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Henry Agar
Henry Agar (1707-1746) was an Irish politician, and the father of the 1st Viscount Clifden and the 1st Earl of Normanton. Agar was the eldest son of James Agar of Gowran Castle and his second wife Mary Wemyss, daughter of Sir Henry Wemyss of Danesfort. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. From 1727 to 1746, he was MP for Gowran in County Kilkenny. He married Anne Ellis, daughter of Welbore Ellis, Bishop of Meath and Diana Briscoe, and sister of Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip. They were the parents of five sons, including James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden, Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton, Archbishop of Dublin, and Welbore Ellis Agar, a notable art collector.Rebecca Lyons, "Selling the collection of Welbore Ellis Agar" in Susanna Avery-Quash, Christian Huemer, eds., ''London and the Emergence of a European Art Market, 1780-1820'' (Getty Publications, 6 August 2019)p. 176/ref> Agar extensively rebuilt Gowran Castle and also acquired substantial interests in Dublin by m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest on Earth. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million living in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (25 March 1734 – 1 January 1789), was an Irish peer and politician and held the office of one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland. Family He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, and Anne Ellis, daughter of Welbore Ellis, Bishop of Meath, and was probably born at Gowran Castle on 25 March 1734. On 20 March 1760 James married Lucia Martin, daughter of John Martin and widow of Henry Boyle-Walsingham. Together they had three children; Henry-Welbore, John Ellis, b. 31 December 1763, and Charles-Bagnell, b. 13 August 1765. Agar was made a Baron Clifden on 27 July 1776 and Viscount Clifden on 12 January 1781 and on 13 August 1794 became Baron Mendip. He died on 1 January 1789 when his eldest son became the second viscount and Baron Mendip. His widow died in 1802. Agar's younger brothers were Charles Agar, first Earl of Normanton (1736–1809), who became the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, and Welbore Ellis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of Trinity College Dublin
Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being (or has been) nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating ( Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example). The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization, contributor, or inmate. Etymology The Latin noun ''alumnus'' means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from PIE ''*h₂el-'' (grow, nourish), and it is a variant of the Latin verb ''alere'' "to nourish".Merriam-Webster: alumnus .. Separate, but from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duel
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon Code duello, rules. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the rapier and later the small sword), but beginning in the late 18th century in England, duels were more commonly fought using pistols. Fencing and shooting continued to co-exist throughout the 19th century. The duel was based on a Code of conduct, code of honor. Duels were fought not so much to kill the opponent as to gain "satisfaction", that is, to restore one's honor by demonstrating a willingness to risk one's life for it, and as such the tradition of dueling was originally reserved for the male members of nobility; however, in the modern era, it extended to those of the upper classes generally. On occasion, duels with swords or pistols were fought between women. Legislation against dueling goes back to the medieval period. The Fourth Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Flood
Henry Flood (1732 – 2 December 1791), Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics. He was a leading Irish politician, and a friend of Henry Grattan, the leader of the Irish Patriot Party. He became an object of intense public interest in 1770, when he was put on trial for murder, after killing a political rival in a duel. Henry married Lady Frances Beresford, daughter of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone, and Lady Catherine Power, who brought him a large fortune. Irish Parliament In 1759, he entered the Irish parliament as member for Kilkenny County, a seat he held until 1761. There was at that time no party in the Irish House of Commons that could truly be called national, and until a few years before there had been none that deserved even the name of opposition. The Irish parliament was still con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Agar (1713-1769)
James Agar is the name of: * James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (1735–1788), Irish peer and politician * James Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton (1818–1896), British Conservative Party politician * James Agar (1672–1733), Irish politician * James Agar (1713–1769) James Agar was an Irish politician. He was a litigious and hot-tempered man, whose bitter feud with a rival political faction led to his being killed in a duel. He was the father of the first and last Baron Callan.Andrews, Helen "Agar, James" '' ..., Irish politician * James Agar (priest) (1781–1866), Anglican priest in Ireland {{hndis, name=Agar, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callan, County Kilkenny
