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Midleton (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Midleton was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Incorporated by charter, 1671 whereby it was granted to Sir John Brodrick with a corporation sovereign, two bailiffs and 12 burgesses. It was disenfranchised at the Act of Union 1800, Act of Union and compensation of £15,000 paid to Viscount Midleton. Borough This constituency was based in the town of Midleton in County Cork. Members of Parliament Notes Elections * 1692 * 1695 * 1703 * 1707 * 1713 * 1715 * 1716 * 1727 * 1741 (by-election) * 1775 (by-election) * 1758 * 1759 * 1761 * 1768 * 1776 * 1781 * 1783 * 1790 * 1793 * 1797 * 1799 * 1800 See also *Midleton, a town in County Cork *Irish House of Commons *List of Irish constituencies References * * * * {{coord missing, County Cork Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Cork Midleton 1671 establishments in Ireland 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1671 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midleton
Midleton (; , meaning "monastery at the weir") is a town in south-eastern County Cork, Ireland. It lies approximately 16 km east of Cork City on the Owenacurra River and the N25 road, which connects Cork to the port of Rosslare. A satellite town of Cork City, Midleton is part of Metropolitan Cork. It is the central hub of business for the East Cork Area. The town is in the civil parish of Middleton. Midleton is within the Cork East Dáil constituency. History In the 1180s advancing Normans led by Barry Fitz Gerald established an abbey at a weir on the river to be populated by Cistercian Monks from Burgundy. The abbey became known as "Chore Abbey" and "Castrum Chor", taking its name from the Irish word (weir), although some say that "Chor" comes from "Choir" or "Choral". The abbey is commemorated in the Irish name for Midleton, , or "Monastery at the Weir", and of the local river Owenacurra or meaning "River of the Weirs". St John the Baptist's Church, belonging to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Oliver (died 1706)
Charles Oliver (1646 – 13 April 1706) was an Irish landowner. The son of Captain Robert Oliver (died 1679) ("Robin Rhu") of Castle Oliver, Oliver was Sheriff of County Limerick in 1692, Sheriff of County Cork in 1695, Member of Parliament for Midleton from 1695 to 1699, Deputy Governor of County Limerick in 1699 and Member of Parliament for County Limerick County Limerick () is a western Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Reg ... from 1703 until his death. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Percy Smyth of County Waterford. They had a son, Robert Oliver (died 1739), and four daughters, who married into Cork and Limerick families.E. M. Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800'', vol. V, p. 400. References 1646 births 1706 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Hi ... [...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] |
Francis Andrews
Francis Andrews (6 August 1718 – 18 June 1774) was an Anglo-Irish politician and academic who served as the 20th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1758 to 1774. He was also a member of the Irish House of Commons from 1759 to 1774. Biography Andrews was born in Derry in 1718, the son and heir of Alexander Andrews of County Antrim. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, which he entered in 1733, and he became a Fellow of the university in 1740."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 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. In 1766–7 he travelled extensively in Italy, meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James St John Jeffereyes
James St John Jeffereyes (1734 – 14 September 1780), also recorded as St John Jeffreys, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, landowner and politician. Biography Jeffereyes was the son of the diplomat James Jeffreys and Anne Brodrick, and the grandson of Sir James Jeffreys and St John Brodrick. He entered Trinity College Dublin on 12 February 1752, but did not graduate and instead joined the British Army. By 1766 he had attained the rank of major in the 24th Regiment of Foot and he served as Lieutenant-Governor of Cork from 1768 to 1769. Between 1758 and 1776, Jeffereyes sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Midleton, before representing Randalstown from 1776 until his death in 1780. In Parliament, Jeffereyes was an opponent of Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon, the local magnate. In 1778 Jeffreys supported the popery bill granting Irish Roman Catholics greater property rights; Shannon opposed it. Jeffereyes was noted for his work as a reforming landlord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl Of Clanbrassil
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil (23 August 1730 – 6 February 1798), was an Anglo-Irish peer, styled Viscount Limerick from 1756 to 1758. Biography Lord Clanbrassil was the son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil, and Lady Harriet Bentinck. The Hamilton dynasty were an Ulster-Scots family by origin. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Midleton between 1755 and 1758, and served as High Sheriff of Louth in 1757. On 17 March 1758, he succeeded to his father's titles and became Earl of Clanbrassil. As his title was in the Peerage of Ireland, he was not barred from election to the House of Commons of Great Britain. As such, he served as the MP for Helston from 1768 to 1774. On 4 July 1766 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland and was '' Custos Rotulorum'' of County Louth between 1769 and 1798. On 5 February 1783 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Garter and on 11 March that year he was appointed a Knight Found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly
