Sir Edward Denny, 3rd Baronet (died 1 August 1831) was an

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politician. His family effectively owned the town of

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and had great political influence in

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Biography

Denny was the son of

Sir Barry Denny, 1st Baronet Sir Barry Denny, 1st Baronet (c. 1744 – April 1794) was an Anglo-Irish politician. The Denny family effectively owned the town of Tralee. Biography Denny was the son of Reverend Barry Denny and Jane O'Connor. He served in the Tralee Corps of th ...

and his wife and cousin Jane Denny, and the younger brother of

Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Baronet Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Baronet (died 20 October 1794) was an Anglo-Irish politician, chiefly remembered for his death in a duel at the hands of John Gustavus Crosbie. Career He served as an officer in the Kerry Militia, eventually becoming a Majo ...

. ''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire'' (Henry Colburn, 1839), 288. He was educated at

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."Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860

George Dames Burtchaell George Dames Burtchaell, KC, MA, LLB, MRIA, JP (12 June 1853 – 18 August 1921) was an Irish genealogist. Education Burtchaell was educated at Kilkenny College and Trinity College, Dublin. Career *Barrister King's Inns, 1879 * KC 1918 ...

Thomas Ulick Sadleir Thomas Ulick Sadleir (15 September 1882 – 21 December 1957) was an Irish genealogist and heraldic expert. He was successively registrar of the Order of St Patrick, Deputy Ulster King of Arms and Acting Ulster King of Arms. Career Sadleir's fi ...

p224: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He held the office of

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in 1794 and was Deputy Lieutenant of County Kerry. On 20 October 1794 he succeeded to his brother's baronetcy, after Sir Barry was killed 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 ...

with

John Gustavus Crosbie John Gustavus Crosbie (circa 1749 – 6 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish politician, mainly remembered for killing another Member of Parliament, Sir Barry Denny, in a duel in 1794. Biography He lived at Tubrid House, Ardfert, County Kerry. He was t ...

. This incident led to a bitter

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between the two families, and the sudden death of Crosbie, after falling from his horse in 1797, led to a local tradition that Edward had arranged for his

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as an act of vengeance. He was elected to the

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as a

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Member of Parliament for

in September 1828, but resigned after less than a year in June 1829 due to poor health. He died two years later. He married Elizabeth Day, daughter of Hon. Robert Day, judge of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland) and his family's former legal adviser, and his first wife Mary (Polly) Potts, on 26 May 1795, and together they had six children, including Edward, Robert, Diana and Anthony,

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. He was succeeded by his eldest son,

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, then on Edward's death without issue to Robert's son.

Arms

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Denny, Edward, 3rd Baronet Year of birth uncertain 1731 deaths People educated at Kilkenny College Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland 19th-century Anglo-Irish people UK MPs 1826–1830 High sheriffs of Kerry Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kerry constituencies (1801–1922) Alumni of Trinity College Dublin