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Lord-Lieutenant Of County Monaghan
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of County Monaghan. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II of England, James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831. Governors * Edward Blayney, 1st Baron Blayney 1604– (died 1629) * Cadwallader Blayney, 7th Baron Blayney c.1713– * Charles Talbot Blayney, 8th Baron Blayney c.1735– * William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont:Robert Beatson, Beatson's ''Political Index'' (1806) vol. IIIp. 373 1775–1806 * Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore: –1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831p. 389 * Charles Powell Leslie (1769–1831), Charles Powell Leslie: 1802–1831Stephen FarrellLESLIE, Charles Powell (?1767-1831), of Glasslough, co. Monaghan.in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832'' (2009). Lord Lieutenants * Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore, The 2nd Baron Rossmore: 7 October 1831 – 1836 * Henry Westen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Lieutenant
A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility over the local militia was removed. However, it was not until 1921 that they formally lost the right to call upon able-bodied men to fight when needed. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a retired notable person in the county. Origins England and Wales Lieutenants were first appointed to a number of English counties by King Henry VIII in the 1540s, when the military functions of the sheriffs were handed over to them. Each lieutenant raised and was responsible for the efficiency of the local militia units of his county, and afterwards of the yeomanry and volunteers. He was commander of these forces, whose officers he appointed. These commissions were originally of temporary duration, and only when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore
Warner William Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore (14 October 1765 – 10 August 1842), was an Anglo-Irish landowner and politician. Background and education Westenra was the son of Henry Westenra, Member of Parliament for County Monaghan, by Harriet Murray, daughter of Colonel John Murray, also Member of Parliament for County Monaghan. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin. Public life Westenra was returned to the Irish House of Commons for County Monaghan in August 1800, a seat he held until December of that year, when the Irish Parliament was abolished. He then represented the newly created constituency County Monaghan in the British Parliament until 1801, when he succeeded his maternal aunt's husband General Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore, as 2nd Baron Rossmore according to a special remainder in the letters patent. This was an Irish peerage and did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords, although he was forced to resign from his seat in the House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet (7 August 1857 – 25 January 1944) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and baronet. Early life Leslie was born on 7 August 1857. He was the only son of Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet, and Lady Constance Wilhelmina Frances Dawson-Damer. His father was the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of Parliament for Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency), Monaghan from 1871 to 1880 and was Leslie Baronets, created a baronet in 1876. After his father's death in January 1916, Leslie succeeded his father as the 2nd Baronet Leslie, of Glaslough. His maternal grandfather was Colonel George Dawson-Damer, George Lionel Dawson-Damer and his paternal uncle was Charles Powell Leslie (1821–1871), Charles Powell Leslie, also a Member of Parliament. His ancestor, the The Right Reverend, Right Reverend John Leslie (bishop of Clogher), John Leslie, Bishop of the Isles, moved from Scotland to Ireland in 1633 when he was made Bishop of Raphoe in County Donegal and was subse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrick Westenra, 5th Baron Rossmore
Derrick Warner William Westenra, 5th Baron Rossmore (7 February 1853, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland – 31 January 1921, Rossmore Park, County Monaghan, Ireland), known as The Hon. Derrick Westenra until March 1874, was an Anglo-Irish noble, soldier, author and Orangeman. Biography The second son of The 3rd Baron Rossmore and Josephine Julia Helen (née Lloyd), he was educated at Rugby. Commissioned a lieutenant in the Monaghan Militia, he resigned effective 4 December 1872, when he was made a sub-lieutenant in the 9th Lancers, replacing the controversial Sub-Lieutenant Tribe. On 28 March 1874, upon the death of his elder brother Henry in a riding accident, Derrick succeeded as The 5th Baron Rossmore, of Monaghan in the County of Monaghan, in the Peerage of Ireland and as The 4th Baron Rossmore, of the County of Monaghan, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His brother had been an officer of the 1st Life Guards, and Derrick was transferred to that regiment to replace him, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dawson, 1st Earl Of Dartrey
Richard Dawson, 1st Earl of Dartrey KP (7 September 1817 – 12 May 1897), styled the Hon. Richard Dawson until 1827 and the Lord Cremorne from 1827 to 1866, was an Anglo-Irish Liberal, and later Liberal Unionist, politician. Life Dartrey was the second and only surviving son of Richard Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne, and his wife Anne Elizabeth Emily (née Whaley), and succeeded his father in the barony in 1827 at the age of nine. As this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. In the late 1830s, Archbishop William Crolly, Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, was seeking a site for a new Catholic cathedral. The main difficulty in constructing a Catholic cathedral at Armagh was that the land of Armagh City and suburbs consisted almost entirely of "see-land", the mensal estate or demesne of the Protestant Primate and thus would not be available for the Catholic episcopacy to purchase. A site at the apex of a hill on the outskirts of the town had how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Powell Leslie (1821–1871)
