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Leitrim County (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
County Leitrim was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801 County constituency County Leitrim was represented by two MPs in the Irish House of Commons. It continued to be represented by two MPs in the United Kingdom House of Commons after 1801. Members of Parliament *1613–1615 William Reynolds and Gerald Nugent *1634–1635 Charles Reynolds and __ Crofton *1639–1649 Humphrey Reynolds and Sir Charles Coote *1661–1666 Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet (died October 1695) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Biography Oliver St George was the son of Sir George St George of Carrickdrumrusk and Katherine Gifford, and grandson of Richard St George, Clarenceux King o ... (sat for Galway and replaced by Sir George St George) and Robert Parke 1689–1801 See also * List of Irish constituencies References * {{Coord missing, County Leitrim Constituencies of the Parliament of Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Leitrim
County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the county, which had a population of 35,087 according to the 2022 census. The county encompasses the historic Gaelic territory of West Breffny () corresponding to the northern part of the county, and Muintir Eolais or Conmaicne Réin, corresponding to the southern part. Geography Leitrim is the 26th largest of the 32 counties by area (the 21st largest of the 26 counties of the Republic) and the smallest by population. It is the smallest of Connacht's five counties in both size and population. Leitrim is bordered by the counties of Donegal to the north, Fermanagh to the north-east, Cavan to the east, Longford to the south, Roscommon to the south-west and Sligo to the west. Fermanagh is in Northern Ireland while all the other neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Crofton
Hugh Crofton (died 20 October 1767) was an Irish politician. Croften was the Member of Parliament for County Leitrim in the Irish House of Commons between 1743 and 1760.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.81 (Retrieved 31 March 2020). He was the father of Sir Morgan Crofton, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Crofton, Hugh Year of birth unknown 1767 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Leitrim constituencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historic Constituencies In County Leitrim
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Constituencies Of The Parliament Of Ireland (pre-1801)
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List Of Irish Constituencies
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Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl Of Leitrim
Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC (Ire) (9 May 1768 – 31 December 1854), styled The Honourable from 1783 to 1795, and then Viscount Clements to 1804, was an Irish nobleman and politician. Early life Clements was born in Dublin on 9 May 1768. He was the eldest son of Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim and the former Lady Elizabeth Skeffington. His younger brother was Lt.-Col. Hon. Robert Clotworthy Clements (who died unmarried in 1828); his sisters were Lady Elizabeth Clements, Lady Louisa Clements, and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Letitia Clements (the second wife of John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney). His paternal grandparents were the Rt. Hon. Nathaniel Clements and the former Hannah Gore (a daughter of the Very Rev. William Gore, Dean of Down). His mother was the eldest daughter of Clotworthy Skeffington, 1st Earl of Massereene. He was educated at a private school in Portarlington and Oriel College, Oxford, graduating in 1788. Two years later he was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gore (politician)
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Peter La Touche (1733–1828)
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Henry Theophilus Clements
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William Gore (1744–1815)
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Nathaniel Clements
Nathaniel Clements (1705 – May 1777) was an Irish politician and financial figure, important in the political and financial administration of Ireland in the mid-18th century. Early history Clements was the fifth son of Robert Clements (1664–1722). He married Hannah Gore, daughter of William Gore, D.D., Dean of Down, on 31 January 1730. Career Clements became Member of Parliament (MP) for Duleek in 1727 under the patronage of Luke Gardiner, a powerful political and business figure in Dublin. He commenced as a junior at the Irish Treasury in 1720 and held extensive offices there. He became the main financial manager of the British and Irish Government in Ireland during the period, and was ''de facto'' Minister for Finance from 1740 to 1777. He assumed the offices of Deputy Vice-Treasurer and Deputy Paymaster General on Gardiner's retirement in 1755. In 1761, Clements was returned for Cavan Borough in, holding this seat until 1768. In this year, he was elected for Roscommon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wynne (1720–1778)
John Wynne (1720 – January 1778) was an Irish politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland from 1751 to 1776, as a Member of Parliament for Sligo Borough 1751–60, for Leitrim 1761–68, and for Sligo Borough again 1768–76. References 1710 births 1778 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Sligo constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Leitrim constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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