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Randalstown (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Randalstown was a borough constituency which elected two MPs representing Randalstown, County Antrim, to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was disenfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800 The Acts of Union 1800 (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a single 'Act of Union 1801') were parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Irela .... Members of Parliament 1692–1801 References * {{County Antrim constituencies Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Antrim 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough Constituency
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituency, constituencies" as opposed to "Ward (electoral subdivision), wards": * The House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons (see Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom) * The Scottish Parliament (see Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions) * The Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament, Senedd (see National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions, Senedd constituencies and electoral regions) * The Northern Ireland Assembly (see Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies) * The London Assembly (see List of London Assembly constituencies) Between 1921 and 1973 the following body also included members elected by constituencies: * The Parliament of Northern Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clotworthy O'Neill
Clotworthy O'Neill (1688 – buried 26 July 1749) was an Irish politician and member of the O'Neill dynasty of Clandeboye. O'Neill was born in 1688 at Shane's Castle, the third son of Shane An Frankagh O'Neill (also known as French John) and Charity Dixon. He had two brothers, Henry (died 1721) and Charles, and sisters Cathrine, Mary, Jane, Rachel, Elinor, Rose and Anne. His brother Charles, Member of Parliament for Randalstown, married Cathrine Broderick, daughter of St John Broderick, and was the father of John O'Neill, 1st Viscount O'Neill and grandfather of Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill. Clotworthy was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and left in 1746. He was MP for Randalstown in County Antrim from 1746 to 1749. He died in Bath, Somerset and was buried at Bath Abbey The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Jackson, 1st Baronet
Sir George Duckett, 1st Baronet (24 October 1725 – 22 December 1822) was a British naval administrator and politician. Born George Jackson, probably in Yorkshire, the third but oldest surviving son of George Jackson (1687/8–1758) of Hill House, Richmond, Yorkshire, and Ellerton Abbey, Yorkshire, and Hannah, daughter of William Ward of Guisborough, Yorkshire. He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis from 1786 to 1788, and for Colchester from 1790 to 1796. He was created a baronet on 21 June 1791. Jackson was made Deputy Secretary to The Admiralty in 1766 and appointed Judge Advocate of the Fleet in 1768. In this capacity he was largely responsible for the conduct of the court martial of Admiral Lord Keppel in 1779 and the subsequent enquiry into the evidence of Sir Hugh Palliser. Jackson resigned from the secretaryship in 1782 but remained Judge Advocate until his death. He was a friend and patron of Captain James Cook. In his honour, Captain Cook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Corry
Isaac Corry FRS, PC (I), PCThorne, ''The House of Commons 1790–1820, Vol. 1'', Secker & Warburg London, p. 504 (15 May 1753 – 15 May 1813) was an Irish and British Member of Parliament and lawyer. Early career Born in Newry, he was the son of Edward Corry (d. 1792), sometime Member of Parliament,E. M. Johnston-Liik, 'Corry, Isaac (1753–1813)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 200accessed 5 December 2010/ref> and Catharine Bristow. His cousin was the writer Catherine Dorothea Burdett. He was educated at the Royal School, Armagh, where his contemporaries included Viscount Castlereagh, and later at Trinity College, Dublin, from which he graduated in 1773. On 18 October 1771 he was admitted to the Middle Temple and called to the bar at King's Inns in 1779. Member of Parliament In 1776 Corry succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Newry, sitting in the Irish House of Commons until the Act of Union in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Corry
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy and Ned. Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dunn (politician)
John, Jack, Johnny, Jon, or Jonathan Dunn may refer to: Entertainment *John Dunn (pipemaker) (c. 1764–1820), inventor of keyed Northumbrian smallpipes * John Dunn (actor) born O'Donoghue (1813–1875), Australian comic actor * John Millard Dunn (1865–1936), organist and choirmaster * John Dunn (violinist) (1866–1940), English violinist *Johnny Dunn (1897–1937), American jazz trumpeter *Jon Dunn (musician), American musician *John Dunn (software developer) (born 1943), American musician and art software developer *John Dunn (animator) (1919–1983), cartoon writer for DePatie-Freleng and Looney Tunes * John W. Dunn (painter) (1891–1975), American painter *John Dunn (radio presenter) (1934–2004), BBC Radio 2 DJ Politics *John Henry Dunn (1792–1854), businessman and political figure in Canada West * John Dunn Jr. (assemblyman) (1827–1909), Wisconsin politician *John T. Dunn (1838–1907), U.S. Representative from New Jersey *John Dunn Jr. (1830–1892), South Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Smith (judge)