Charles Powell Leslie (III) (13 September 1821 – 26 June 1871) was a Conservative member of the UK Parliament for Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency), Monaghan (1843–1871) and Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan (1858–1871). He was the third of his name; his Charles Powell Leslie (1769–1831), father, and Charles Powell Leslie (1731–1800), grandfather, also represented Monaghan. Leslie was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1839. He played one first class cricket match for Oxford University Cricket Club against Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's on 16–17 March 1841. He was unmarried, died without issue, and was succeeded as MP by his younger brother Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet. References * * 1821 births 1871 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Monaghan constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore
Henry Robert Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore (24 August 1792 – 1 December 1860), was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament and peerage of the United Kingdom, peer, from 1843 to 1852 Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan. Life The eldest son of Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore (1765–1842) by his first marriage to Mary Ann Walsh, Henry Robert Westenra was born on 24 August 1792 at his mother's family seat, Walsh Park in County Tipperary. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Dublin, where he matriculated on 4 July 1810.Charles Mosley, ed., ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition in 3 volumes, vol. 3 (Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003), p. 3408G. E. Cokayne ''et al.'', eds., ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant'', vol. XI, p. 182 His portrait was painted the same year by John Ferneley (1782–1860), showing him with his dogs and carrying a shotgun. Westenra was Member of Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The History Of Parliament
The History of Parliament is a project to write a complete history of the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England. The history will principally consist of a prosopography, in which the history of an institution is told through the individual biographies of its members. After various amateur efforts the project was formally launched in 1940 and since 1951 has been funded by the Treasury. As of 2019, the volumes covering the House of Commons for the periods 1386–1421, 1509–1629, and 1660–1832 have been completed and published (in 41 separate volumes containing over 20 million words); and the first five volumes covering the House of Lords from 1660-1715 have been published, with further work on the Commons and the Lords ongoing. In 2011 the completed sections were republished on the internet. History The publication in 1878–79 of the ''Official Return of Members of Parliament'', an incomplete list of the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Powell Leslie (1769–1831)
The second Charles Powell Leslie (1769–1831), known also as Charles Powell Leslie II is one modern source using I, II, III. was the son of and the Hon. Prudence Penelope Hill-Trevor, daughter of Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon, he was, therefore, first-cousin of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Beatson
Robert Beatson, LL.D. FRSE FSA (1741–1818) was a Scottish compiler and miscellaneous writer. Life He was born on 25 June 1741 at Dysart in Fife, Scotland, the son of David Beatson of Vicarsgrange. He was educated for the military profession, and on one of his title-pages describes himself as 'late of his majesty's corps of Royal Engineers'. The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' states it was probably as a subaltern in this corps that he accompanied the unsuccessful expedition against Rochefort in 1757 (but he was only 15 years old and he is not listed by the Corps History as being an engineer on the expedition), and was present with the force which, reaching the West Indies early in 1759, failed in the attack on Martinique, but succeeded in capturing Guadeloupe. He is represented in 1766 as retiring on half-pay, and as failing, in spite of repeated applications, to secure active employment during the American War of Independence. However, in 1784 Beatson was a first lieu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Monaghan
County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 61,386 according to the 2016 census. The county has existed since 1585 when the Mac Mathghamhna rulers of AirgÃalla agreed to join the Kingdom of Ireland. Following the 20th-century Irish War of Independence and the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Monaghan was one of three Ulster counties to join the Irish Free State rather than Northern Ireland. Geography and subdivisions County Monaghan is the fifth smallest of the Republic's 26 counties by area, and the fourth smallest by population. It is the smallest of Ulster's nine counties in terms of population. Baronies * Cremorne ( ga, CrÃoch Mhúrn) * Dartree ( ga, Dartraighe) * Farney ( ga, Fearnaigh) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fortescue, 1st Earl Of Clermont
William Henry Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont, KP (5 August 1722 – 30 September 1806), was an Irish peer and politician. Origins He was the eldest son of Thomas Fortescue (1683–1769), a Member of Parliament for Dundalk. His younger brother was James Fortescue, MP and Privy Counsellor. Career He served as High Sheriff of Louth in 1746. He represented Louth in the Irish House of Commons from 1745 to 1760 and subsequently Monaghan Borough from 1761 to 1770. In 1768 he sat briefly as Member of Parliament for Dundalk before opting to sit for Monaghan Borough, for which he had also been elected. He was appointed Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Monaghan for life in 1775, standing down just before his death in 1806. He was created Earl of Clermont in 1777 and a Knight Founder of the Order of St Patrick on 30 March 1795. He was a francophile and it is believed on that account he selected ''Clermont'' as the name of his earldom.''44 Berkeley Square'', A Commentary by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
