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Charleville (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Charleville was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. History The town of Charleville was named after Charles II. It was enfranchised in 1673, with a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. It belonged to the Earl of Orrery, a branch of the Boyle family. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Charleville was represented with two members. At the end of the 18th Century the constituency was controlled by the Earl of Shannon and the Earl of Cork who each nominated one member. The compensation of £15,000 for the loss of the seats in the Act of Union 1800 was divided equally between them. Members of Parliament, 1673–1801 1689–1801 Notes References Bibliography * *Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800., Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002),*Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press , *T. W. Moody Theodore W ... [...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] |
George Crofts
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Barry (politician)
Robert Barry (1731–1793) was an Irish politician and barrister. He was the third son of Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1750, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn and in 1753, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1768. Between 1761 and 1776, Barry sat in the Irish House of Commons for Charleville, the same constituency his father had also represented before. In 1762, Barry married Elizabeth Lyons, daughter of Henry Lyons Henry J. Lyons (born 1942) is a former president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. who was indicted by federal prosecutors in 1998 for fraud, extortion, money laundering, conspiracy and tax evasion. Early life Lyons was raised by his ..., a Member of Parliament for King's County. He married Elizabeth La Touche, daughter of James Digges La Touche in 1780. References 1731 births 1793 deaths Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Members of Lincoln' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl Of Cork
Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl of Cork and 6th Earl of Orrery (3 February 1729 – 17 January 1764) was the son of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Lady Henrietta Hamilton. He inherited the titles of 6th Earl of Cork and Orrery and 3rd Baron Boyle of Marston from his father in 1762. He served in the Parliament of Great Britain as member of parliament (MP) for Warwick between 1751 and 1762, and represented Charleville in the Irish House of Commons between 1759 and 1760. He was unmarried and was succeeded by his brother. References External linksBoyle family 1729 births 1764 deaths British MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Dungarvan, Hamilton Boyle, Viscount Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies Hamilton {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub 6th 6th 3rd Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet FRS (1696 – 29 March 1776) was an Irish physician and politician. Background and education He was the son of Edward Barry and his wife Jane, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1717, Barry graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently, he studied at the University of Leyden in the Netherlands and became a Doctor of Medicine in 1721. He received the same degree by the University of Dublin in 1740 and the University of Oxford in 1761. Career Barry was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1732. Additionally he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 1740 and its president in 1749. Barry became Physician-General to the Army in Ireland in 1745. He taught as Regius Professor of Physic Dublin University between 1754 and 1761. A year later, Barry became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and then a censor in 1763. He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1744, representing Charleville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Price Hartstonge
Price Hartstonge (1692–1744) was an Anglo-Irish politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons as MP for Charleville from 1727–44. Background He was born at Presteigne in Radnorshire, the second and eldest surviving son of Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Baronet and his wife Anne Price, daughter of a local judge. The Hartstonges, originally from Norfolk, had become substantial landowners in Ireland in the seventeenth century. Price's father Standish had been raised by his grandfather Sir Standish Hartstonge, 1st Baronet, Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, who was then living in retirement in Hereford, but the marriage of Price's parents caused a bitter family feud, and in about 1695 young Standish took his family to live in Ireland. Price was educated at Kilkenny College and Trinity College, Dublin. Career Standish had a long and successful career as a member of the Irish House of Commons and Price follows his father into Parliament, sitting for Charleville from 1727. Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lysaght, 1st Baron Lisle
