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New Ross (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
New Ross was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ... until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Members of Parliament * 1560: Nicholas Heron and William Dormer * 1585: Jasper Duff and William Bennett * 1613–1615: Matthew Shee and James FitzHenry * 1634–1635: Nicholas Dormer and Peter Rothe * 1639–1649: Nicholas Dormer (expelled 1642) and Chichester Brook (expelled 1642) * 1661–1666: Sir Thomas Dancer, 1st Baronet and Henry Nicholls 1689–1801 References * {{Wexford constituencies Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Wexford New Ross 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Ross
New Ross (, formerly ) is a town in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. It is located on the River Barrow, near the border with County Kilkenny, and is around northeast of Waterford. In 2016 it had a population of 8,040 people, making it the fourth-largest town in the county. History The port town of New Ross dates from the pre-Middle Ages. The earliest settlement in this area dates to the 6th century when St. Abban of Magheranoidhe founded a monastery in what is now Irishtown. The original earthen banked circular enclosure of his monastery was visible around the graveyard until it was removed by the council. It was replaced by a concrete wall and steel fence. Its name, ''Ros'', was shortened from ''Ros Mhic Treoin'', or ''the Wood of the Son of Treoin''. New Ross was in the territory of Dermot McMurrough and came to prominence when the Anglo-Normans conquered the region. The Norman knight William Marshall and his bride Isabella de Clare arrived during the early pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Paul
Jeffrey may refer to: * Jeffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * ''Jeffrey'' (1995 film), a 1995 film by Paul Rudnick, based on Rudnick's play of the same name * ''Jeffrey'' (2016 film), a 2016 Dominican Republic documentary film *Jeffrey's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada *Jeffrey City, Wyoming, United States *Jeffrey Street, Sydney, Australia * Jeffrey's sketch, a sketch on American TV show ''Saturday Night Live'' *'' Nurse Jeffrey'', a spin-off miniseries from the American medical drama series ''House, MD'' *Jeffreys Bay, Western Cape, South Africa People with the surname * Alexander Jeffrey (1806–1874), Scottish solicitor and historian * Charles Jeffrey (footballer) (died 1915), Scottish footballer * E. C. Jeffrey (1866–1952), Canadian-American botanist *Grant Jeffrey (1948–2012), Canadian writer *Hester C. Jeffrey (1842–1934), American activist, suffragist and community organizer *Richard Jeffrey (1926–2002), American philosopher, logician, and pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historic Constituencies In County Wexford
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Constituencies Of The Parliament Of Ireland (pre-1801)
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity) created to provide its population with representation in the larger state's legislative body. That body, or the state's constitution or a body established for that purpose, determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (''constituents'') who reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. District representatives may be elected by a first-past-the-post system, a proportional representative system, or another voting method. They may be selected by a direct election under universal suffrage, an indirect election, or another form of suffrage. Terminology The names for electoral districts vary across countries and, occa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tottenham (1743–1823)
Charles Tottenham (19 April 1743 – 13 June 1823) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Biography Tottenham sat in the Irish House of Commons for New Ross from 1768 until 1 December 1800, when he resigned to allow Robert Leigh to become the sole member for New Ross in the new Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was son of Charles Tottenham, father of Charles Tottenham, grandfather of Charles Tottenham, brother of Nicholas Loftus Tottenham and Ponsonby Tottenham, grandson of Charles Tottenham and Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus, nephew of Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet, Nicholas Loftus-Hume, 1st Earl of Ely and Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely, and first cousin of Nicholas Loftus-Hume, 2nd Earl of Ely and Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tottenham (1716–1795)
Charles Tottenham (1716 – 10 September 1795) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Fethard from 1755 to 1760, for New Ross from 1761 to 1768, for Bannow from 1768 to 1776, for Clonmines from 1776 to 1790 and again for Fethard from 1790 to his death. He was a younger son of Charles Tottenham and his first wife Ellinor Cliffe, daughter of John Cliffe of Mulrankin, County Wexford and Barbara Carr, and younger brother of Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet, who married a daughter of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and was father of Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely. Charles also married a daughter of the 1st Viscount Loftus, Anne (born 8 November 1718, died 10 November 1768). Their children included Charles Tottenham, Nicholas Loftus Tottenham and Ponsonby Tottenham, all MPs, and Elizabeth, who married Sir James Hutchinson, 2nd Baronet. References * http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/tt/tottenham1.htm * https://web.archive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet
Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet (6 July 1714 – 2 January 1787) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Tottenham was the son of Charles Tottenham and his first wife Ellinor Cliffe, daughter of John Cliffe of Mulrankin, County Wexford and Barbara Carr of Cork. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for New Ross from 1759 and 1760, before representing Fethard between 1767 and 1776.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.127 (Retrieved 25 April 2020). On 18 December 1780 he was created a baronet, of Tottenham Green in the Baronetage of Ireland. He married Hon. Elizabeth Loftus, daughter of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and Hon. Anne Ponsonby, on 31 December 1736. Tottenham was succeeded in his title by his only son, Charles Tottenham, who assumed the additional surname of Loftus in 1783 and was created Marquess of Ely Marquess of Ely, of the County of Wexf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Leigh (politician)
Robert Graham Leigh is a Canadian physicist working on string theory. Biography Leigh obtained his B.Sc. degree from the University of Guelph in 1986, and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1991, working with Joe Polchinski. After postdoctoral positions at Santa Cruz and Rutgers, he has been a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1996. Since 2007, he has been a Fellow of the American Physical Society. retrieved 2014-12-14. Leigh discovered, in association with Dai and Polchinski, an important class of extended objects in |
John Leigh (politician)
John Leigh may refer to: Politicians *John Leigh (MP for Hythe) 1421–1432, MP for Hythe (UK Parliament constituency) *Sir John Leigh (died 1612), English MP for Grampound, Launceston and Helston *Sir John Leigh (Yarmouth MP) (''c.''1598–''c.''1666), Member of Parliament for Yarmouth 1640–1648, 1660–1661 * John Leigh (died 1620) (1562–1620), English Member of Parliament for Bedford, 1614 * John Leigh (died 1689) (''c.''1651–1689), English Member of Parliament for Newport, 1675–1689 *John Leigh (died 1743) (''c.''1670–1743), English Member of Parliament for Newtown, 1702–1705 *John Leigh (Wisconsin politician) (1827–1893), American politician *Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet (1884–1959), British mill-owner, newspaper proprietor and Conservative Party politician Others *John Leigh (18th-century actor) (1689–1726), Irish actor and dramatist *Jack Leigh (1948–2004), American photographer and author *John Leigh (ambassador), Sierra Leone *John Leigh (actor) (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tottenham (1685–1758)
Charles Tottenham (24 August 1694 – 20 September 1758) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was the son of Edward Tottenham, of Tottenham Green, by his second wife, Jane Hudle. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for New Ross from 1727 until his death. He was also High Sheriff of Wexford for 1737–38. He was married firstly to Ellinor, daughter of John Cliffe of Mulrankin, County Wexford and his wife Barbara Carr, and by her had six sons, including John and Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ..., both of whom were also MPs for New Ross, and two daughters. He became a widower on 5 June 1745 and married secondly Mary, daughter of John Grogan of Johnstown, with no further issue. References * http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/tt/tottenham1.htm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Worth (politician)
Edward Worth, FRS, (1678 – 2 March 1733) was an Irish politician, physician and book collector. He was born into a prosperous Church of Ireland family, his father being John Worth (1648–1688), Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, who was a younger son of Edward Worth (1620–1669), Bishop of Killaloe and his wife Susannah Pepper. His father's eldest brother William Worth was an eminent judge. Edward's mother was named Comfort: she died in 1681. Edward was one of about ten children but only he and his brother Michael reached adulthood. Worth studied medicine in Oxford (matriculated 1693), Leiden and Utrecht (MD 1701) before practising as a doctor in Dublin. A financial windfall from his uncle William helped him to establish a large book collection, bought from places such as London, the Netherlands, France and Dublin, in addition to those he had inherited from his father and grandfather. On his death the collection consisted of some 4,400 books, many on medicine, dating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Meredyth (died 1732)
Thomas Meredyth (c. 1680–2 — 14 January 1731/2) was an Irish Member of Parliament from Newtown, County Meath. Biography Meredyth was Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas from 1701. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Wexford from 1713 to 1714, for New Ross from 1715 to 1727, and for Navan from 1727 until his death. He was a Tory. He was the son of Charles Meredyth, and the father of several children, including Charles, Dean of Ardfert; Henry, MP for Armagh; and Arthur Francis, MP for county Meath.E. M. Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800'' (Belfast, 2002) vol. V, p. 248. References 1680s births 1732 deaths Members of the Middle Temple Politicians from County Meath Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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