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High Sheriff Of County Waterford
The High Sheriff of County Waterford was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Waterford. Initially, an office for a lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became an annual appointment following the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, the sheriff had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. The first High Sheriff of County Waterford whose name is known for certain seems to be Maurice de Porta in 1235; Sir William de la Rochelle was High Sheriff in 1262-3, and William of London in 1270-3. Probably the most powerful of the early Sheriffs was Sir Walter de la Haye, a highly regarded Crown administrator and later a judge, who held office from 1272 to 1284. Unusually, instead of stepping down after a year, De la Haye's term in office continued year after year for more than a decade. He was then appointed Chief Escheator in 1285, and was briefly Justiciar of Ireland in 1294-6. Ball, F. Elrington ''"Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Waterford
County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named after the city of Waterford. Waterford City and County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county. The population of the county at large, including the city, was 116,176 according to the 2016 census. The county is based on the historic Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory of the ''Déisi, Déise''. There is an Gaeltacht, Irish-speaking area, Gaeltacht na nDéise, in the south-west of the county. Geography and subdivisions County Waterford has two mountain ranges, the Knockmealdown Mountains and the Comeragh Mountains. The highest point in the county is Knockmealdown, at . It also has many rivers, including Ireland's third-longest river, the River Suir (); and Ireland's fourth-longest river, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet
Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet, (d. 30 September 1783) was an Irish baronet and politician. Biography The son of Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet and his wife Editha Proby, he succeeded in the baronetcy on 11 April 1743. Osborne served as High Sheriff of County Waterford in 1750 and served as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Carysfort (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Carysfort between 1761 and 1768, for Dungarvan (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Dungarvan between 1768 and 1783 and for Carysfort again in 1783, and was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland, Irish Privy Council in 1770. Marriage and issue Sir William Osborne married (marriage licence, lic. 20 March 1749) Elizabeth Christmas, daughter of Thomas Christmas MP, of Whitfield, County Waterford, Whitfield, Co. Waterford and Elizabeth Marshall, and had eight children: * Elizabeth Osborne (1754 - November 1783), married on 19 March 1774 as his first wife John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew
Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew KP (28 January 1818 – 9 September 1881) was an Irish Member of Parliament in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1840 to 1847, and a member of the Irish and United Kingdom peerages. He was born in Dublin, the son of Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew, and his wife Jane Catherine Cliffe. He was educated at his father's alma mater Eton College and Christ Church, University of Oxford. He married Emily Anne Philips, daughter of Sir George Richard Philips, 2nd Baronet, in 1844. They had two sons: * Robert Shapland George Julian Carew, 3rd Baron Carew (1860–1923) * George Patrick John Carew, 4th Baron Carew (1863–1926) He was Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Waterford County between 1840 and 1847. He was appointed High Sheriff of County Waterford for 1848. On his father's death he became the 2nd Baron Carew, in both the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom and also succeeded him as Lord Lieutenant of Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Palliser
John Palliser (29 January 1817 – 18 August 1887) was an Irish-born geographer and explorer. Following his service in the Waterford Militia and hunting excursions to the North American prairies, he led the British North American Exploring Expedition which investigated the geography, climate and ecology of what would later become western Canada. Biography Born in Dublin, Ireland, he was the son of Colonel Wray Palliser and a brother of Major Sir William Palliser (1830–1882), all descendants of Dr William Palliser, Archbishop of Cashel (1644–1726). From 1839 to 1863, Palliser served in the Waterford Militia, eventually with the rank of captain. He was also appointed High Sheriff of County Waterford for 1844–45. During a hunting expedition in British North America in 1847, Palliser wrote ''Solitary Rambles and Adventures of a Hunter in the Prairies'', first published in 1853. He travelled back to British North America as leader of the British North American Exploring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fitzgerald (1775–1852)
