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Roscommon (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Roscommon was a constituency representing the parliamentary borough A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History ... of Roscommon in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. Members of Parliament *1613–1615 Maurice Smith and William Marwood *1634–1635 George Carr and Edward Deane *1639–1649 Robert Bysse and Walter Loftus (died 1641) *1661–1666 Oliver Jones and William Somers 1689–1801 Notes References * {{Roscommon constituencies Historic constituencies in County Roscommon Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) 1611 establishments in Ireland 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1611 Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscommon
Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Ireland), N63 roads. The town is in a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. The name Roscommon is derived from Commán of Roscommon, Commán mac Faelchon who built a monastery there in the 5th century. The woods near the monastery became known as Ros Comáin (''St. Coman's Wood''). This was later anglicised to Roscommon. Its population at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census was 6,555. History Roscommon was the homeland of the Connachta dynasty, and included such kingdoms as Uí Maine, Delbhna Nuadat, Síol Muirdeach, and Moylurg. In addition, it contained areas known as Trícha cét's, Túath and is the homeland of surnames such as Ó Conchobhair (O'Conor, O'Conor, O'Connor), Mac Diarmada (McDermott), Ó Ceallaigh (Kelly ... [...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] |
William Johnson (Irish Politician)
William Johnson (1760-1845) was an Irish politician, law officer and judge of the early nineteenth century. He sat in the Irish House of Commons, served as Serjeant-at-law (Ireland) and was a justice of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland).Ball, F. Elrington ''"The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921"''. London. John Murray, 1926, p. 340. He was born in Dublin, probably at Fishamble Street, the fifth son of Thomas Johnson, an apothecary who in later life qualified as a physician. Thomas was described as a "good, orthodox, hard-praying Protestant", but who was rather self-conscious about his humble origins. William's eldest brother was Robert Johnson (1745-1833), who had a very similar career to William, being an MP and a justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Robert's career was destroyed in 1805 when he was convicted of seditious libel and forced to resign from the Bench, for having written a number of pseudonymous letters attacking the Government (the so-called "Juverna" affair). Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Oliver (1736–1798)
The Rt. Hon. Silver Oliver PC (1736 – 21 November 1798) was an Irish landowner and Privy Counsellor politician who owned Castle Oliver in County Limerick, Ireland. Early life He was the son of Jane Katherine (née Silver) Oliver and Robert Oliver, who also sat in the Irish House of Commons for Kilmallock. His paternal grandfather was Robert Oliver (son of Charles Oliver who lived at Clonodfoy, County Limerick) and was also an Irish MP for Kilmallock and County Limerick. Career He held the office of Member of Parliament for Kilmallock in 1757. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Limerick in 1764. He held the office of Member of Parliament for County Limerick in 1768, serving until 1776. In 1769, he was appointed Privy Councillor. Personal life On 4 February 1759, Oliver was married to Isabella Sarah Newman (d. 1777), a daughter of Richard Newman. Together, they lived at Castle Oliver in County Limerick, Ireland. They were the parents of: * Samual Oliver (� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl Of Leitrim
Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC (Ire) (9 May 1768 – 31 December 1854), styled The Honourable from 1783 to 1795, and then Viscount Clements to 1804, was an Irish nobleman and politician. Early life Clements was born in Dublin on 9 May 1768. He was the eldest son of Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim and the former Lady Elizabeth Skeffington. His younger brother was Lt.-Col. Hon. Robert Clotworthy Clements (who died unmarried in 1828); his sisters were Lady Elizabeth Clements, Lady Louisa Clements, and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Letitia Clements (the second wife of John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney). His paternal grandparents were the Rt. Hon. Nathaniel Clements and the former Hannah Gore (a daughter of the Very Rev. William Gore, Dean of Down). His mother was the eldest daughter of Clotworthy Skeffington, 1st Earl of Massereene. He was educated at a private school in Portarlington and Oriel College, Oxford, graduating in 1788. Two years later he was el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Coppinger
Maurice Coppinger (1727– 6 October 1802) was an Irish barrister and politician, who sat in the Irish House of Commons for many years, and held the office of King's Serjeant.Hart p.167 His name is commemorated in Coppinger Row, a side street in central Dublin city; his townhouse was on South William Street nearby. In his own lifetime, he inspired the phrase "to be issued with a Coppinger", i.e. to be served with a writ from the Court of Chancery (Ireland). Despite his eminence in the legal world, he suffered from chronic money troubles in his later years, partly as a result of a lawsuit that he lost, and also as a result of his dismissal from the lucrative offices of Serjeant-at-law and standing counsel to the Revenue Commissioners. He was said to be a man who could not live without a large income. Family He was born in Dublin, the elder son of John Coppinger, a landowner and army officer, and Mary Ann Crosbie, daughter of Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon and Lady Elizabe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sandford, 3rd Baron Mount Sandford