Sir Michael Smith, 1st Baronet (1740–1808) was an Irish judge. He was the founder of a judicial dynasty, several of whose members were noted for eccentricity. He was also the first of the Cusack-Smith baronets of Tuam. Background and early career He was born at Newtown, County Offaly, the son of William Smith (died 1747) and his wife Hester Lynch of Galway. The Smith family had come to Ireland from Yorkshire in the seventeenth century, and acquired substantial property in the Midlands.Burke's Peerage 4th Edition 1833 Michael revered the memory of his father, who died when his son was only seven, and later composed a eulogy which was inscribed on his father's tombstone. He graduated from the University of Dublin, and was called to the Bar in 1769. He was elected member of the Irish House of Commons for Randalstown in 1783, and was noted for his reason and moderation in debate, despite a rather "stiff and monotonous" delivery. As a politician, he supported the cause of Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Jackson (Coleraine MP)
Richard Jackson ( – 23 October 1789) was an Irish politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland from 1751 to 1789, as one of the two members for the borough of Coleraine. He was twice elected for another borough — Lisburn in 1776 and Randalstown Randalstown is a townland and small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, between Antrim and Toome. It has a very prominent disused railway viaduct and lies beside Lough Neagh and the Shane's Castle estate. The town is bypassed by the ... in 1783 — but in each case was also re-elected for Coleraine, and chose to sit for Coleraine. References 1729 births Year of birth unknown 1789 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Antrim constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Londonderry constituencies {{Ireland-pre180 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess Of Hastings
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, (9 December 175428 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, The Lord Rawdon from 1783 to 1793 and The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823. He had also served with British forces for years during the American Revolutionary War and in 1794 during the War of the First Coalition. He took the additional surname "Hastings" in 1790 in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle, Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon.Beevor, p. 58. Background, education and early military career Hastings was born at Moira, County Down, the son of John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira and Elizabeth Hastings, 13th Baroness Hastings, who was a daughter of the 9th Earl of Huntingdon. He was baptised at St. Audoen's Church, Dublin, on 2 January 1755. He grew up in Moira an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James St John Jeffereyes
James St John Jeffereyes (1734 – 14 September 1780), also recorded as St John Jeffreys, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, landowner and politician. Jeffereyes was the son of the diplomat James Jeffreys and Anne Brodrick, and the grandson of Sir James Jeffreys and St John Brodrick. He entered Trinity College Dublin on 12 February 1752, but did not graduate and instead joined the British Army. By 1766 he had attained the rank of major in the 24th Regiment of Foot and he served as Lieutenant-Governor of Cork from 1768 to 1769. Between 1758 and 1776, Jeffereyes sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Midleton, before representing Randalstown from 1776 until his death in 1780. In Parliament, Jeffereyes was an opponent of Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon, the local magnate. In 1778 Jeffreys supported the popery bill granting Irish Roman Catholics greater property rights; Shannon opposed it. Jeffereyes was noted for his work as a reforming landlord on his B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John O'Neill
St John O'Neill (6 May 1741–March 1790) represented Randalstown in the Irish House of Commons from 1771 to 1776. and was High Sheriff of Antrim in 1774. He was returned unopposed at a by-election for Randalstown occasioned by the death of his father Charles O'Neill of Shane's Castle. Randalstown was a pocket borough of his family and its other MP was his elder brother John O'Neill, later 1st Viscount O'Neill. St John O'Neill married a Miss Borrowes and they had one daughter, who died unmarried. He resided at Portglenone Castle, and donated a copper collecting-ladle to the Portglenone chapel of ease of the Church of Ireland parish of Ahoghill, and a church organ Carol Williams performing at the United States Military Academy West Point Cadet Chapel.">West_Point_Cadet_Chapel.html" ;"title="United States Military Academy West Point Cadet Chapel">United States Military Academy West Point Cadet Chapel. ... to the Catholic chapel near by at Aughnahoy. Footnote Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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