Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Baronet
Sir Skeffington Edward Smyth, 1st Baronet (May 1745 – 9 September 1797) was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet. Biography Smyth was born in Tinny Park, Wicklow, County Wicklow, the son of James Smyth, a Member of Parliament of Ireland for the borough of Antrim, and Mary Agar. Smyth was the grandson of Anglican Bishop of Down, Rev. Dr. Edward Smyth and Mary Skeffington. On 5 August 1776, Smyth was created a baronet, of Tinny Park in the Baronetage of Ireland. In 1779 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the MP for Mullingar, serving until 1783. He then represented Belturbet from 1783 until 1790, and Galway Borough from 1790 until his death in 1797. In 1785 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. Skeffington Smyth married Margaret Daly and they had a daughter Maria Elizabeth Smyth who married James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal, who was also MP for Galway Borough. Smyth died aged 52 in County Meath County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mà ...
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Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until 1871, or to a lesser extent one of the English dissenting churches, such as the Methodist church, though some were Roman Catholics. They often defined themselves as simply "British", and less frequently "Anglo-Irish", "Irish" or "English". Many became eminent as administrators in the British Empire and as senior army and naval officers since Kingdom of England and Great Britain were in a real union with the Kingdom of Ireland until 1800, before politically uniting into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) for over a century. The term is not usually applied to Presbyterians in the province of Ulster, whose ancestry is mostly Lowland Scottish, rather than English or Irish, and who are sometimes id ...
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Richard Underwood
Richard Underwood was a 17th-century Anglican priest in Ireland. Underwood was Precentor of Ferns and Dean of Lismore The Dean of Lismore is based at The Cathedral Church of St Carthage, Lismore in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland. The current incumbent is Paul Draper. List of deans of Lismore *?–1549 James Butler *156 ... from 1661 until his death in 1664."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp168: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 References 17th-century Irish Anglican priests Deans of Lismore 1664 deaths {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ...
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George Ponsonby
George Ponsonby (5 March 17558 July 1817), was a British lawyer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. Background and education Ponsonby was the second surviving son of the Honourable John Ponsonby, speaker of the Irish House of Commons (1756–71), and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (1723–1796), daughter of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire. He was educated at Kilkenny College and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Legal and political career A barrister, Ponsonby became a member of the Irish Parliament in 1776. He sat for Wicklow Borough between 1778 and 1783 and subsequently for Inistioge between 1783 and 1797. From 1798 until the Act of Union in 1801, he represented Galway Borough. Ponsonby was Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer in 1782, afterwards taking a prominent part in the debates on the question of Roman Catholic relief, and leading the opposition to the union of the parliamen ...
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St George Daly
St George Daly (1758 – December 1829) was an Irish judge, who had a reputation for ignorance of the law. He owed his career advancement entirely to his support for the Act of Union 1801, which did nothing to enhance his standing in the legal profession. Background He was the fifth son of James Daly MP, of Carrownakelly and Dunsandle, by his second wife Catherine Gore, daughter of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Ashe, daughter of St George Ashe, Bishop of Derry and Jane St. George. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, entered Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1783. Denis Daly, a much respected but short-lived politician, was his eldest brother. The Dalys were a long-established landowning family in County Galway. Though traditionally Roman Catholics, and of Gaelic origin, they managed to hold onto their lands by embracing the Protestant faith and renouncing their loyalty to the Stuart dynasty. Career In January 1798 he was elected to the ...
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Denis Bowes Daly
Denis Bowes Daly PC (c. 1745 – 17 December 1821), was an Irish politician. Daly was the eldest son of Hyacynth Daly of Dalystown, and his cousin Rose Daly of Raford, both of County Galway and educated privately in Dublin and at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p207: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 After serving as High Sheriff of King's County for 1774 he was brought into the Irish parliament by his cousin, Denis Daly of Dunsandle. There he served as MP for Galway Borough from 1776 to 1790 and for King's County from 1790 to 1800. A constant supporter of the Ponsonby's, he voted for catholic relief in 1778 and 1793, the implicit repeal of Poynings' Law in 1782, and for commercial propositions in 1785. He was an agent for Viceroy William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam in attempting to persuade ...
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Anthony Daly (politician)
Anthony Daly may refer to: * Anthony W. Daly (1904–1960), American judge, lawyer, and politician *Anthony Daly (Whiteboy) (died 1820), Irish rebel *Anthony Daly (hurler) (born 1969), Irish hurling player *Anthony Daly (cricketer) (born 1969), cricketer * Anthony Daly (footballer) (1874–1942), Australian rules footballer *Tony Daly (born 1966), Australian rugby union player See also *Tony Daley Anthony Mark Daley (born 18 October 1967) is an English former footballer, who made the vast majority of his appearances for Aston Villa, playing mainly as a winger, well known for his pace. Playing career Daley joined hometown club Aston ...

