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Thomas Taylor, 1st Earl Of Bective
Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, KP, PC (Ire) (20 October 1724 – 14 February 1795) was an Irish peer and politician. Early life He was the oldest son of the former Sarah Graham and Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet, a Member of the Parliament of England (MP) for Maidstone from 1689 to 1696. His sister, Henrietta Taylor, was the wife of Richard Moore. His paternal grandparents were the former Anne Cotton (a daughter of Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Combermere) and Sir Thomas Taylor, 1st Baronet (a son of Thomas Taylor, who settled in Ireland from Sussex following the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1652). His maternal grandfather was John Graham. In 1757, Bective succeeded his father as baronet. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Career Bective entered the Irish House of Commons in 1747 and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kells until 1760, when he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Headfort, of Headfort, in the County of Meath. He w ...
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The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' ( abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is always pronounced. Countries with common or ...
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Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, Of Combermere
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet (''c.'' 1635 – 18 December 1712) was an English Whig politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire from 1679 to 1681 and from 1689 to 1702.History of Parliament Online: Sir Robert II Cotton, First Baronet, of Combermere, Cheshire (c.1635-1712)
published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660–1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983; accessed October 2017.
He was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Cotton of ,

Hercules Taylour
Major Hercules Langford Taylour (9 September 1759 – 20 May 1790) styled The Honourable from 1760, was an Irish soldier and politician. He was the second son of Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective and his wife Jane Rowley, daughter of Hercules Langford Rowley and Elizabeth Rowley, 1st Viscountess Langford. His older brother was Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort and his younger brothers were Robert Taylour and Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford. Taylour served in British Army and was major of the 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's). In 1781, he entered the Irish House of Commons for Kells, the same constituency his father had represented, and was Member of Parliament (MP) until his death in 1790. He never married nor sired any children. References 1759 births 1790 deaths 5th Dragoon Guards officers Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Meath constituencies Younger sons ...
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Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet (13 April 1707 – 31 May 1776) was a British politician who held several appointments in the Kingdom of Ireland. Biography Cavendish was the son of William Cavendish and Mary Tyrell. He was descended from Sir William Cavendish, an ancestor shared with the Dukes of Devonshire. Cavendish studied at University College, Oxford, matriculating on 17 August 1724. He held the office of High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1741. He was responsible for the construction of Doveridge Hall, in Doveridge, Derbyshire. He subsequently moved to Ireland, where he became Teller of the Exchequer in the Irish government and Collector for Cork in 1743. He became Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland in 1747. Cavendish was created a baronet on 7 May 1755, of Doveridge in the County of Derby, in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Lismore in 1761, serving until 1768. He was invested as a member of the ...
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Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess Of Headfort
Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort (18 November 1757 – 24 October 1829), styled Viscount Headford from 1766 to 1795, and known as The Earl of Bective from 1795 to 1800, was an Irish peer and politician. Early life Taylour was born on 18 November 1757. He was the eldest son of four daughters and six sons born to the former Hon. Jane Rowley and Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, a Member of Parliament for Kells. His younger brothers Hercules and Robert both represented both the same constituency as their father. His younger brother, Clotworthy Taylour, inherited their maternal uncle's estates and was raised to the Irish peerage. His paternal grandparents were Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet and the former Sarah Graham. His maternal grandparents were the Rt. Hon. Hercules Langford Rowley and Elizabeth Ormsby Upton, ''suo jure'' Viscountess Langford. His maternal uncle, Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford represented County Antrim and Downpatrick in the Irish Parli ...
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Downpatrick (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Downpatrick was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Downpatrick was not represented. Members of Parliament, 1586–1801 *1613-1615: Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt, Privy Council of England, PC ({{circa1550 – 9 September 1634){{sfn, Dunlop, Barry, 2004 was an English-born army officer and military administrator during the reigns of Elizabeth I of England, Elizabet ... and Richard West *1634–1635: Edward Kynaston (died 1634) and William Billingsly *1639–1649: Mark Trevor and William Billingsly *1661–1666: Nicholas Ward and Daniel O'Neill 1689–1801 Notes References Bibliography * * {{Authority control Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Downpatrick Historic constituencies in County Down 1586 establishments in Ireland 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 15 ...
