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St Canice (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
St Canice, also called Irishtown, was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1661 until 1800. Irishtown was a bishop's borough within the parish of St Canice in the county of the city of Kilkenny. The borough was separate from the city itself, which was represented by Kilkenny City constituency. The borough was disfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800. Compensation for the loss of the patronage was awarded in the standard amount of £15,000. The claim of Hugh Hamilton, Bishop of Ossory to this compensation was disallowed; instead it went to the Commissioners of First Fruits First Fruits is a religious offering of the first agricultural produce of the harvest. In classical Greek, Roman, and Hebrew religions, the first fruits were given to priests as an offering to deity. Rome The first fruits of the field were off .... Members of Parliament 1661–1801 References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Canice Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irishtown, Kilkenny
Irishtown () is the neighborhood in Kilkenny in Ireland around St Canice's Cathedral. It was formerly a borough, also called Newcourt or St Canice's, separated by the River Breagagh from the walled town of Kilkenny to the south. History The site of Irishtown was the capital of the Mac Giolla Phádraig dynasty of the medieval Kingdom of Ossory, and a daughter house of Aghaboe Abbey was built there. In 1111 the Synod of Ráth Breasail divided Ireland into dioceses, with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory, Diocese of Ossory based on the Gaelic kingdom and the abbey church became St Canice's Cathedral. The name ''Kilkenny'' is from the Irish "church of St. Canice". The status of episcopal seat spurred the growth of the existing settlement. After the Norman invasion of Ireland, the Anglo-Normans built Kilkenny Castle near by as the seat of the new County Kilkenny, County of Kilkenny, which had largely the same extent as the Kingdom of Ossory. Two separate ancient borough, borough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Connell (Irish Politician)
Richard Connell (1650–1714) was an Irish Member of Parliament for St Canice 1692–1693, 1695–1699 and 1703–1713. He was active in the politics of the corporations of St Canice and Kilkenny, having followed his father in being Registrar of the Diocese of Ossory, the Sheriff of Kilkenny city, and an alderman of the same. He was also mayor of Kilkenny twice, in 1685–1686–1687. His father, William Connell, had himself been mayor of Kilkenny twice, in 1671–1672–1673, and had been Sheriff in 1659–1660. His mother was daughter of John Bishop of Glandonnell, and he was their eldest son. While he was mayor, on 1685-02-05 he was awarded a grant of arms A grant of arms or a governmental issuance of arms is an instrument issued by a lawful authority, such as an officer of arms or State Herald, which confers on a person and his or her descendants the right to bear a particular coat of arms or a ... described heraldically as: Refe ... [...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] |
Eland Mossom
Eland Mossom, Esq. M.P. (c. 1709 – 29 April 1774) was a lawyer, recorder of the City of Kilkenny, and representative in the Parliament of Ireland for the Borough of St Canice in Irishtown. He was the eldest son of Dean of Kilkenny Robert Mossom. He resided at Mount Eland, near Ballyraggett. The ''Great Flood of 1763'' destroyed Green's Bridge in his borough, rebuilt in 1766 it retains a stone plaque which says "''Eland Mossom MP for this Borough 1776''". Career Mossom entered Trinity College in 1724. He was called to the Bar in England by The Honorable Society of the Middle Temple on 4 February 1743 and to the Bar in Ireland on 4 April 1745. He was chosen recorder of the city of Kilkenny in 1750. He served as Member of parliament for the Borough of St Canice in Irishtown from 1759 till his death on 29 April 1774. Background The family of Mossom, Massam, or Masham, was anciently seated in the north parts of England, where they were of good account. The Mossoms o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Moore, 1st Marquess Of Drogheda
Field Marshal Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, (29 June 1730 – 22 December 1822) was a British Army officer and politician. He bore the colours of his regiment at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745 and later commanded the 18th Light Dragoons during operations against the Whiteboys in Ireland. He also sat as Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons and, having served as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he went on to become Master-General of the Irish Ordnance. Early life Moore was the eldest of six sons and two daughters of Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda and, his first wife, Lady Sarah Ponsonby.L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms'' (London: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 108. His paternal grandparents were Charles Moore, Lord Moore (a son of Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda) and Jane Loftu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres
Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres (1707 – 6 April 1766), was an Irish landowner and politician. Morres was the son of Francis Morris, of Castle Morres, County Kilkenny, by Catherine Evans, daughter of Sir William Evans, 1st Baronet. His grandfather Hervey Morres, Member of parliament for Knocktoper, was a younger son of Sir Redmond Morres, 2nd Baronet, of Knockagh. Hervey's elder brother was Sir William Morres, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament for County Kilkenny and Newtownards, while Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency, was his nephew. Morres was educated at Trinity College Dublin. He was returned to the Irish House of Commons for St Canice (also known as Irishtown) in 1734, a seat he held until 1756. He was also Mayor of Kilkenny between 1752 and 1753. In 1756 he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Mountmorres, of Castlemorres in the County of Kilkenny. He was further honoured in 1763 when he was made Viscount Mountmorres, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Reade (Irish MP)
