|
Richard Levinge (1724-1783)
Richard Levinge may refer to: * Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet (1656–1724) Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, also sat in the English House of Commons, and Commons of Great Britain *Sir Richard Levinge, 2nd Baronet (''c''1690–1748) Irish landowner and politician, MP for Westmeath 1723–27 and for Blessington 1727–48 * Richard Levinge (1724–1783) Richard Levinge (1724 – April 1783) was an Irish politician and landowner from County Kildare. He was the son of Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, and his second wife Mary Johnson, daughter of ..., Irish politician, MP for Duleek 1768-76 * Sir Richard Levinge, 7th Baronet (1811–1884), Irish landowner and politician, MP for Westmeath 1857–65 *Sir Richard Levinge, 4th Baronet (''c'' 1723–1786) of the Levinge baronets *Sir Richard Levinge, 6th Baronet (1785–1848) of the Levinge baronets *Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, 7th Baronet (1811–1884) of the Levinge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet (2 May 1656 – 13 July 1724) was an Irish politician and judge, who played a leading part in Irish public life for more than 30 years. Background Levinge was born at Leek, Staffordshire, the second son of Richard Levinge of Parwich Hall, Derbyshire, Recorder of Chester, and Anne Parker, daughter of George Parker of Staffordshire and his wife Grace Bateman. The Levinges (the name is sometimes spelt Levin) were a long-established Derbyshire family with a tradition of public service. Through his mother he was a first cousin of Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Career He was educated at Audlem School, Derbyshire and St John's College, Cambridge. He entered the Inner Temple in 1671 and was called to the Bar in 1678. He was a Member of Parliament of the English House of Commons for Chester from 1690 to 1695. He was also, like his father, Recorder of Chester in 1686/7, but was summarily removed from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Levinge, 2nd Baronet
Sir Richard Levinge, 2nd Baronet ( – 27 February 1748) was an Irish landowner and politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet and his first wife Mary Corbin, daughter of Gawan Corbin, merchant of London. His father, a Derbyshire man, had a remarkably successful career in Ireland as MP, Privy Councillor, Solicitor General for Ireland, Attorney General for Ireland and Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. On his father's death, he inherited Parwich Hall, the ancestral home in Derbyshire, and the newer property of Knockdrin Castle, County Westmeath. He spent most of his time at Parwich, which he extensively rebuilt. He married in 1718 Isabella Rawdon (died 1731), daughter of Sir Arthur Rawdon, 2nd Baronet and Helena Graham; her brother John married Richard's sister Dorothy. They had no issue and on his death, his title and estates passed to his brother Charles. He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland from 1723 to 1727 as a member for County W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Levinge (1724–1783)
Richard Levinge (1724 – April 1783) was an Irish politician and landowner from County Kildare. He was the son of Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, and his second wife Mary Johnson, daughter of Robert Johnson, Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) and his wife Margaret Dixon. He was the only son of his father's late second marriage and his father died when he was only a few months old. Sir Richard had six children by a previous marriage to Mary Corbin. From an old Derbyshire family, he came to Ireland in 1689, and for 35 years was one of the leading figures in Irish public life. The younger Richard married Alice Marlay, daughter of Thomas Marlay, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and Anne De Laune. They had one daughter Mary, who married James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley. He lived mainly at Calverstown, County Kildare, the family home of his grandmother. He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland The Irish House of Commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Levinge, 7th Baronet
Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, 7th Baronet (1 November 1811 – 28 September 1884) was an Irish landowner and politician from Knockdrin Castle, County Westmeath. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1857 to 1865. Life His mother was a sister of the 2nd Baron Rancliffe, who died without issue in November 1850. Sir Richard inherited his uncle's entailed property, valued at between £1,000 and £2,000 per annum. In 1846 he was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of the Westmeath Militia. He was Sheriff of Westmeath in 1851–2, and in 1853 was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the county. At the 1852 general election, he contested the Westmeath constituency as a Conservative, without success. Five years later, at the 1857 election, he was returned unopposed for Westmeath as an Independent Opposition candidate. That party collapsed in 1859, he was re-elected at the 1859 general election, as a Liberal. He did not contest the 1865 electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |