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Bannow (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Bannow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Borough This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Bannow in County Wexford. History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Bannow was represented with two members. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised. Members of Parliament *1634–1635: Pierce Neville and Walter Furlong (or Walter Stapleton) *1639–1649: Christopher Hollywood (expelled 1642) and Gerald Cheevers (expelled 1642) *1661–1666: Dr Dudley Loftus and Henry Warren 1689–1801 Notes References Bibliography * * * Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800., Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), *T. W. Moody Theodore William Moody (26 November 1907 – 11 February 1984) was a historian from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Background Early life Moody was born in Belfast, to a poor family who made their living from dressmaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough Constituency
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituency, constituencies" as opposed to "Ward (electoral subdivision), wards": * The House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons (see Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom) * The Scottish Parliament (see Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions) * The Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament, Senedd (see National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions, Senedd constituencies and electoral regions) * The Northern Ireland Assembly (see Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies) * The London Assembly (see List of London Assembly constituencies) Between 1921 and 1973 the following body also included members elected by constituencies: * The Parliament of Northern Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Boyse (Irish MP)
Samuel Boyse (1696-1711) was an Irish politician. Boyse was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i .... From 1725 until 1730, he was MP for Bannow. He died as a result of a duel. References Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Politicians from Dublin (city) 1696 births 1711 deaths {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Shaw, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Shaw, 1st Baronet (29 January 1774 – 10 March 1849) of Bushy Park, Dublin was a Tory UK Member of Parliament who represented Dublin City from 1804 to 1826. Sir Robert's great-great-grandfather, William Shaw, had gone to Ireland and fought for King William at the Battle of the Boyne in 1689, and was rewarded by the grant of land there. William's great-grandson, Robert Shaw sr., moved to Dublin in the mid-18th century, prospered as a merchant and became Accountant General of the Post Office. In 1785 he acquired Terenure House, an estate of . His eldest son, Robert, was born in 1774. On 7 January 1796 Robert junior married Maria, daughter and heiress of Abraham Wilkinson, and as a dowry received £10,000 together with a estate, Bushy Park (possibly named after Bushy Park in Teddington) which adjoined Terenure House. Six months later he succeeded his father to the Terenure estate, which he sold in 1806, establishing Bushy Park House as the family seat (which was then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Loftus (politician)
General William Loftus (1752 – 15 July 1831) was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament. Early life and career Loftus was born at Raynham in Norfolk early in 1752 and was later christened at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin where his ancestor Archbishop Adam Loftus is buried. Loftus was the second son of Captain Henry Loftus, by his wife Diana, daughter of William Bullock of Sturston Hall in Norfolk. When Loftus was eighteen, his father purchased a commission for him in Ireland in the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, which was deployed to North America in 1775, where he saw action in the American War of IndependenceR. G. ThorneLOFTUS, William (1752-1831), of Stiffkey, Norf.at The History of Parliament Online. Accessed 19 February 2014. before returning to Ireland almost three years later. Loftus was promoted to major-general in 1796, lieutenant-general in 1803 and full general in 1813. He served as Governor of Dumbarton Castle from 1807 to 1810 and as Lieutena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ephraim Carroll
Ephraim Carroll (1753 – 1824) was an Irish politician. Carroll was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Carroll represented Fethard in the Irish House of Commons between 1783 and 1790, before sitting for Bannow Bannow () is a village and civil parish lying east of Bannow Bay on the south-west coast of County Wexford, Ireland. In modern times the main settlement is the village of Carrig-on-Bannow (or ''Carrig''). In Norman times there was a borough ca ... from 1790 to 1799.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.76 (Retrieved 26 April 2020). References 1753 births 1824 deaths Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wexford constituencies Politicians from Dublin (city) Alumni of Trinity College Dublin {{Ireland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponsonby Tottenham
Ponsonby Tottenham (1746 – 13 December 1818) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Tottenham sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Fethard between 1779 and 1790, before sitting for Bannow from 1790 and 1797. He then represented Clonmines between 1797 and the seat's disfranchisement under the Acts of Union 1800.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.127 (Retrieved 25 April 2020). In 1800 he had been appointed Clerk of the Ordnance in the Irish Board of Ordnance The Board of Ordnance in the Kingdom of Ireland (1542–1800) performed the equivalent duties of the British Board of Ordnance: supplying arms and munitions, overseeing the Royal Irish Artillery and the Irish Engineers, and maintaining the for ... and was awarded compensation of £487 2s. 6d per annum following the abolition of the post after the Union. Tottenham subsequently sat in the House of Commons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Loftus Tottenham
