymous, republished in 1871; the essay on Swift, rewritten and amplified, appeared a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Alexander, 1st Earl Of Caledon
James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon (1730 – 22 March 1802) was an Irish landlord, merchant, politician and member of the UK's House of Lords (upper chamber of parliament) as a representative peer for List of Irish representative peers, Northern Ireland. An Irish 'nabob' Alexander began his career in India when he arrived at Fort St. George (India), Fort St George, Madras, in 1752, at the age of twenty-three, and became a factor there. He was also employed under the Accountant for Madras, and in 1754 became Sub-Accountant and Book-Keeper of Deposits from the Mayor's Courts. He was Sheriff of Madras in 1754 and again in 1757. In the latter year he became Junior Merchant at Madras. In 1759, he was appointed Third in Council at Vizagapatam; in 1760, Senior Merchant and Third in Council at Masulipatam; and in 1762 Eleventh in Council at Fort St George, Civil and Military Paymaster, and Military Storekeeper. He returned to Britain in 1763 only to return to India in 1766, having bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet
Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet (1 January 1727 – 10 February 1795) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Hill was High Sheriff of Londonderry City from 1751 to 1753. He was the Member of Parliament for Londonderry City (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Londonderry City in the Irish House of Commons between 1768 and his death in 1795.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.96 (Retrieved 1 November 2022). On 17 August 1779 he was made a baronet, of Brook Hall in the Baronetage of Ireland. Hill married Hannah McClintock and was succeeded in his title by his son, Sir George Hill, 2nd Baronet, George Hill. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Sir Hugh, 1st Baronet 1727 births 1795 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland High Sheriffs of Londonderry City Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Andrews
Francis Andrews (1718 – 18 June 1774) was an Irish politician. Andrews was born in Derry and 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 p13: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 and became a Fellow in 1740. In 1758 he was appointed Provost of Trinity College Dublin, and in 1759 was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Midleton. From 1761 until his death he sat for the City of Londonderry. He was appointed to the Irish Privy Council on 6 April 1761. On his death in 1774 he left £3,000 to found the Andrews chair of astronomy at Trinity and the Dunsink Observatory The Dunsink Observatory is an astronomical observatory established in 1785 in the townland of Dunsink in the outskirts of the city of Dublin, Ireland.Alexander Thom''Irish Almanac and Official Directory''7th ed., 1850 p. 258. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
