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Augher (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Augher was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Acts of Union 1800 came into force on 1 January 1801. History In the Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May ... of 1689 summoned by James II, Augher was not represented. Members of Parliament, 1613–1801 Notes References Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885 Bibliography * * {{County Tyrone constituencies Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Tyrone 1614 establishments in Ireland 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1614 Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augher
Augher (from ga, Eochair meaning "edge/border") is a small village in south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies just 6 miles to the County Monaghan Border and is 16 miles south of Dungannon. It is situated in the historic barony of Clogher and the civil parish of Clogher. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 399. The town gives its name to the local Gaelic Football Club. Augher was also a victim to several bombings throughout the 1980s and 1990s with 7 bombings in the town, from both the IRA and the UVF. The most recent of these bombings was by the IRA in 1992 against Clogher Valley creamery, a dominantly Protestant creamery. Historical By the time of the Nine Years' War Augher was important enough to be used as a garrison town by the forces of Lord Mountjoy, Elizabeth I's Lord Deputy of Ireland, to disrupt the army of the Earl of Tyrone. In 1613, after the war and as part of the Plantation of Ulster an area of 315 acres (127.5 ha) around Augher was given to Sir Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Mervyn (died 1748)
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Henry Mervyn may refer to: *Sir Henry Mervyn (died 1646), English MP for Hindon (UK Parliament constituency) * Henry Mervyn (died 1699), Irish MP for Augher (Parliament of Ireland constituency) and County Tyrone * Henry Mervyn (died 1748), Irish MP for Augher and County Tyrone (Parliament of Ireland constituency) County Tyrone was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet
Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet (1737–1807) of Drumboe Castle, County Donegal was a Baronet in the Baronetage of Ireland and Member of Parliament for Augher in the Irish House of Commons between 1783 and 1790. Family Hayes’s father Charles Hayes of Bridgwater, Somerset, who married Deborah Holditch of Totnes, Devon, was vice-consul in Lisbon. Samuel worked as a London surgeon and then married Mary Basil, only heiress of valuable estate of Drumboe in the north of Ireland. She was daughter of William Basil (previously Ball) of Wilton Park, Buckinghamshire and Drumboe Castle. The children from this marriage included: *Sir Samuel Hayes, 2nd Baronet *Mary Hayes, married Revd. Andrew Thomas Hamilton, brother of Sir John Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Woodbrook *Frances Hayes, married John Boyd of Ballymacool, County Donegal Career He represented Augher in the Irish House of Commons between 1783 and 1790. He was Governor of County Donegal This is a list of people who served as Lord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donegal County (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Donegal County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. The county received two seats at Westminster thereafter. History In the Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May ... of 1689 summoned by James II, Donegal County was not represented. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. Members of Parliament Notes References Bibliography * * {{Coord missing, County Donegal Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Donegal 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Vaughan Brooke
Colonel Henry Vaughan Brooke (1743 – 27 November 1807) was an Irish politician. Background Brooke originated from a family with roots in the counties Fermanagh as well as Donegal and was the son of Basil Brooke.Lowry-Corry (1887), pp. 303–304 His mother was Jane, daughter of Henry Wrey. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin until 1761 and when his father died seven years later, he inherited the latter's estates. Brooke was unmarried and following his death was succeeded by his nephew Thomas Grove, who thereupon assumed his uncle's surname. Career Brooke entered the Irish House of Commons in 1776, having been elected for Donegal Borough.Johnston-Lilk (2006), p. 73 In 1783, he stood successfully for both County Donegal as well as Augher, choosing to sit for the former constituency. He represented it until the Act of Union 1801 and then gained a seat in the British House of Commons for the new established constituency Donegal until 1802.Thorne (1986), p. 263 By support of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Richardson, 1st Baronet
Sir William Richardson, 1st Baronet (after 1749 – 29 October 1830) was an Irish politician. He was the son and heir of St George Richardson, MP for Augher (1755–1760) and Elizabeth Bunbury, daughter of Benjamin Bunbury of Kilfeacle, County Tipperary. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Augher from 1783 to 1790 and Ballyshannon, Ireland from 1798 to 1801. He was created a baronet on 30 August 1787 and served as High Sheriff of Tyrone in 1789. He married twice: firstly, Mary, widow of Carey Hamilton, and daughter and coheir of William Newburgh, of Ballyhaise, County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) 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 Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ..., a son of Colonel Brockhill Newburgh, and secondly Eliza Richardson, daughter of the Reverend Galbraith Richardson. By the two marriages he had at leas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fortick
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George Hamilton (Tyrone Politician)
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Robert Rochfort (1643–1797)
Robert Rochfort (9 December 1652 – 10 October 1727) was a leading Irish lawyer, politician and judge of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He held office as Attorney General for Ireland, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. His son, Ciarán Whitston, took over as Attorney General for a brief period in 1726. Family Rochfort was born 9 December 1652, the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel James (nick-named "Prime-Iron") Rochfort (d. 1652), a Cromwellian soldier, and his wife Thomasina Pigott, daughter of Sir Robert Pigott of Dysart Manor, County Laois, and widow of Argentine Hull of Leamcon, County Cork. Robert was born posthumously: his father, who had fatally wounded one Major Turner in a duel, was court-martialled and executed for murder a few months before Robert's birth. His mother made a third marriage to George Peyton of Streamstown, County Roscommon, who was her distant cousin through her mother Thomasina Peyton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Moutray (1722–1777)
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William Montgomery (Irish Politician)
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St George Richardson
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