William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly (1710 – 2 September 1770) was an Irish politician and noble. Early life Annesley was born in 1710. He was the sixth of seven sons, and two daughters, born to Elizabeth ( Martin) Annesley and Francis Annesley, MP.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 8. His maternal grandfather was London merchant Sir Joseph Martin. His paternal grandparents were the former Deborah Jones (a daughter of Henry Jones, Bishop of Meath) and Hon. Francis Annesley (the eldest son, by his second wife, of Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia, and thus his descendants are in the remainder to the title Viscount Valentia). Career In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eaton Stannard
Eaton Stannard (1685–1755) was a leading politician and lawyer in 18th-century Ireland. He was a popular Recorder of Dublin, a very unpopular serjeant-at-law (Ireland), and an experienced parliamentarian who represented Midleton (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Midleton in the Irish House of Commons for many years.Hart, A.R. ''History of the King's Serjeants at law in Ireland'', Dublin Four Courts Press (2000), p. 182. He is mainly remembered now as a close friend of Jonathan Swift, whose last known letter was written to him. Family He was born in County Cork, son of George Stannard of Ballyhealy, and his wife and cousin Martha Aldworth, daughter of Boyd Aldworth MP. George was the grandson of Captain Robert Stannard of Kilmallock (died 1655). Robert married Martha Travers, daughter of Sir Robert Travers (MP), Robert Travers, Judge of the Irish Court of Admiralty and MP for Clonakilty (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Clonakilty and his second wife Elizabeth Boyle, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bettesworth
Richard Bettesworth (1689-1741) was an Irish politician, Law Officer and barrister of the early eighteenth century. He was a quarrelsome individual, and his list of enemies included Jonathan Swift, the publisher George Faulkner and Josiah Hort, Bishop of Kilmore and future Archbishop of Tuam. He was born in Midleton, County Cork in 1689 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He may have been a son or grandson of Thomas Bettesworth, who was appointed one of the original burgesses of the town of Midleton in 1672, shortly after it received its royal charter from King Charles II of England. Richard entered the Middle Temple in 1710, was called to the Irish Bar in 1716, and took silk in 1728. He entered the Irish House of Commons, sitting for Thomastown 1721-7 and for Midleton from 1727 to his death. He was appointed second Serjeant-at-law at the Irish Bar in 1732. Quarrel with Jonathan Swift Bettesworth was the subject of numerous jeering satires by his enemies. Foremost amo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Corker (1636–1702)
Edward Corker (1636–1702) was a Dublin merchant and politician. He was a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Ratoath from 1692 to 1693 and 1695 to 1699. With John Waller he established a sugar refinery A sugar refinery is a refinery which processes raw sugar from cane or sugar extracted from beets into white refined sugar. Cane sugar mills traditionally produce raw sugar, which is sugar that still contains molasses, giving it color ... in Dublin in 1667. He was the son of Robert Corker and Anne Jackson who were married in Prestbury in 1632. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Corker, Edward 1636 births 1702 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jephson Busteed
Jephson Busteed was an Irish politician. Busteed was born in County Cork and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was MP for Midleton from 1713 to 1714; Rathcormack from 1715 to 1727; and Doneraile Doneraile (), historically Dunnerail, is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is on the R581 regional road east of the N20 road, which runs from Limerick to Cork. It is about north of Mallow town. It is on the River Awbeg, a branch of th ... from 1727 to 1728. References Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Politicians from County Cork Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hyde (politician)
Arthur Mastick Hyde (July 12, 1877October 17, 1947) was an American Republican politician, who served as the 35th governor of Missouri from 1921 to 1925, and as the United States secretary of agriculture for President Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933. Biography Hyde was born on July 12, 1877, in Princeton, Missouri, the son of Caroline Emity Mastick and Ira B. Hyde. Several of Arthur's family members were involved in politics; his father, Ira B. Hyde, was the U.S. representative from Missouri. His brother, Laurance M. Hyde, would become a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1899. While at the University of Michigan, he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity. In 1900, he completed his law degree at the University of Iowa. Hyde began practicing law with his father in Princeton. In 1911, he opened a Buick dealership. On October 19, 1904, Hyde married Hortense Clara Cullers. They had one daughter, Caroline C. Hyde. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