Peter Daly (politician)
Peter Daly may refer to: * Peter Daly (Irish republican) (1903–1937), Irish socialist and republican soldier * Peter Daly (priest) (c. 1788–1868), Irish priest living in Galway * Peter H. Daly (1941–2017), official in the United States Treasury * Peter H. Daly (U.S. Navy) (born 1955), United States Navy vice admiral See also * Peter Dailey (other) * Peter Daley Peter John Daley, II (August 8, 1950 – June 1, 2022) was an American politician who was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, ...

Denis Daly (died 1791)
Denis Daly (1748 – 10 October 1791) of Carrownakelly and Dunsandle Castle, Loughrea, County Galway, was an Irish landowner and politician. Biography His father was James Daly of Carrownakelly and Dunsandle in County Galway, and his mother was Catherine Gore, daughter of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet and his second wife Elizabeth Ashe. He was the eldest of five sons. His siblings included St George Daly, judge of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland). He was the great-grandson of Denis Daly, judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). Though traditionally Roman Catholics, and of Gaelic origin, the Dalys had been able to hold on to their lands by converting to the Protestant faith and forsaking their allegiance to the Stuart dynasty. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, but there is no record of his taking a degree there. Daly owned estates in County Mayo, County Galway, County Clare, and County Limerick. He had to sell off half of these estates to pay his debts, but on ...
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Maurice Coppinger
Maurice Coppinger (1727– 6 October 1802) was an Irish barrister and politician, who sat in the Irish House of Commons for many years, and held the office of King's Serjeant.Hart p.167 His name is commemorated in Coppinger Row, a side street in central Dublin city; his townhouse was on South William Street, Dublin, South William Street nearby. In his own lifetime, he inspired the phrase "to be issued with a Coppinger", i.e. to be served with a writ from the Court of Chancery (Ireland). Despite his eminence in the legal world, he suffered from chronic money troubles in his later years, partly as a result of a lawsuit that he lost, and also as a result of his dismissal from the lucrative offices of Serjeant-at-law and standing counsel to the Revenue Commissioners. He was said to be a man who could not live without a large income. Family He was born in Dublin, the elder son of John Coppinger, a landowner and army officer, and Mary Ann Crosbie, daughter of Maurice Crosbie, 1st Bar ...
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John McClintock (1743–1799)
John McClintock may refer to: * John McClintock (police commissioner) (1874–?), Police Commissioner of New York City * John McClintock (1743–1799), Irish MP for Enniskillen 1783–1790, for Belturbet 1790–1797 * John McClintock (theologian) (1814–1870), American Methodist Episcopal theologian and educationalist * John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell (1798–1879), Irish peer and Conservative Member of Parliament * John McClintock (1770–1855), Irish MP for Athlone 1820, for County Louth 1830–31 * John McClintock (Royal Navy officer) Vice-admiral (Royal Navy), Vice-Admiral John William Leopold McClintock (26 July 1874 â€“ 23 March 1929) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Naval career Born the son of Admiral Sir Fran ...

Robert Birch (politician)
Robert Birch may refer to: * Robert H. Birch ( – ), American adventurer, criminal and prospector * Robert L. Birch (1925–2005), American librarian * Bob Birch Robert Wayne "Bob" Birch (July 14, 1956 – August 15, 2012) was an American musician. He was primarily a session musician and sideman to a variety of notable artists. Early life At an early age, Birch was inspired to pursue music by his f ...

Charles Francis Sheridan
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 ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, ÄŠearl'' or ''ÄŠeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ...
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