Sir Richard Reade (1511–1576) was an English-born judge in sixteenth-century Ireland, who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Background and early career He was born at Nether Wallop in Hampshire, second son of Richard Reade (died 1555), Lord of the Manor of Wallop, and his wife Margaret. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he became a fellow in 1528. He took the degrees of Bachelor of Civil Law at Oxford in 1537 and Doctor of Civil Law at the same university in 1540.Gregg, p. 253 He quickly acquired a reputation as "a man of learning and experience". He was made a Master of Chancery and undertook a crucial trade mission to Flanders.Ball, F. Elrington. ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921''. London: John Murray, 1926 He was knighted in 1544. Lord Chancellor of Ireland and later life In 1546 Sir John Alan, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was removed from office on a charge of corruption, and Reade was sent to Ireland to replace him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dawson (died 1766)
Richard Dawson of Dawson Grove, County Monaghan (c. 1693 – 29 December 1766) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Biography Dawson was a banker at Dublin and an alderman of Dublin Corporation.George Edward Cokayne, ed. Vicary Gibbs and H. Arthur Doubleday (1913), ''The Complete Peerage'', vol. IIIp. 527 He sat in the Irish House of Commons for St Canice from 1727 to 1760 and for Monaghan from 1761 until his death.Edith Mary Johnston-Liik (2006), ''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''p. 83 By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam, he was the father of Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne. References 1690s births 1766 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Politicians from County Monaghan Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Monaghan constituencies Richard Richard is a male given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Agar (1672–1733)
James Agar (1672–1733) was an Irish politician. Biography He was the son of Charles Agar, an Englishman who acquired lands in County Kilkenny, including Gowran Castle. His mother was Ellis Blanchville, daughter of Peter Blanchville of Kilkenny. He was MP for Old Leighlin in County Carlow from 1703 to 1713; Gowran in County Kilkenny County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ... from 1713 to 1714; Callan in County Kilkenny from 1715 to 1727; and St Canice in County Kilkenny from 1727 to 1733."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 He married firstly Susannah Alexander, and secondly Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Maude, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Maude, 1st Baronet (1677 – 4 August 1750) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Biography He was the only son of Anthony Maude, MP for Cashel and High Sheriff of Tipperary, and Alice Hartstonge, daughter of Sir Standish Hartstonge, 1st Baronet, Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) and his first wife Elizabeth Jermyn of Gunton Hall, Norfolk. He married Eleanor Cornwallis, daughter of Thomas Cornwallis of Abermarlais, Carmarthenshire, and his wife Emma Charlton, and sister of Francis Cornwallis MP; her stepfather was John Robinson, Bishop of London. He lived at Dundrum House, near Cashel, County Tipperary. On the death without issue of her brother, Emma inherited a quarter of his substantial estate in South Wales. Maude sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Gowran from 1703 to 1713. Between 1713 and 1727 he represented St Canice, before sitting for Bangor from 1727 to his death in 1750. On 9 May 1705 he had been created a baronet, of Dundr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Baronet
Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Baronet (c. 1671/1673 – 1751) was an Anglo-Irish landowner and politician, who sat in the Irish House of Commons for many years. His marriage, which took place when he was only about 18 or 19 years old, caused a bitter family feud which led to many years of controversy and litigation. Early life He was born between 1671 and 1673, probably in Cork. He was the only surviving son of Francis Hartstonge of Rockbarton, near Bruff, County Limerick, and his wife Mary Brettridge, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of Captain Roger Brettridge (1630–1683) of Castles Brettridge, Cope and Magner, County Cork and his wife Jane Hakby. Francis was the eldest son of Sir Standish Hartstonge, 1st Baronet, an eminent lawyer, originally from Norfolk, who was twice Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland), by his first wife Elizabeth Jermyn (or Jermy) of Gunton Hall. Francis died in 1688, and Standish went to live with his grandfather, who was living in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1713 Irish General Election
The 1713 Irish general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons. The election took place during a high-point for party politics in Ireland, and saw heavy losses for the Tories and the emergence of a Whiggish majority in the commons. Election Since 1703 Irish politics had taken on a far more confrontational hue, with clear party dividing lines being drawn along Tory-Whig lines, mirroring the division in England (and later Great Britain). Simultaneously Irish politics, like British politics, had come to focus on questions of religion, with the ruling Anglican elite fearing subversion from both the majority Catholic population, and the growing, and equally hostile, Presbyterian population in Ulster. Irish Whigs advocated protestant unity, seeing Catholics as the greatest threat, and thereby advocated further penal laws. In contrast the Tories regarded Ireland's Catholics as a spent force, and focused their efforts on dealing with Ireland's growing Presbyterian popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
