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Nathaniel Sneyd (c. 1767 – 31 July 1833) was an Irish politician, landowner and businessman. He was a Member of the

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representing the Carrick constituency from 1794 to 1800 and was High Sheriff of Cavan in 1795. He briefly represented the

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the hi ...

Parliament of Ireland constituency which was succeeded after the Union with Great Britain in 1801 by the Westminster constituency of

, which he represented from

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until 1826. In general election of 1806 he contested two constituencies for

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, winning both and choosing to represent Cavan over

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. In Cavan, Sneyd lived in

Ballyconnell Ballyconnell () is a town in County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is situated on the N87 road (Ireland), N87 national secondary road at the junction of four townlands: Annagh, County Cavan, Annagh, Cullyleenan, Doon (Tomregan) and Der ...

and owned plantation lands around

Bawnboy Bawnboy () is a small village and townland in a valley at the foot of Slieve Rushen, between Ballyconnell and Swanlinbar, in County Cavan, Ireland. A synod of the Catholic Provincial Council of Armagh was held in Owengallees, ''Baunbuidhe'' ...

. From 1800, he was president of the Bawnboy Farming Society, the first founded in

. In 1801 he was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Cavan. On 29 July 1833, in Westmoreland Street, Dublin, Nathaniel Sneyd was shot in the head by a madman, John Mason, who had a grudge against the firm of wine merchants Sneyd, French and Barton, where Sneyd was senior partner. Sneyd died of his wounds two days later. He had two memorials, one in

Cavan Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road (Ireland), N3 road that links Dublin ( ...

and a life-size neo-classical

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in the crypt of

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. The sculptor Thomas KirkL. H. Cust, ‘Kirk, Thomas (1781–1845)’, rev. John Turpin,

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, Oxford University Press, 2004 represented Sneyd lying dead with a female figure weeping over him.

Family

Sneyd was married to Alice Montgomery, the daughter of George Leslie Montgomery MP, of

, County Cavan.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sneyd, Nathaniel 1833 deaths Politicians from County Cavan High sheriffs of Cavan Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 Year of birth uncertain Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Leitrim constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cavan constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Cavan constituencies (1801–1922) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Fermanagh constituencies (1801–1922) People from Ballyconnell