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1810 In Ireland
Events from the year 1810 in Ireland. Events *3 July – Royal Belfast Academical Institution foundation stone laid. Births *3 January – Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, geographer (died 1897). *10 March – Samuel Ferguson, poet, barrister, antiquarian, artist and public servant (died 1886). *3 June – Robert Mallet, geologist, civil engineer and inventor (died 1881). *3 September – Paul Kane, painter in Canada (died 1871). *27 September – Michael O'Connor, first Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, first Catholic Bishop of Erie, Jesuit (died 1872). *;Full date unknown *:*Elliot Warburton, travel writer and novelist (died 1852). Deaths *17 January – James Gordon, merchant, soldier, and politician in America (born 1739). *18 February – Charles FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale, politician (born 1756). *24 March – Mary Tighe, poet (born 1772). See also *1810 in Scotland * 1810 in Wales References {{DEFAULTSORT:1810 In Ireland Years of the 19th century in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
The Royal Belfast Academical Institution is an independent grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. With the support of Belfast's leading reformers and democrats, it opened its doors in 1814. Until 1849, when it was superseded by what today is Queen's University, the institution pioneered Belfast's first programme of collegiate education. Locally referred to as Inst, the modern school educates boys from ages 11 to 18. It is one of the eight Northern Irish schools represented on the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school occupies an 18-acre site in the centre of the city on which its first buildings were erected. History Dissident foundation William Bruce wrote in 1806 in denunciation of "visionary notions" to establish an academical institution that " is town has from some years been in possession of an excellent plan of school education for which it is indebted to the Belfast Academy funded in 1786". What was to become the school was not the first visionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Erie
The Diocese of Erie ( la, Dioecesis Eriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in western Pennsylvania. It was founded on July 29, 1853. It is one of seven suffragan dioceses in Pennsylvania that make up the Ecclesiastical Province of Philadelphia, which is headed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Statistics Erie is geographically the largest diocese in Pennsylvania, covering . Erie diocese covers 13 counties in Northwestern Pennsylvania. About 220,000 Catholics (74,000 families) reside in the diocese. They educate 14,000 children and youth in their religious education programs."Facts about the Erie Diocese." Faith Magazine CSA 2010: 3. Bishops Bishops of Erie # Michael O'Connor, S.J. (1853–1854), appointed Bishop of Pittsburgh # Joshua Maria Young (1854–1866) # Tobias Mullen (1868–1899) # John Edmund Fitzmaurice (1899–1920) # John Mark Gannon (1920–1966), elevated to Archbishop (ad personam) in 1953 # John Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1810 In Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1810 to Wales and its people. Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget *Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort *Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley *Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Thomas Johnes *Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor *Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet *Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster *Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute *Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet *Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis *Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford *Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney *Bishop of Bangor – Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1810 In Scotland
Events from the year 1810 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers * Lord Advocate – Archibald Colquhoun * Solicitor General for Scotland – David Boyle Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Avontoun * Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Granton Events * 25 March – the Commercial Bank of Scotland is founded in Edinburgh by John Pitcairn, Lord Cockburn and others. * 10 May – Rev. Henry Duncan opens the world's first commercial savings bank in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire. * 10 November – Paisley canal disaster: A pleasure craft capsizes on the newly-completed first section of the Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal with the loss of 84 lives. * 19 December – Frigates and are wrecked near Dunbar. * Monach Islands abandoned for the first time, due to overgrazing. * Edinburgh Theological College founded to train clergy for the Scottish Episcopal Church. Births * 5 February – John Muir, Indologis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1772 In Ireland
Events from the year 1772 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George III Events *3 June – the '' London-Derry Journal and General Advertiser'' is first published. *27 July – the Johnston Baronetcy, of Gilford in the County of Down, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland. Births *1 May – Lowry Cole, soldier, politician and MP for Enniskillen from 1797 to 1800, Governor of Mauritius and Cape Colony (died 1842). *16 July – William Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley, politician (died 1838). *9 October – Mary Tighe, poet (died 1810). *Robert Blake, dentist, first State Dentist of Dublin (died 1822). *Edward Southwell Ruthven, Repealer politician and member of the United Kingdom Parliament (died 1836). Deaths *10 June – Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne, peer. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1772 In Ireland Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Tighe
Mary Tighe (9 October 1772 – 24 March 1810) was an Anglo-Irish poet. Life and career Mary Blackford (or Blanchford) was born in Dublin, 9 October 1772. Her parents were Theodosia Tighe, a Methodist leader, and William Blachford (d.1773?), a Church of Ireland clergyman and librarian. She had a strict religious upbringing, and when she was twenty-one she married Henry Tighe (1768–1836), her first cousin and a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Inistioge, County Kilkenny. The marriage is said to have been unhappy, though little is known. The couple moved to London in the early nineteenth century. She became acquainted with Thomas Moore, an early admirer of her writing, and others interested in literature. Although she had written since girlhood, she published nothing until ''Psyche'' (1805), a six-canto allegorical poem in Spenserian stanzas. ''Psyche'' was admired by many and praised by Moore in his poem, "To Mrs. Henry Tighe on reading her Psyche". Having suffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1756 In Ireland
