Daniel Toler (26 June 1739 – 27 June 1796) was an Irish Member of Parliament.

Early life

Toler was born on 26 June 1739. He was the eldest son of Daniel Toler (d. ) and Letitia ( Otway) Toler (d. 1794).Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, 2003, vol. 2, p. 2904. Among his siblings was younger brother,

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, the

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who was considered to be one of the most corrupt legal figures in Irish history. His paternal grandfather was Nicholas Toler. The Toler family was originally from

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, but settled in Ireland in the 17th century during the reign of

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, when an ancestor who was a successful soldier in Cronwell's army obtained a grant of lands in County Tipperary and settled at Beechwood. His maternal grandfather was Thomas Otway, of Castle Otway. He was educated at

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Career

He represented

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from 1776 to 1790, alongside Henry Prittie (later 1st Baron Dunalley), Hon. Francis James Mathew (later 2nd

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), and John Bagwell. Toler was appointed High Sheriff of Tipperary in 1770.

Personal life

In November 1760, Toler was married to Rebecca Minchin, daughter of Paul Minchin (a son of Humphrey Minchin, MP for

) and Henrietta ( Bunbury) Minchin (the daughter of Joseph Bunbury). Together, they were the parents of:Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York:

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, 1990, * Harriet Toler (b. ), who married

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, son of

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and Elizabeth Christmas (a daughter of

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, MP). * Sarah Toler (b. 1766), who married Robert Curtis, the son of Rev. Robert Curtis, in 1786. * Daniel Minchin Toler (1768–1795), the High Sheriff of Tipperary in 1794; he died unmarried. * Eliza Toler (b. 1768), who married Thomas Taylor in 1798. Toler died on 27 June 1796 at Beechwood,

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, Ireland. His widow died in September 1800. As he was predeceased by his son, his daughters were his co-heiresses.

Descendants

Through his daughter Harriet, he was a grandfather of Eliza Osborne (d. 1853), who married Thomas Gibbon Fitzgibbon; Harriet Osborne (d. 1865), who married Dr. Jean Costy of

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; and Sir Daniel Toler Osborne, 12th Baronet (1783–1853), who married Lady Harriet Le Poer Trench, daughter of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunalley, Henry Prittie, 1st Baron 1739 births 1796 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin High sheriffs of Tipperary Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tipperary constituencies