George Sandford, 3rd Baron Mount Sandford (10 May 1756 – 25 September 1846), was an Irish politician. Sandford was the third son of Henry Sandford by the Honourable Sarah Moore, daughter of The 1st Viscount Mountcashell. He was returned to the Irish House of Commons for both Carrick and Roscommon in 1783, but chose to sit for the latter. He continued to represent this constituency until 1797 and again between 1798 and 1799. In 1800 his elder brother Henry was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Mount Sandford, with a special remainder to his younger brothers William and George. George's nephew Henry succeeded to the barony in 1814 but was killed at a brawl at Windsor on his way to the Ascot races in 1828, when the title devolved on George. As this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons of the United K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden
Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden (19 September 1729 – 23 August 1803) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Hawarden was the second son of Sir Robert Maude, 1st Baronet and his wife, Eleanor Cornwallis, daughter of Thomas Cornwallis and Emma Charlton. Hawarden succeeded to the baronetcy following the death of his unmarried older brother, Thomas Maude, 1st Baron de Montalt, in 1777. He served as the Member of Parliament for Roscommon in the Irish House of Commons between 1783 and 1785. He was created Baron de Montalt of Hawarden in the Peerage of Ireland The peerage of Ireland consists of those Peerage, titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lordship of Ireland, Lord or Monarchy of Ireland, King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great B ... on 29 June 1785. He was further honoured when he was created Viscount Hawarden, also in the Peerage of Ireland, on 5 December 1793. He had 16 children with three wive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1783 Irish General Election
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Ireland in 1783, the first after the passing of the series of constitutional legal changes known as the Constitution of 1782, which lifted the substantial legal restrictions on the Irish parliament. The elections were fought in a highly charged political atmosphere, with a major emphasis on the issues of parliamentary reform and free trade. Following the election, Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery, Sexton Pery was re-elected Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, Speaker. Henry Grattan, the leader of the Patriot Party, had rejected an office in government in 1782, choosing instead to continue his role in opposition. Instead, the Dublin Castle administration was undertaken by a group that was referred to by Edmund Burke as the Junta; dominated by individuals such as John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare, John FitzGibbon, the new Attorney General and later Lord Chancellor. John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel, John Foster was appointed as the Junta' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Sandford, 1st Baron Mount Sandford
Henry Moore Sandford, 1st Baron Mount Sandford (28 July 1751 – 29 December 1814), was an Irish landowner and politician. Early life Sandford was the son of Henry Sandford by the Honourable Sarah Moore, daughter of Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount Mountcashell. Career He was returned to the Irish House of Commons for Roscommon in 1776, a seat he held until 1783 and again between 1791 and 1800. The latter year he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland The peerage of Ireland consists of those Peerage, titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lordship of Ireland, Lord or Monarchy of Ireland, King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great B ... as Baron Mount Sandford, of Castlerea in the County of Roscommon, with remainder in default of male issue of his own, to his brothers William and George, and the heirs male of their bodies. Personal life Lord Mount Sandford married Katherine Oliver, daughter of Silver Oliver, in 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Tighe (politician)
Robert Tighe (or Teigh or Tyghe, sometimes misspelled Leigh) (1562 – 31 August 1616) was an English cleric and linguist born in Deeping, Lincolnshire, in 1562. He received his education from Trinity College, Cambridge and Magdalen College, Oxford. Tighe served as Vicar of Chiddingfold, Surrey (1596–1616), Vicar of the Church of All Hallows in London (1598–1616), and Archdeacon of Middlesex (1602–1616). His son inherited a vast estate of £1000 per annum from him. He was among the "First Westminster Company" charged by James I of England James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 unti ... with translating the first 12 books of the King James Version of the Bible. References Bibliography * McClure, Alexander. (1858) ''The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sandford (1722–1793)
Robert Sandford may refer to: * Robert Sandford (died 1459/1460), MP for Appleby in 1413 and Baron of the Exchequer, 1417–1418 * Robert Sandford (died 1403/1404), MP for Westmorland 1388 * Robert Sandford (1692–1777), MP for Boyle and Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency) * Robert Sandford (1722–1793), MP for Athy and Roscommon (Parliament of Ireland constituency) * Robert Sandford (explorer) (1632– after 1668), explorer of the Province of Carolina and early colonist of Surinam {{human name disambiguation, Sandford, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