Callan () is a town and civil parish in County Kilkenny in Ireland. Situated 16 km (10 mi) south of Kilkenny on the N76 road to Clonmel, it is near the border with County Tipperary. It is the second largest town in the county, and had a population of 2,475 at the 2016 census. Callan is the chief town of the barony of the same name. History and name Callan was founded by William the Marshal in 1207 and reputedly gets its name from the High King of Ireland, Niall Caille. It is reported that while at war with the Norsemen the High King arrived in Callan to find that its river was in flood. The King witnessed his servant trying to cross the river and being swept away by the fast-flowing current. The King, recorded in history as a man of action, seeing the impending disaster, impetuously urged his horse into the fast flowing river in a vain bid to save his servant, only to be also overcome and drowned by the torrent. The river in question is now named the "Kings River" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neale(1826) P3
Neale may refer to: * Neale (surname) * Neale, County Mayo * Neale (electric car) See also * Neil Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. A ..., containing Neale as a given name {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of six counties of Northern Ireland The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and had a population of 63,585 as of 2021. Enniskillen is the county town and largest in both size and population. Fermanagh is one of four counties of Northern Ireland to have a majority of its population from a Catholic background, according to the 2011 census. Geography Fermanagh spans an area of 1,851 km2 (715 sq; mi), accounting for 13.2% of the landmass of Northern Ireland. Nearly a third of the county is covered by lakes and waterways, including Upper and Lower Lough Erne and the River Erne. Forests cover 14% of the landmass (42,000 hectares). It is the only county in Northern Ireland that does not border Lough Neagh. The county has three prominent upland areas: * the expansive West Fermanagh Scarplands to the southwest of Lough Erne, which rise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanna Avery-Quash
Susanna Mary Avery-Quash (born 1970) is a British art historian, curator, and author. She is senior research curator at the National Gallery, researching its collections and curating 19th-century items in its history collection, and a research fellow in the history of art at the University of Buckingham. She has written widely on her subject, with particular interests in early Italian art and the growth of the international art market, and is a contributor to the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Early life Avery-Quash is a daughter of Dr Charles Avery of Beckenham, and his wife Kathleen Jones. When she was born, her father was deputy keeper of sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum and later directed the sculpture department of Christie's."Avery, Dr Charles Henry Francis", in Daniel Sefton, ed., ''Debrett's People of Today'' Vol. MMVII (2006), p. 59; "Avery, Dr Charles Henry Francis", in ''Marquis Who’s Who'', marquiswhoswho.com, accessed 27 July 2022 She was educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welbore Ellis Agar
Welbore Ellis Agar FRS (1735 – 30 October 1805) was an Anglo-Irish gentleman, senior officer of HM Revenue and Customs, and art collector, who lived most of his life in Mayfair, Westminster. Life Agar was the middle son of Henry Agar of Gowran Castle, County Kilkenny, and his wife Anne Ellis, a daughter of Welbore Ellis, Bishop of Meath. His elder brother became James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden, while his younger brother was Charles Agar, a clergyman who as Bishop of Cloyne was created Earl of Normanton in the peerage of Ireland and ended his career as Archbishop of Dublin. Agar was educated at Westminster School between 1747 and about 1754.Lyons, p. 176 After leaving school, he joined HM Revenue and Customs, which gave him a career with good prospects. Lyons, p. 177 Agar lived most of his adult life in Mayfair, and his early years in the metropolis were colourful. He has been identified as the "rich and jovial libertine" called "Sir Edgar", the "Chevalier Egard", or "Egard" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishop Of Dublin
The Archbishop of Dublin is an archepiscopal title which takes its name after Dublin, Ireland. Since the Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic successions to the title: one in the Catholic Church and the other in the Church of Ireland. The archbishop of each denomination also holds the title of Primate of Ireland. History The diocese of Dublin was formally established by Sigtrygg (Sitric) Silkbeard, King of Dublin in 1028, . ''Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough''. Retrieved on 31 March 2010. and the first bishop, , was consecrated in about the same year. The diocese of Dublin was subject to the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
