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Richard Tighe (Privy Counsellor)
Richard Tighe may refer to: *Richard Tighe (mayor) Richard Tighe (died 1673) of Woodstock, County Kilkenny, and Rossana, County Wicklow, was a justice of the peace, Mayor of Dublin in 1651, High Sheriff of County Dublin in 1655, and High Sheriff of Kildare in 1662, and represented Dublin city ... (died 1673), mayor of Dublin (1651–52), MP for the City of Dublin in the First Protectorate Parliament (1654–55) * Richard Tighe (Privy Counsellor) (1678–1736), Privy Counsellors of Ireland (1718), MP of Newtownards (Parliament of Ireland constituency) (1715, 1725) {{hndis, Tighe, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Tighe (mayor)
Richard Tighe (died 1673) of Woodstock, County Kilkenny, and Rossana, County Wicklow, was a justice of the peace, Mayor of Dublin in 1651, High Sheriff of County Dublin in 1655, and High Sheriff of Kildare in 1662, and represented Dublin city in the Second Protectorate Parliament in 1656. Biography Tighe was born in England and emigrated to Dublin sometime before 1649 and probably before 1641. During the Interregnum he supported the English Commonwealth government, probably as a bulwark against the Catholics, rather than a supporter of republicanism, and was against the suppression of the corporation of which the governor, Charles Fleetwood, was in favour. The Dublin merchants who most prominently lent support to the Commonwealth during the Interregnum were Daniel Hutchinson, Thomas Hooke, John Preston and Richard Tighe. They all served as alderman, were all Mayors of Dublin, all lent money to the regime and all worshipped at Dr Samuel Winter's independent congregation me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Tighe (Privy Counsellor)
Richard Tighe may refer to: *Richard Tighe (mayor) Richard Tighe (died 1673) of Woodstock, County Kilkenny, and Rossana, County Wicklow, was a justice of the peace, Mayor of Dublin in 1651, High Sheriff of County Dublin in 1655, and High Sheriff of Kildare in 1662, and represented Dublin city ... (died 1673), mayor of Dublin (1651–52), MP for the City of Dublin in the First Protectorate Parliament (1654–55) * Richard Tighe (Privy Counsellor) (1678–1736), Privy Counsellors of Ireland (1718), MP of Newtownards (Parliament of Ireland constituency) (1715, 1725) {{hndis, Tighe, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |