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Fore (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Fore was a constituency in County Westmeath represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800. 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, Fore was represented with two members. Members of Parliament *1634–1635: Lucas Fitzgerald and Thomas Nugent (died 1634 and replaced by John Nugent) *1639–1649: John Nugent (died 1647 and replaced by Oliver Walshe) *1661–1666: Sir Timothy Tyrrill of Buckinghamshire (absent/died and replaced 1662 by Charles Viscount Falkland. Falkland died and was replaced 1663 by John Forrest) and William Markham 1689–1801 Notes References Bibliography * * {{Coord missing, County Westmeath Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic cons ... [...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] |
Robert Perceval
Robert Perceval (30 September 1756 – 3 March 1839) was an Irish physician, chemist, and traveller. He was the first professor of chemistry at Trinity College Dublin and a founding member of the Royal Irish Academy. He was called the "father of the medical profession in Dublin". Early life and family Robert Perceval was born in Dublin on 30 September 1756. His parents were Elizabeth (née Ward; died 30 November 1770) and William Perceval, barrister. This was his father's second marriage, and Perceval was their third and youngest son. He was a descendant of Richard Percivale, and a grandson of William Perceval. Perceval attended Dr Darby's school in Ballygall, Finglas, County Dublin, and began his studies in Trinity College Dublin on 27 April 1772. He graduated with a BA in 1777, and moved to Edinburgh to study medicine in 1778, graduating in 1780. While in Edinburgh, he attended lectures by the chemist Joseph Black which likely sparked Perceval's own interest in chemistry. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gervase Parker Bushe
Gervase Parker Bushe (1744 – 13 August 1793) was an Irish landowner and MP. He was the son of Amyas Bushe of Dublin and his wife Elizabeth Parker. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford (where he matriculated in 1763) and at Trinity College Dublin (where he graduated BA, LLB and LLD). He became a lawyer and lived at Kilfane in County Kilkenny. He served as an MP in the Parliament of Ireland for Granard from 1767 to 1776, for Kilkenny City from 1778 to 1783, for Fore from 1783 to 1790 and for Lanesborough from 1790 to 1793. He was appointed High Sheriff of County Kilkenny for 1768-69.A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy. In a paper presented to the Academy in 1789 he calculated the population of Ireland as approximately 4 million. He died in August 1793 at Kilfane. He had married Mary Grattan, the daughter of James Grattan, the Recorder of Dublin and MP for Dublin City and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Nugent, 7th Earl Of Westmeath
George Frederick Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath PC (18 November 1760 – 30 December 1814), styled Lord Delvin until 1792, was an Irish peer. He gained notoriety in his own lifetime, due to his unhappy first marriage to Maryanne Jeffries, which ended in divorce, following a much-publicised legal action by the husband for criminal conversation. Background and early career Nugent was the only surviving son of Thomas Nugent, 6th Earl of Westmeath, by his second wife Catherine White, daughter of Henry White of Pitchfordstown, County Kildare. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as member for Fore from 1780 until 1792, when he succeeded his father in the earldom. He became a member of the Irish Privy Council the following year, and held the offices of Custos Rotulorum for Westmeath and Auditor of Foreign Accounts. He was a Colonel in the Westmeath Militia. In 1796 he was involved in suppressing a threatened rebellion, a prelude to the Irish rebellion of 1798. Marriage As a young man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelius O'Keefe
The O'Keefe Ranch is a historic ranch in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada on the Canadian National Railway, just northwest of Vernon. The ranch was founded in 1867 by Cornelius O'Keefe. Cornelius O'Keefe Cornelius O’Keefe was born on July 26, 1838, near Fallowfield, Ontario. His father, Michael O’Keefe ( – 1864) was an Irish immigrant from Kilworth, County Cork, and his mother, Esther Demers, was French Canadian. Cornelius was the seventh child of Michael and Esther, who ran a farm in Nepean Township, Upper Canada. In 1862, having heard of the discovery of gold in British Columbia, he travelled west via the Isthmus of Panama. After an unsuccessful attempt at gold-mining in the Cariboo, he worked in 1862 on the construction of the Cariboo Road between Clinton and Bridge Creek under Gustavus Blinn Wright. Later he helped to build 115 Mile House at Lac la Hache. In 1866 O’Keefe met Thomas Wood, a native of Newfoundland, in the vicinity of Kamloops, where W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fitzgerald (1742–1835)
James Fitzgerald (1742–1835), was an Irish politician, descended from the family of the White Knight. He was the younger son of William Fitzgerald, an attorney of Ennis, and brother of Maurice Fitzgerald, Clerk of the Crown for Connaught. Early career He was born in 1742, and educated at Trinity College Dublin. In 1769 he was called to the Irish Bar, and he soon obtained a large practice, and won a great reputation both as a sound lawyer and an eloquent pleader. In 1776 he entered the Irish House of Commons as member for Fore, a seat which he held until 1783. In 1783 he was elected both for Killybegs and Tulsk in Roscommon, and preferred to sit for the latter borough; in 1784 and 1790 he was re-elected for Tulsk, and in 1798 he was chosen to represent Kildare Borough in the last Irish Parliament. His eloquence soon made him as great a reputation in the Irish parliament as at the Irish bar, and he was recognised as one of the leading orators in the days of Grattan and Flood. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Benjamin Chapman, 1st Baronet
Sir Benjamin Chapman, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish landowner. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D./ Sadlier, T.U. p145: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Sir Benjamin had Killua Castle, County Westmeath built as his family home. He was created first baronet of Killua Castle on 10 February 1782. He died in 1810 and was succeeded by his brother Sir Thomas Chapman, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Chapman, 2nd Baronet (20 October 1756 - 22 December 1837) was an Anglo-Irish landowner. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his brother Sir Benjamin Chapman, 1st Baronet Sir Benjam .... References 18th-century births 1810 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people 19th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Alumni of Trinity College Dubli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (Irish Politician)
John Armstrong was an Irish politician. Armstrong was born in County Tipperary and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was MP for Fore in County Westmeath from 1769 to 1776; and for Kilmallock in County Limerick "Remember Limerick" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Limerick.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces of Ireland, Province , subd ... from 1783 to 1792. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, John People from County Tipperary Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 Alumni of Trinity College Dublin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Eyre (engineer)
Thomas Eyre (Eyre died at the Parliament House, Dublin, on 22 February 1772)ny, Ireland) was an Irish military engineer. Thomas Eyre was the second son of Colonel Samuel Eyre of Eyreville, County Galway. In 1738, he joined the regiment of James Oglethorpe, the founder of the Colony of Georgia, and sailed to the colony. He rose from the rank of cadet to be sub-engineer for Georgia and South Carolina by 1743, when he left for England. As a lieutenant, Eyre joined Trelawney's Regiment of Foot, headed by Edward Trelawney, Governor of Jamaica. He served in Jamaica and at Roatán (Rattan), and was promoted to captain in 1748. Eyre retired from active duty in 1752. On 31 August 1752, Eyre was appointed Surveyor General of Ireland, having purchased the office from Arthur Jones-Nevill. Joseph Jarratt worked as his deputy in this role. He undertook works at the Royal Barracks in Dublin, but the condition of the barracks was criticised by the Commissioners of the Ordnance for Ireland. As S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Newenham
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Lill
Godfrey Lill (born 1719, died 1783 in Enniskillen) was an Irish politician, Solicitor-General for Ireland, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). He became the Member of Parliament for Fore in 1761 and Baltinglass in 1768. He was appointed as Solicitor-General in 1770, and a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1774. Early life He was born in Dublin, third son of Thomas Lill. He was educated at the University of Dublin, where he was a scholar in 1737: he took his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1739 and his Master's degree in 1741. He was considered one of the finest students of his generation. He entered Middle Temple in 1738, and was called to the Irish bar in 1743.Ball p.217 Family He married Mary Bull, daughter of Nathaniel Bull of Surrey and had two daughters, Mary who married William Brereton, and Sarah who married Andrew Stewart, 1st Earl Castle Stewart. His father-in-law was an associate of the Duke of Newcastle Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne was a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Nugent, Lord Delvin
Richard Nugent, Lord Delvin (1742 – 6 August 1761) was an Irish duellist and Member of Parliament. Nugent was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Nugent, 6th Earl of Westmeath and adopted the courtesy title of Lord Delvin in 1754 when his father acceded to the earldom. In 1759, he was elected Member of Parliament for Fore, although he was underage. He was also commissioned a cornet The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B, though there is also a sopr ... in the 1st Regiment of Dragoons. In July 1761 aged only 19, the drunken Lord Delvin accosted a female acquaintance of Capt. George Reilly, and was challenged to a duel. The two crossed swords in the music room at Marlborough Bowling Green, and Delvin was mortally wounded. The incident led to the abandonment of Marlborough Green as a fashionable resort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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