Mervyn Archdall (other)

	Mervyn Archdall (other) Mervyn Archdall may refer to: * Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary) (1723–1791) * Mervyn Archdall (senior) (c. 1724–1813), colonel and MP for Fermanagh * Mervyn Archdall (junior) (1763–1839), general and MP for Fermanagh * Mervyn Edward Archdale (1812–1895), High Sheriff (1879) and MP for Fermanagh * Mervyn Archdall (bishop) (1831–1913), Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert {{hndis, Archdall, Mervyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mervyn Archdall (Irish Antiquary) Mervyn Archdall (1723 – 1791) was an Irish antiquary and clergyman of the Church of Ireland. Life He was descended from John Archdale, of Abbotts Hall, Darsham, in Suffolk, who settled at Castle Archdale, County Fermanagh as an Undertaker in the Plantation of Ulster.'Memoirs of the Archdales', H B Archdale, 1925, page 7 He was born in Dublin on 22 April 1723. After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, his antiquarian tastes introduced him to the acquaintance of Walter Harris, Charles Smith the topographer, Thomas Prior, and Richard Pococke, archdeacon of Dublin. When Pococke became bishop of Ossory, he appointed Archdall his domestic chaplain, bestowed on him the living of Attanagh (partly in Queen's County and partly in County Kilkenny), and the prebend of Cloneamery in the cathedral church of Ossory (1762), which he afterwards exchanged (1764) for the prebend of Mayne in the same cathedral. Archdall was also chaplain to Francis Pierpoint, Lord Conyngham, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mervyn Archdall (senior) Mervyn Archdall ( – 18 June 1813) of Castle Archdale, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and Trilleck, County Tyrone was a British High Sheriff and Member of Parliament. Early life He was born the only son of Nicholas Archdall ( Montgomery) of Derrygonnelly, County Fermanagh and his first wife Angel Archdall, the daughter and heiress of William Archdall of Castle Archdall. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and studied law at Lincoln's Inn in London. He succeeded his mother in 1745 and his father in 1763. Career He was Governor of Fermanagh in 1756 and served as a member of the Parliament of Ireland for County Fermanagh from 1761 to 1800. He was High Sheriff of Fermanagh for 1773 to 1774. After the Acts of Union he was a co-opted MP in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of six counties of Northern Ireland. The county cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mervyn Archdall (junior) General Mervyn Archdall (27 April 1763 – 26 July 1839) was an Irish officer in the British Army and Member of Parliament for County Fermanagh in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was the eldest son of Mervyn Archdall (1724?–1813) of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, Fermanagh, an MP in the Parliament of Ireland for nearly 40 years. He succeeded his father in 1813, inheriting Castle Archdale house. Archdall joined the British Army as a cornet in the 12th Dragoons and rose through the ranks in that regiment to that of full general on 27 May 1825. He had command of the regiment under Sir Ralph Abercromby during the Egyptian campaign, losing his right arm in an impromptu cavalry charge at Lake Mareotis in 1801. As a major-general he afterwards spent time on the staff in Ireland. In 1833, he and wife Jane were passengers in a carriage A carriage is a two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for passengers. In Europe they were a common mode of transport for the weal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mervyn Edward Archdale Mervyn Edward Archdale (27 January 1812 – 22 December 1895) (known as Mervyn Edward Archdall until 1875), was an Irish soldier, High Sheriff and MP. He was born the eldest son of Edward Archdall of Riversdale, County Fermanagh, who had been Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1813. He was educated at private schools in England and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1830 but did not graduate. He joined the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, becoming a cornet in 1832, a lieutenant in 1835 and a captain in 1841. He retired on half pay in 1847. In 1834 was elected the member of parliament for Fermanagh following the retirement of his uncle Mervyn Archdall. He was returned unopposed in the following nine elections, sitting until 1874. He was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh for 1879. In 1857 he inherited the family seat of Castle Archdale and Trillick in County Tyrone from his uncle William Archdall. He was a noted member of the Orange Order The Loyal Orange Institu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]