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Blessington (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Blessington in County Wicklow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1670 until 1800. History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Re ..., Blessington was represented with two members. Members of Parliament, 1670–1801 Notes References Bibliography * * {{coord missing, County Wicklow Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Wicklow 1670 establishments in Ireland 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1670 Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...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. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called " constituencies" as opposed to "wards": * The House of Commons (see Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom) * The Scottish Parliament (see Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions) * The Senedd (see 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 Ireland (see Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies) Electoral areas called constituencies were previously used in elections to the European Parliament, prior to the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union (s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Boyle, 2nd Viscount Blesington
Charles Boyle, 2nd Viscount Blesington (died 2 June 1732) was an Irish peer and member of the House of Lords. Charles Boyle was the son of Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington and Lady Anne Coote, daughter of Charles Coote, 2nd Earl of Mountrath and Alice Meredyth. He married twice; firstly Penelope Rose Coote, daughter of his uncle Colonel Hon. Richard Coote and his wife Penelope Hill, and secondly Martha Matthews, daughter of Samuel Matthews and Anne Cuffe. By his second wife, he had a son and heir, Murrough, who died in infancy. He sat as Member of Parliament for Blessington between 1711 and 1718, when he succeeded in the viscountcy on the death of his father. After his death in Paris he was buried at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin and, although his estates passed to his sister Anne, his titles became extinct. External links Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland 1732 deaths Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Talbot Dillon
Sir John Talbot Dillon, 1st Baronet, Baron Dillon (1739 – 17 July 1805) was an Irish politician and baronet. Career Dillon was the son of Arthur Dillon and Elizabeth Lambert, daughter of Ralph Lambert; and grandson of Sir John Dillon of Lismullen, knight, and Member of Parliament for Meath. Dillon sat in the Parliament of Ireland, representing Wicklow from 1771 to 1776, and then Blessington from 1776 to 1783. Dillon may have spent time in Vienna, and enjoyed the favour of the Emperor Joseph II, from whom he received the title of Baron Dillon, of the Holy Roman Empire, on 4 July 1783. He used this title after recognition by King George III per Royal Licence on 22 February 1784. In the obituary notice in the ''Gentleman's Magazine'' for September 1805 it is said that this honour was conferred in recognition of his services in parliament on behalf of Catholics; and the date is given as 1782, which is repeated in the ''Baronetages'' of William Betham and Foster. Family Dillon mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Dunbar (politician)
Charles Dunbar may refer to: * Charles Davidson Dunbar (1870–1939), pipe major * Charles E. Dunbar (1888–1959), attorney in the U.S. state of Louisiana * Charles Franklin Dunbar (1830–1900), American economist * Charles Augustus Royer Flood Dunbar Paymaster Rear-Admiral Charles Augustus Royer Flood Dunbar, CBE (30 June 1849 – 7 May 1939) was a Royal Navy officer. He saw service during the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often ... (1849–1939), British admiral * Charles Dunbar (British Army officer) (1919–1981), British general * Charles Franklin Dunbar (diplomat), American diplomat {{hndis, Dunbar, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Monck Mason
John Monck Mason (1726–1809) was an Irish politician and literary scholar. Life Born in Dublin, he was eldest son of Robert Mason of Mason-Brook, County Galway, by Sarah, eldest daughter of George Monck of St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. On 12 August 1741 he entered Trinity College, Dublin, and graduated B.A. in 1746, M.A. in 1761. In 1752 he was called to the Irish bar. Mason sat in the Irish House of Commons as member for Blessington, County Wicklow, in 1761 and 1769, and for St. Canice, County Kilkenny, in 1776, 1783, 1790, and 1798. In parliament he was a frequent speaker. He introduced in 1761 a bill to enable Roman Catholics to invest money in mortgages on land, which was carried, but then rejected by the English privy council. In the next session a similar bill, strongly opposed by the government, was rejected by 138 to 53. The government made a bid for Mason's support by appointing him in August 1771 a commissioner of barracks and public works, Dublin, and in 1772 a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Smyth (lawyer)
George Smyth (1705 – 15 February 1772) was an Irish lawyer and judge. He was the son of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh, Dean of Emly and later Bishop of Ardagh, and Mary Kingsmill). His brothers included Charles Smyth, MP for Limerick, and Arthur Smyth, Archbishop of Dublin. Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' London John Murray 1926 p.161 He was educated at a local school in Limerick and at the University of Dublin, which he entered in 1723, graduating in 1727. Ball p.216He entered the Middle Temple in 1728. He was called to the Bar in 1734, and became King's Counsel in 1758. He was Recorder of Limerick. He was appointed Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions for County Dublin in 1759.Ball p.161 In 1763 he presided over the celebrated inquiry into the mental capacity of Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely. He was his brother's Seneschal in the See of Dublin from 1765. He represented Blessing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis McCartney
