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Baron Saint George
Baron Saint George was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1715 when Sir George St George, 2nd Baronet, was made Baron Saint George, of Hatley Saint George in the Counties of Roscommon and Leitrim. The Baronetcy, of Carrickdrumrusk in the County of Leitrim, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1660 for his father, Oliver St George. Lord St George died without male issue in 1735 when the titles became extinct. The title was revived in 1763 when St George St George was made Baron Saint George, of Hatley Saint George in the County of Roscommon. Born St George Ussher, he was the son of John Ussher and the Honourable Mary, daughter of the first Baron of the first creation. He assumed by Royal licence the surname of St George in lieu of his patronymic. Before his elevation to the peerage, Lord St George had represented Carrick in the Irish House of Commons. He had no surviving male issue and the title became extinct on his death i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peerage Of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisions of Peerages in the United Kingdom. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron. As of 2016, there were 135 titles in the Peerage of Ireland extant: two dukedoms, ten marquessates, 43 earldoms, 28 viscountcies, and 52 baronies. The Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland continues to exercise jurisdiction over the Peerage of Ireland, including those peers whose titles derive from places located in what is now the Republic of Ireland. Article 40.2 of the Constitution of Ireland forbids the state conferring titles of nobility and an Irish citizen may not accept titles of nobility or honour except with the prior appro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George St George, 1st Baron Saint George
George St George, 1st Baron St George (c. 1658 – 4 August 1735) was an Anglo-Irish politician, soldier and peer. St George was the son of Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet and Olivia Beresford, daughter of Michael Beresford, of Coleraine, County Londonderry. He represented County Roscommon in the Irish House of Commons between at least 1692 and 1715. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1695. He held the post of Vice-Admiral of Connaught from 1696 to his death. In 1715 he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron St George, of Hatley Saint George in the Counties of Roscommon and Leitrim. St George gained experience as a soldier. In 1689 he took command of Solomon Richards' infantry regiment which had just taken part in a failed expedition under John Cunningham to rescue the besieged city of Derry, the failure of which led to the dismissal of both Cunningham and Richards. Under St George, the regiment took part in the more successful relief operation of Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of Ireland
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of England, King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of Pound sterling, £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707, Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the #Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the #Baronetage of Great Britain, Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet
Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet (died October 1695) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Biography Oliver St George was the son of Sir George St George of Carrickdrumrusk and Katherine Gifford, and grandson of Richard St George, Clarenceux King of Arms, In February 1658 he was knighted by Henry Cromwell, Lord Deputy of Ireland cites (this honour passed into oblivion with the Restoration (Ireland), Restoration in May 1660). In January 1659 Lord Montgomery, Sir Oliver and others took control of Dublin Castle and made Jones and two of his colleagues prisoners. They set up a Council of Officers assumed the government of Ireland, and summoned a Convention of Estates (or Irish Convention (1660), Convention Parliament). The Convention accepted Charles's Declaration of Breda and proclaimed him King of Ireland. After the Restoration St George was knighted by Charles II in Whitehall on 11 July 1660, and was appointed a Commissioner of Irish Affairs. Later the same year on 5 September he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St George St George, 1st Baron St George
St George St George, 1st Baron Saint George (circa 1715 – 2 January 1775), was an Irish politician. Born St George Ussher, he was the son of John Ussher by his wife Mary St George, daughter of the 1st Baron St George. He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Carrick in the Irish House of Commons from 1741 until he was raised to the Irish House of Lords. He was created Baron Saint George of Hatley St George, in the Peerage of Ireland, on 19 April 1763; this was a revival of the title held by his grandfather. He married Elizabeth Dominick, daughter of Sir Christopher Dominick (died 1743), a wealthy Dublin doctor who began the laying out of Dominick Street in Dublin. He died without surviving male issue, so his title became extinct. His daughter Emilia later married William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster William Robert FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, KP, PC (Ire) (12/13 March 1749 – 20 October 1804) was an Irish liberal politician and landowner. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ussher (died 1741)