Nicholas Loftus Tottenham (1745 – 11 March 1823) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Tottenham represented Bannow in the Irish House of Commons between 1776 and 1790, before sitting for Clonmines Clonmines is a civil parish and townland in the Bannow Bay area of County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the site of "the finest example in Ireland of a deserted village, deserted ancient borough, medieval borough".Colfer 2004, p.77 It i ... from 1790 to 1797.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.127 (Retrieved 25 April 2020). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tottenham, Nicholas Loftus 1745 births 1823 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wexford constituencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Loftus (1725–1792) (1709–1783), Irish peer and politician
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Henry Loftus may refer to: * Henry Loftus and Harry Donaldson, two men who made headlines for their unsuccessful attempt to rob the Southern Pacific Railroad's ''Apache Limited'' in 1937 * Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely KP, PC (Ire) (18 November 1709 – 8 May 1783), styled The Honourable from 1751 to 1769 and known as Henry Loftus, 4th Viscount Loftus from 1769 to 1771, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. He was the youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hellen
Robert Hellen (born 1725, died 1793 in Donnybrook, Dublin) was an Irish politician, Solicitor-General, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). Early life He was born at Whitehaven, Cumberland, son of Robert Hellen senior. His family moved to Dublin where he was educated at Trinity College Dublin, taking his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1746 and Bachelor of Laws in 1749. He entered Middle Temple in 1749 and was called to the Irish bar in 1755. He became King's Counsel in 1774. Career He became the Member of Parliament for Bannow in 1768 and Fethard (County Wexford) in 1776. He was appointed as Solicitor-General in 1777, and a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1779. Family He married Dorothea Daniel of Dublin in 1761; Dorothea was wealthy but it may have been a love marriage since she was also noted for beauty and charm. They had four daughters. Character When young he was described rather sentimentally as "a youth of fair fame and gentle endowments". In la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tottenham (1716–1795)
Charles Tottenham (1716 – 10 September 1795) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Fethard from 1755 to 1760, for New Ross from 1761 to 1768, for Bannow from 1768 to 1776, for Clonmines from 1776 to 1790 and again for Fethard from 1790 to his death. He was a younger son of Charles Tottenham and his first wife Ellinor Cliffe, daughter of John Cliffe of Mulrankin, County Wexford and Barbara Carr, and younger brother of Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet, who married a daughter of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and was father of Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely. Charles also married a daughter of the 1st Viscount Loftus, Anne (born 8 November 1718, died 10 November 1768). Their children included Charles Tottenham, Nicholas Loftus Tottenham and Ponsonby Tottenham, all MPs, and Elizabeth, who married Sir James Hutchinson, 2nd Baronet. References * http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/tt/tottenham1.htm * https://web.archive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Mitchell (Irish Politician)
Henry Mitchell may refer to: Fictional characters * Henry Mitchell, a fictional character from the television series ''Charmed''; see List of ''Charmed'' characters * Henry Mitchell, a fictional character, Dennis's father in the U.S. comic strip '' Dennis the Menace'' * Henry Ramsay (Neighbours), also known as Henry Mitchell, fictional character in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' Law and politics * Henry Mitchell (Irish judge) (c. 1320–1384), Irish judge of the fourteenth century * Henry Mitchell (New York politician) (1784–1856), American politician * Henry L. Mitchell (1831–1903), 16th Governor of Florida Sportspeople * Henry Mitchell (footballer) (1874–1943), Australian rules footballer * Kent Mitchell (Henry Kent Mitchell II, born 1939), American rower and Olympic medalist Other uses * Henry Mitchell (oceanographer) (1830–1902), American oceanographer, namesake of USC&GS Mitchell * Henry Mitchell (mill owner) (1824–1898), British woollen mill owner * H. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Loftus, 1st Earl Of Ely
Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely KP, PC (Ire) (18 November 1709 – 8 May 1783), styled The Honourable from 1751 to 1769 and known as Henry Loftus, 4th Viscount Loftus from 1769 to 1771, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. He was the younger son of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and Anne Ponsonby, daughter of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon. His elder brother was Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely of the first creation. He served as High Sheriff of Wexford in 1744 and between 1747 and 1768 represented Bannow in the Irish House of Commons. Subsequently, Loftus sat for Wexford County until 1769, when he succeeded his nephew Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely, as Viscount Loftus. During a celebrated hearing into his nephew's mental capacity, Loftus testified that the young man was of normal intelligence. Loftus was created Earl of Ely (second creation) in 1771 and was appointed a Knight Founder of the Order of St Patrick on 11 March 1783. He married f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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