Francis Macartney (1716-1759) was a member of the Irish House of Commons. Biography He was the elder son of James Macartney by his wife Catherine, third daughter of Thomas Coote and his wife Anne Lovett and niece of Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont. On 7 September 1748 he was married to Henrietta, eldest daughter of Luke Gardiner; they had no children. He was elected to Parliament for Blessington in 1749 and sat until he died in London in January 1759, having predeceased his father. He was buried in St James's Church, Westminster. John Lodge, ed. Mervyn Archdall, ''The Peerage of Ireland'' (1789) vol. VIIp. 91 Since his only brother Coote had died young, on his father's death the family estate passed to his sisters, who included the celebrated poet Frances Greville, mother of the noted political hostess Frances Anne Crewe, and Martha, who married William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton MP (24 December 1724 – 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kelly (politician)
Joseph Kelly may refer to: Politics * Joseph D. Kelly (New York City) (1887–1953), New York politician and judge * Joseph J. Kelly (1897–1963), mayor of Buffalo, New York from 1942 to 1945 *Joseph L. Kelly (1867–1925), Virginia judge and politician * Joe Kelly (attorney) (born 1956), American attorney and Nebraska Lieutenant Governor *Joseph P. Kelly (New York politician) (1894–1968), New York politician * Joseph Kelly (New South Wales politician) (1855–1931), Australian politician *Joe Kelly (Queensland politician) (Joseph Patrick Kelly) Other *Joseph Kelly (crimper) (died 1900s), Portland crimper * Joseph D. Kelly (sound engineer), American sound engineer *Joseph Anthony Kelly (born 1958), Catholic writer, editor and publisher * Joseph Patrick Kelly (born 1962), professor of English See also *Joe Kelly (other) *Joe Kelley Joseph James Kelley (December 9, 1871 – August 14, 1943) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who starred in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ussher
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick French (politician)
Patrick French (born 1966) is a British writer, historian and academician. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh where he studied English and American literature, and received a PhD in South Asian Studies. He was appointed as the inaugural Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Ahmedabad University in July 2017. French is the author of several books including: ''Younghusband: the Last Great Imperial Adventurer'' (1994), a biography of Francis Younghusband; ''The World Is What It Is'' (2008), an authorised biography of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in the United States of America; and ''India: A Portrait'' (2011). During the 1992 general election, French was a Green Party candidate for Parliament. He has sat on the executive committee of Free Tibet, a Tibet Support Group UK, and was a founding member of the inter-governmental India-UK Round Table. Books and awards At the age of 25, French set off on a trail across ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmeath (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
County Westmeath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Act of Union in 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. Under the terms of the Act of Union 1800, it was succeeded by the Westmeath (UK Parliament constituency), Westminter constituency of County Westmeath. Members of Parliament It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland. *1560 **Sir Thomas Nugent **Sir George Stanley *1585 **Edward Nugent of Dysert **Edward Nugent of Morton *1613–1615 **Sir Christopher Nugent of Meyrath **Edward Nugent of Portloman (died and replaced 1615 by Edmond Nugent of Roconnel) *1634–1635 **Sir James Dillon (officer), James Dillon *1639–1649 **Sir James Dillon (expelled 1642 as rebel) **Sir Luke Fitzgerald of Tecroghan (expelled 1642 as rebel) *1661–1666 **William Handcock (Westmeath politician), William Handcock **Thomas Longe 1689–1801 Notes References * * {{Authority cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Malone (politician)
Anthony Malone (5 December 1700 – 8 May 1776) was an Irish lawyer and politician. Life The eldest son of Richard Malone of Baronston (or Baronstown) House, Ballynacarrigy, County Westmeath, who was a barrister like his three eldest sons, and Marcella, daughter of Redmond Molady of Robertstown, County Kildare and his wife Mary, a Malone cousin, he was born on 5 December 1700; the noted Shakespearean scholar Edmond Malone was his nephew, son of Edmond Malone senior, and a younger brother, Richard Malone (1706–1759) was M.P. for Fore from 1741 to his death. All three brothers held the office of Serjeant-at-law, but only Edmond was appointed a High Court judge, sitting in the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). Anthony was educated at Mr. Young's school in Abbey Street, Dublin, and on 6 April 1720 was admitted a gentleman-commoner of Christ Church, Oxford. After two years at university, he entered the Middle Temple, and was called to the Irish Bar in May 1726. In 1737 he was crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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