John Fitzgerald (25 December 1775 – 18 March 1852) was a British Member of Parliament. He was born John Purcell, the son of John Purcell, a Dublin physician and his wife Eleanor, the daughter of John Fitzgerald of Waterford. The Purcells were an Anglo-Irish family who had arrived in England at the time of the Norman conquest and settled in Ireland by 1172. John Purcell, junior was educated at Trinity College Dublin (1790) and trained in the law at the Middle Temple (1792) and King's Inns (1793). He was called to the Irish bar in 1796, but never practised. He married in 1801 his cousin Mary Frances, the daughter and heiress of his uncle John Fitzgerald of Little Island, Waterford, who also had estates at Pendleton in Lancashire and Gayton, Staffordshire. The couple lived at the Bredfield House, also known as the White House, Bredfield, near Woodbridge, Suffolk and had three sons and five daughters. In 1810 Mary Frances, whose elder brother had died in 1807, inherited her great- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clashmore
Clashmore () is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland. The village and surrounding district are very low lying, as the name Clais Mór --- ''The great hollow or trench'' --- implies; elsewhere the land is rather hilly. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. Distillery It is the site of a distillery built by Lord Hastings the thirteenth Earl of Huntingdon which operated from c. 1835 to 1840, producing 20,000 gallons of whiskey annually. The mill was then used until c. 1897 as a flour mill. The distillery chimney is unique in Ireland as the only one which spans the river which propelled the mill. Clashmore is now home to several small pubs and a local shop. Clashmore House Clashmore House was a mansion built (however never completed) was built on the site that is currently occupied by St Mochua's well. Sport The local Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Christmas (Waterford MP)
William Christmas (c. 1798 – 22 March 1867) was an Irish Conservative Party politician from Waterford. He was the eldest son of Thomas Christmas of Whitfield, High Sheriff of County Waterford and his cousin Ada Osborne, daughter of Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet and Elizabeth Christmas, daughter of Thomas Christmas. The Christmas family had been dominant in Waterford politics for generations. William in his turn was High Sheriff in 1824. He was elected at the 1832 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Waterford City, but was defeated at the 1835 general election. He served again briefly as MP in 1841-2. He was a firm opponent of any democratic reform, and a political enemy of Daniel O'Connell, who called him "a Christmas of the darkest winter". In later life, he became extremely unpopular. At Christmas time 1866, he was set upon by an angry crowd and savagely assaulted An assault is the act of committing physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strancally Castle
Strancally Castle is a country house in County Waterford, Ireland. It is located on the River Blackwater, close to the town of Youghal in County Cork. History The original Strancally castle was built by Raymond le Gros. It was then reputedly occupied by Spaniards, who lured the local landowners to a banquet and then dropped them through a secret trapdoor into a flooded cave. When news of the murder hole leaked out the Spanish were routed and the castle destroyed. The present building was designed and built around 1830 by James and George Richard Pain for John Keily, MP for Clonmel, and the High Sheriff of County Waterford The High Sheriff of County Waterford was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Waterford. Initially, an office for a lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became an annual appointment following the Provisions of Oxfor ... for 1819–20. It stands in front of the ruin of the original Desmond castle. In 1856 the castle, in an esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Keily (MP)
John Joseph Keily (1854–1928) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. The son of Bartholomew and Margaret Keily,"Keily, John", ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U198707 accessed 13 March 2011 he was born on 23 June 1854 in Limerick, Ireland. He was ordained a priest on 6 May 1877 before being elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Plymouth on 21 April 1911, a post he held until his death on 23 September 1928; at the age of 74. He was buried at St Augustine's Priory Cemetery, Plymouth. On 13 December 1998 he was re-interred in the Lady Chapel vault at Plymouth Cathedral. St Boniface's Catholic College in Plymouth has a House named after him. See also *St Boniface's Catholic College St Boniface's Catholic College is a secondary school for boys, under the direction and trustees of the Roman Catholic Community in the Plymouth area in the South West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Lee (Irish Politician)
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Sir Thomas Osborne, 9th Baronet
Sir Thomas Osborne, 9th Baronet, MP (1757 – 3 June 1821) was an Irish baronet and politician. Biography He was the eldest son of Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet and his wife Elizabeth ''née'' Christmas, daughter of Thomas Christmas and Elizabeth Marshall. Sir Thomas sat as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Carysfort between 1776 and 1797 and served as High Sheriff of County Waterford in 1795, having succeeded to the baronetcy upon his father's death in 1783. Marriage and issue Osborne married on 6 April 1816 at St. Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, Catherine Rebecca Smith (1796 - 10 October 1856). Catherine Rebecca Smith was the daughter of Major Robert Smith RM (1754 - Chatham, Kent, 2 July 1813) and his wife Margaret Ramsay (1766 - Newtown, Ireland, April 1839), and a granddaughter of the Revd James Ramsay and his wife Rebecca Akers. Sir Thomas and Lady Osborne had two children: * Sir William Osborne, 10th Baronet (1817 - 23 May 182 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