Events from the year 1756 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George II Events *30 May – the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise is formed by merger of the Bishopric of Ardagh with that of Clonmacnoise. Augustine Cheevers serves as first bishop until August when he is succeeded by Anthony Blake. *The title Earl of Lanesborough is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Humphrey Butler, 2nd Viscount Lanesborough. *The title Earl of Shannon is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of the politician Henry Boyle. * Charles Bingham was appointed High Sheriff of Mayo Arts and literature *May – the dramatic poem '' Leucothoé'' becomes Isaac Bickerstaffe's first published work. Births *29 January – Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore, politician (died 1825) *30 June – Charles FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale, politician (died 1810) *July – John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, politician (died 1818) *25 July (probable date) – Elizabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale
Vice-Admiral Charles James FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale PC (Ire) (30 June 1756 – 18 February 1810), styled Lord Charles FitzGerald between 1761 and 1800, was an Irish naval commander and politician. Background FitzGerald was the third son of James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, and Lady Emily, daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and the second of the famous Lennox Sisters. He was the brother of William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, Lord Henry FitzGerald and Lord Edward FitzGerald. Through his mother he was a great-great-grandson of King Charles II. There were 19 children in his family. His sister Lady Charlotte FitzGerald took the title of Baroness Rayleigh in 1821. His brother Lord Edward FitzGerald is known as the famous Irish revolutionary. One of his numerous brothers was Lord Robert Stephen FitzGerald who is known to be a British diplomat in Switzerland 1792–1795. Political and naval career FitzGerald sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1739 In Ireland
Events from the year 1739 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George II Events *April 27 – the trial of Henry Barry, 4th Baron Barry of Santry, before the Irish House of Lords for the drunken murder of a tavern servant in Palmerstown the previous summer opens; he is convicted but later pardoned. *July–August – wet summer, affecting the harvest and the cutting of turf. *September 26 – "Address of the Roman Catholics of Ireland" to George II of Great Britain requesting longer leases. *October 6 – the title Earl of Bessborough is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, chief commissioner of revenue. *December 27–February 1740 – the 'Great Frost': unusually harsh winter. Births *September 27 – Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, politician (d. 1821) *October 31 – James Gordon, merchant, soldier, and politician in America (d. 1810) Full date unknown * Judge Fulton, judge, surveyor, politician, and found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gordon (New York)
James Gordon (October 31, 1739 – January 17, 1810) was an Irish-born American merchant, soldier, and politician. He was born in Killead, County Antrim, Ireland, and left in 1758, settling in Schenectady, New York. From that base and from Detroit, Michigan, he traded with various Native American tribes. He owned slaves. He served as militia lieutenant colonel in the American Revolution. In the 1780 British raid, known as " The Burning of the Valleys", he was captured and taken to Quebec, where he was held until he managed to escape in 1783. During and after the war, first in 1777, held various legislative offices, serving in both houses of the state legislature, and representing the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1791 until 1795. Gordon was married to Mary Ball, daughter of Rev. Eliphalet Ball Eliphalet Ball (July 29, 1722 – April 6, 1797) was a Presbyterian minister and an early settler in Saratoga County, New York. The town of Ballston, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1852 In Ireland
Events from the year 1852 in Ireland. Events *5 January – the troopship HMS ''Birkenhead'' boards British Army recruits at Queenstown. It has insufficient lifeboats. *26 February – the ''Birkenhead'' founders off the coast of South Africa. The soldiers stand to attention while women and children are placed in the lifeboats. *10 June **The 18-arch Craigmore Viaduct near Newry on the Dublin-Belfast railway line is opened (construction began in 1849). **The Irish Industrial Exhibition is opened in Cork. *1 October – Patent Law Amendment Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, merging the English, Scottish and Irish patent systems. *Eglington Pauper Lunatic Asylum opened in Cork. *End of the Great Famine. In the period it has lasted since 1845, one million people have emigrated from Ireland. The Irish now make up a quarter of the population of Liverpool, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore; and a half of Toronto. *Tenant farmer Michael O'Regan emigrates from C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Warburton
Bartholomew Eliot George Warburton (1810–1852), usually known as Eliot Warburton, was an Irish traveller and novelist, born near Tullamore, Ireland. Biography His father was Major George Warburton, Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary for Aughrim, County Galway. His mother was Anne Maria Acton of Kilmacurragh, County Wicklow. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1837. He contracted lasting friendships with Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton) and AW Kinglake, author of ''Eothen'', which he admired. He decided to give up his practice as a barrister for travel and literature. His first travel articles were published in the ''Dublin University Magazine'', where the editor, Charles Lever persuaded him to make them into a book. This became his first book, ''The Crescent and the Cross'', an account of his travels in 1843 in Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine and Egypt, and which fairly divided public attention with Kingla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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