John Ussher (circa 1682 – 1741) was an Irish soldier and Member of Parliament. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Beverley Ussher by his wife Grace, daughter of Sir Richard Osborne, 2nd Baronet. His nephews John Ussher and Beverley Ussher were also MPs. He reached the rank of captain in General Lumley's Regiment of Horse, seeing action at the Battle of Blenheim. On 20 December 1714 he married Mary St George, daughter and heiress of Sir George St George, later Lord St George. In November 1715 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for his father-in-law's former constituency of Carrick, sitting until his death. He later also served as Governor of Galway and, from 1735, Vice-Admiral of Connaught. His son St George Ussher succeeded to his seat in Parliament. He later adopted the surname St George and was created Baron St George. His daughter Olivia married Arthur French and their son Christopher adopted the surname St George in 1774; he was the grandfather of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrick (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Carrick (also known as Carrigdrumruske or Carrick-on-Shannon Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. It returned two members. Borough This constituency was the borough of Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim. 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, Carrick was not represented. Under the terms of the Act of Union 1800, the constituency was disenfranchised and abolished. Members of Parliament, 1614–1801 *1613–1615 Maurice Griffith and Thomas Bellot *1639–1649 Sir George St George and John Jackson *1661–1666 Richard Barrett and Thomas Carr 1689–1801 Notes References Bibliography * * {{Leitrim constituencies Constituencies of the Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive franchise, similar to the unreformed House of Commons in contemporary England and Great Britain. Catholics were disqualified from sitting in the Irish parliament from 1691, even though they comprised the vast majority of the Irish population. The Irish executive, known as the Dublin Castle administration, under the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was not answerable to the House of Commons but to the British government. However, the Chief Secretary for Ireland was usually a member of the Irish parliament. In the Commons, business was presided over by the Speaker. From 1 January 1801, it ceased to exist and was succeeded by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Franchise The limited franchise was exclusively male. From 1728 until 1793, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher St George
Christopher St George Justice of the Peace, JP Deputy Lieutenant, DL (1812 – 13 November 1877) was an Irish Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament. He was son of Arthur French St George by his wife Lady Harriet, daughter of William St Lawrence, 2nd Earl of Howth. His paternal grandfather, Christopher French, had adopted the name St George to commemorate his descent from the Baron St George, Barons St George. He was first elected to represent County Galway (UK Parliament constituency), County Galway on 11 August 1847 during the 1847 United Kingdom general election, general election of that year. He was not re-elected at the 1852 United Kingdom general election, next general election in 1852. References * http://thepeerage.com/p38976.htm#i389754 * https://web.archive.org/web/20110713200634/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Gcommons1.htm External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:St George, Christopher 1812 births 1877 deaths UK MPs 1847–1852 Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard St George
Sir Richard St George (1550 – 1635) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London during the seventeenth century. Life He was the second son of Francis St George (d. 1584) of Hatley, Cambridgeshire. In 1575 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas St John of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire. Elizabeth was a descendant of Margaret Beauchamp, grandmother to Henry VII. He was a collector of manuscripts and keen antiquary, associated with the Elizabethan Society of Antiquaries. He joined the College of Arms in 1602. During this year, he was unsuccessful in his bid to be appointed Norroy King of Arms, but he later became Berwick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary and then Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary. In 1604, St George was finally able to secure an appointment as Norroy and was knighted in 1616. In 1623, he attained the position of Clarenceux King of Arms, the second-highest heraldic appointment in England. He was active in all of the posts to which he was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarenceux King Of Arms
Clarenceux King of Arms, historically often spelled Clarencieux (both pronounced ), is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Clarenceux is the senior of the two provincial kings of arms and his jurisdiction is that part of England south of the River Trent. The office almost certainly existed in 1420, and there is a fair degree of probability that there was a ''Claroncell rex heraldus armorum'' in 1334. There are also some early references to the southern part of England being termed Surroy, but there is not firm evidence that there was ever a king of arms so called. The title of Clarenceux is supposedly derived from either the Honour (or estates of dominion) of the Clare earls of Gloucester, or from the Dukedom of Clarence (1362). With minor variations, the arms of Clarenceux have, from the late fifteenth century, been blazoned as ''Argent a Cross on a Chief Gules a Lion passant guardant crowned with an open Crown Or''. Timothy Duke was appointed Clarenceux K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver St George
Oliver St George (1661 – 15 April 1731) was an Irish politician. The son of Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet and Olivia Beresford, he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Knox and Mary Bruce, in 1701. He was elected to 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 membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fran ... for both Carrick and Dungannon in September 1703, and chose to sit for Carrick. In the next general election in November 1713 he was elected again for Dungannon, and sat there until his death. He was appointed to the Irish Privy Council on 9 October 1714. References 1661 births 1731 deaths Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Younger sons of baronets Members of the Parliament of Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