John Lysaght, 1st Baron Lisle of Mountnorth in the County of Cork in the Peerage of Ireland (1702 – 15 July 1781) was an Irish peer and politician. The eldest son of Nicholas Lysaght and Grace, daughter of Colonel Thomas Holmes of Kilmallock, County Cork, John was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. His father Nicholas was a Protestant landowner in southern Ireland, a soldier he served with William III's invading Orange army at the Battle of Boyne in 1689 as a Colonel of Horse. John's grandfather, also named John Lysaght was a Cornet in the army under Lord Inchiquin who was engaged to quell the Catholic rising in 1641 that led to a bloody massacre in the north of Protestant Scots settler of the Ulster Plantation. The ensuing row in the House of Commons precipitated the fall of the Earl of Strafford, and the opening conflict of the English Civil War the following year. John Lysaght sat as a Member of the Irish House of Commons for Charleville from 1727 until 1758, when on 18 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James O'Brien (1695–1771)
Hon. James O'Brien (died 18 December 1771) was an Irish nobleman and politician. Life James O'Brien was the son of William O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Inchiquin, and his wife, Mary Villiers, daughter of Sir Edward Villiers. He married Mary Jephson, the daughter of the Very Reverend William Jephson, Dean of Kilmore, and Anne Barry. From 1725 to 1727, O'Brien sat as a Member of the Irish House of Commons for Charleville. In 1727, he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Youghal. He held this seat until his retirement in 1760. While serving in Parliament, O'Brien and his family lived in Drogheda, where he held the position of Collector of Customs for the Port of Drogheda. He retired to his brother's estate at Rostellan, County Cork. During his residency there, O'Brien served as Collector of Customs for the Port of Cork until 1767. He died at Rostellan Estate in 1771. O'Brien also served time as Grand Master of the Freemasons of Munster. He was unanimously elected in 1727. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Purdon
Henry Purdon (–1737) was an Irish barrister, politician and Law Officer of the early eighteenth century. He sat in the Irish House of Commons and held the Crown office of Third Serjeant.Hart p.179 Purdon was born in County Cork, to a junior branch of a family, originally from Cumberland in England, which had acquired substantial lands in County Clare in the sixteenth century; Henry's branch of the family settled at Ballyclogh, County Cork. He was the only son of Adam Purdon and his wife Mary Clayton, daughter of Randall Clayton of Mallow, County Cork,Burke, Bernard ''Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland'' Colburn and Co London 1852 Vol.2 p.1064 and grandson of Sir Nicholas Purdon (died 1678), who was MP for Baltimore in the time of Charles II, and his wife Alice or Eilis Stephens. Bartholomew Purdon, who was High Sheriff of County Cork in 1708, and MP successively for several County Cork constituencies, was Henry's first cousin. Ballyclogh Tower House, the main family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Baronet
Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Baronet (c. 1680 – 11 March 1747) was an Irish baronet and politician. He was the son of Sir Robert Deane, 2nd Baronet of Muskerry and Springfield Castle, Co. Limerick by his wife Anne Brettridge, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of Captain Roger Brettridge (1630-1683) of Castles Brettridge, Cope and Magner, Co. Cork and his wife Jane Hakby. Another source has his wife as Anne Bettridge, daughter of Colonel William Bettridge. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1712. He served as High Sheriff of County Cork for 1714 and sat in the Irish House of Commons for Charleville from 1713 to 1715. He was again a Member of Parliament (MP) for County Cork from 1728 until his death in 1747. Deane married Jane Sharpe, only daughter of Reverend William Sharpe. They had three daughters and three sons. Deane was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son Matthew. On the latter's death in 1751 the title devolved to the third son Robert The name Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert FitzGerald (1671–1725)
Robert Stuart Fitzgerald (12 October 1910 – 16 January 1985) was an American poet, literary critic and translator whose renderings of the Greek classics "became standard works for a generation of scholars and students".Mitgang, Herbert (January 17, 1985). Robert Fitzgerald, 74, poet who translated the classics. ''New York Times'' He was best known as a translator of ancient Greek and Latin. He also composed several books of his own poetry. Biography Fitzgerald grew up in Springfield, Illinois, and graduated from The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut. He entered Harvard in 1929, and in 1931 a number of his poems were published in ''Poetry'' magazine. After graduating from Harvard in 1933 he became a reporter for the ''New York Herald Tribune'' for a year. Later he worked several years for ''Time''. In 1940, William Saroyan lists him among "associate editors" at ''Time'' in the play, ''Love's Old Sweet Song''. Whittaker Chambers mentions him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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