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St Johnstown (County Donegal) (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
St Johnstown was a borough constituency for St Johnston in County Donegal 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 fran ... until 1800. Members of Parliament Notes References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Johnstown Donegal Historic constituencies in County Donegal Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Johnston, County Donegal
St Johnston, officially Saint Johnstown ( ga, Baile Suingean), is a village, townland, and an electoral division in County Donegal, Ireland. It is in the Laggan district of East Donegal on the left bank of the River Foyle. It is in the civil parish of Taughboyne and barony of Raphoe North, on the R236 (Lifford–Newtowncunningham) road where it overlaps the R265 ( Carrigans– Raphoe) road. The village is about south of Derry. Architecture St Baithin's Church (popularly known as 'the Chapel'), the Catholic parish church in the village, was designed by E. W. Godwin, the mid- Victorian British architect. It is a neo-Gothic structure that was built between 1857 and 1860. St Johnston Presbyterian Church, located on the Derry Road, is the other main structure within the village. Parts of this church, or ''kirk'', may date to . However, most of the present neo-Gothic structure was built in the early nineteenth century. The 'thin' neo-Gothic tower was built in 1849. This chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hamilton (died 1775)
The Honourable George Hamilton (c. 1697 – 3 May 1775) was a British politician, the second son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn. He was twice Member of Parliament for Wells in the British House of Commons. Between 1727 and 1761, he represented St Johnstown (County Donegal) 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 fran .... He was known for his love of planting. In October 1719, he married Bridget Coward (d. 1775), by whom he had eleven children: *Elizabeth Hamilton (born on 13 Nov 1720), married first in 1754 John Cameron of Glenkinday, second the Comte de Fay. *Bridget Hamilton (d. 3 April 1789), married the Rev. Thomas Finney on 7 Jan 1760 in Devon, England. *George Hamilton (b. 1721), unmarried. *Maria Hamilton (7 January 1725 – 22 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historic Constituencies In County Donegal
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Howard (1761–1840)
Hugh Howard (27 January 1761 – 3 November 1840), styled The Honourable from 1776, was an Anglo-Irish politician. Early life Howard was born in 1761 as a younger son of Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow and the former Alice Forward who was made ''suo jure'' Countess of Wicklow in 1793 after the death of his father. Among his siblings was Robert Howard, 2nd Earl of Wicklow, a Representative Peer for Ireland from 1800 to 1815 and William Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow. Career Howard was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for St Johnstown in 1790, and held the seat until its disenfranchisement following the Acts of Union 1800.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.97 (Retrieved 26 May 2016). Personal life On 20 December 1792, Howard was married to Catharine Bligh, the second daughter of Very Rev. Robert Bligh, Dean of Elphin. Together, they were the par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Howard, 3rd Earl Of Wicklow
William Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow PC (I) (January 1761 – 27 September 1818), known as William Forward between 1780 and 1815, was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Early life Howard was the second son of Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow and his wife, Alice Howard, 1st Countess of Wicklow. In 1780 he took the surname of Forward after succeeding to the estates of his mother's family. Career Between 1783 and 1800 he served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for St Johnstown. In 1793 was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. From 1800 to 1808 he was Treasurer of the Irish Post Office and from 1814 Governor of Wicklow. He reverted his surname to Howard after succeeding his brother, Robert Howard, 2nd Earl of Wicklow, as Earl in 1815. Personal life On 31 March 1787, he married Eleanor Caulfeild, the only daughter of Hon. Francis Caulfeild, MP. He was succeeded by his eldest son, William Howard. References Bibliography * Murdoch, Tessa, ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Howard, 2nd Earl Of Wicklow
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Howard (1731–1799)
Hugh Howard (1731 – 27 October 1799) was an Anglo-Irish politician. He served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ... for St Johnstown between 1769 and 1783.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.97 (Retrieved 26 May 2016). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Hugh 1731 births 1799 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Hugh Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Wicklow (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
County Wicklow 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 fran ... until 1800. Members of Parliament *1585: Sir Henry Harrington and Edward Brabazon, later 1st Baron Ardee *1613–1614: Phelim MacFeagh Byrne and Gerald Byrne *1634–1635: Sir Robert Talbot, 2nd Baronet and __ Byrne *1639–1649: Sir William Parsons and Sir William Ussher *1661–1666: Folliott Wingfield and Abraham Yarner (replaced by Edward Brabazon in 1666) 1689–1801 References * {{Coord missing, County Wicklow Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Wicklow 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Talbot (1715–1787)
William Talbot may refer to: *Sir William Talbot (died 1396), MP for Cornwall in 1380 and 1385 *Sir William Talbot (died 1429), MP for Cornwall in 1402 and 1414 *Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet (died 1633), Irish lawyer and politician *Sir William Talbot, 3rd Baronet (c. 1643–1691), Irish politician and judge * William Talbot (Jacobite) (died 1689), Irish Jacobite soldier * William Talbot (died 1724), Irish Jacobite politician *William Talbot (bishop) (1658–1730), Bishop of Oxford, Salisbury and Bishop of Durham *William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot (1710–1782), British nobleman and politician * William Talbot (1715–1787), Irish MP for St Johnstown * William Talbot (1717–1774), "Talbot of Kineton", evangelical clergyman of the Church of England and grandson of the bishop *'' Talbot v. Janson'', the Supreme Court case involving an American named William Talbot * William Talbot (1776–1851), Irish MP for Kilkenny * William Talbot (Newfoundland politician) (died 1873), former m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow
Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow PC (I) (29 August 1727 – 26 June 1789) was an Anglo-Irish politician and nobleman. Early life Ralph Howard was born on 29 August 1727 at Shelton Abbey, County Wicklow, the eldest son of seven children born to the former Patience Boleyn and the Rt. Rev. Robert Howard (1670–1740), Bishop of Elphin. His paternal grandfather was Dr. Ralph Howard. His maternal grandparents were Godfrey Boleyn of Fennor, County Meath ( a distant connection of the family of Anne Boleyn), and Mary Singleton, sister of Henry Singleton, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. Career Howard was High Sheriff of Wicklow in 1749, and of County Carlow in 1754. In 1761 and 1768 he was elected M.P. for both Wicklow County and the borough of St Johnstown, choosing to sit for the county. In May 1770, he was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland and on 12 July 1776 Howard was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Clonmore of Clonmore Castle, County Carlow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hamilton (Irish Politician)
The Honourable Henry Hamilton (1692–1743) was an Irish politician who sat in two Irish parliaments. Birth and origins Henry was born in February 1692, the third and youngest son of Gustavus Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Brooke. His father would in 1715 be ennobled as Baron Stackallan and in 1717 advanced to Viscount Boyne. Henry's mother was the eldest daughter of Sir Henry Brooke by his second wife, Anne St George. Brooke was knight of Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, and governor of Donegal Castle. Henry had two brothers and one sister, who are listed in his father's article. Honourable On 20 October 1715, his father was created Baron Hamilton of Stackallan. As son of a peer Hamilton acquired the style "The Honourable". First term as MP In the Irish election of 1715 the Henry Hamilton was elected as one of the two members of parliament (MPs) for St Johnstown Borough in the House of Commons of the only Irish Parliament of King George&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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