Lancelot Crosbie (1723 – August 1780) was an

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politician.

Biography

He was the son of Maurice Crosbie of Ballykealy and Catherine Sandes. He lived at Tubrid House,

Ardfert Ardfert () is a village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only from Tralee. T ...

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. He entered the

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in 1743. Crosbie served in the

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as the Member of Parliament for

between 1759 and 1760. He then represented

from 1762 to 1776, with the backing of his first wife's family, the Crosbies. His first wife was Hon. Elizabeth Crosbie, daughter of

Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon, ( –1762) was an Irish politician and peer. He was the son of David Crosbie, High Sheriff of Kerry, and his wife Jane Hamilton, daughter of William Hamilton of Lisclooney, County Offaly, and grandson of Si ...

and Lady Elizabeth Fitzmaurice. The couple were distant cousins. They had no children. By his second wife Mary Blennerhassett, daughter of Colonel John Blennerhassett and Jane Denny, he was the father of three children, including John Gustavus Crosbie. John, like his father, was MP for Kerry. In 1794 he caused a scandal by killing the sitting MP, Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Baronet, in a

duel A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people with matched weapons. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the rapier and later the small sword), but beginning in ...

. His own sudden death three years later was widely rumoured to be a revenge killing by the Dennys.The New Annual Register for the Year 1794 Robinsons London 1795 p.60

References

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Lancelot Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), alternatively written as Launcelot and other variants, is a popular character in the Matter of Britain, Arthurian legend's chivalric romance tradition. He is typically depicted as King Arthu ...

Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies Members of the Middle Temple People from Ardfert Politicians from County Kerry