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County Antrim (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
County Antrim was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Following the Acts of Union 1800 the constituency became Antrim (UK Parliament constituency). History The county constituency was enfranchised as a parliamentary constituency at an uncertain date, between the first known meeting of the Parliament in 1264 and the division of the area into baronies in 1584. It sent two knights of the shire to the Irish House of Commons. The county was represented in the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, under the Instrument of Government, after it was established in 1654 as part of the constituency of Down, Antrim and Armagh (constituency). Following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 the Parliament of Ireland was re-established and the constituency again returned two Members of Parliament. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, County Antrim was represented with two members. Boundaries and Boundary ...
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Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford
Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford (29 October 1737 – 24 March 1796), styled The Honourable Hercules Rowley between 1766 and 1791, was an Irish politician. Rowley was the son of Hercules Rowley and Elizabeth Upton, 1st Viscountess Langford. At the 1783 Irish general election, he was returned to the Irish House of Commons for both County Antrim and Downpatrick. He chose to sit for County Antrim, a seat he held until 1791 when he succeeded his mother in the viscountcy and entered the Irish House of Lords The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medieval times until 1800. It was also the final court of appeal of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was modelled on the House of Lords of England, with membe .... He was also elected for Longford in 1783 and 1790, but again chose to sit for County Antrim. Lord Langford died unmarried in March 1796, aged 58. The viscountcy died with him. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Langfor ...
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Elizabeth Rowley, 1st Viscountess Langford
Viscount Langford, of Longford Lodge, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 19 February 1766 for Elizabeth Rowley. She was made Baroness of Summerhill at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. She was the wife of Hercules Langford Rowley, a member of the Irish Privy Council, grandson of Sir John Rowley and Mary, daughter of Sir Hercules Langford, 1st Baronet (see Langford baronets). She was succeeded by her son, the second Viscount. He represented County Antrim and Downpatrick in the Irish Parliament. The title became extinct in 1796 on the death of the second Viscount. The Rowley estates were inherited by Clotworthy Taylor, fourth son of Thomas Taylor, 1st Earl of Bective (whose eldest son was created Marquess of Headfort in 1800) by his wife Jane, daughter of Hercules Langford Rowley and the Viscountess Langford. He assumed by Royal licence the surname of Rowley in 1796 and in 1800 the Langford title was revived when he was raised to the Peerage of Irela ...
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Hercules Langford Rowley
Hercules Langford Rowley PC ( – 25 March 1794) was an Irish politician and landowner. Early life Rowley was born . He was the only son of Frances (née Upton) Rowley and Hercules Rowley, a Member of Parliament for County Londonderry from 1703 until his death in 1742. His sister, Dorothy Beresford Rowley, was the wife of Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt (parents of Edward and Richard, the 2nd and 3rd Viscounts Powerscourt). His father was the only son of Sir John Rowley (who was knighted for his services at the time of the Restoration) and the former Mary Langford (eldest daughter and heiress of Sir Hercules Langford, 1st Baronet). In 1661, his great-grandfather Langford bought Lynch's Castle (located on the Sumerhill demesne in County Meath) and many other townlands from The Rt Rev. Dr. Henry Jones, the Lord Bishop of Meath. Among his extended family were aunts Anne Rowley (wife of Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet), and Mary Rowley (wife of James Clotworthy). ...
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Most Illustrious Order Of St Patrick
The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is a dormant British order of chivalry associated with Ireland. The Order was created in 1783 by King George III at the request of the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, The 3rd Earl Temple (later created Marquess of Buckingham). The regular creation of knights of the Order lasted until 1922, when most of Ireland gained independence as the Irish Free State, a dominion within what was then known as the British Commonwealth of Nations. While the Order technically still exists, no knight of St Patrick has been created since 1936, and the last surviving knight, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, died in 1974. Charles III, however, remains the Sovereign of the Order, and one officer, the Ulster King of Arms (now represented in the office of Norroy and Ulster King of Arms), also survives. St Patrick is patron of the order; its motto is '' Quis separabit?'', Latin for "Who will separate s": an allusion to the Vulgate translation of Romans ...
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Peerage Of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisions of Peerages in the United Kingdom. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron. As of 2016, there were 135 titles in the Peerage of Ireland extant: two dukedoms, ten marquessates, 43 earldoms, 28 viscountcies, and 52 baronies. The Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland continues to exercise jurisdiction over the Peerage of Ireland, including those peers whose titles derive from places located in what is now the Republic of Ireland. Article 40.2 of the Constitution of Ireland forbids the state conferring titles of nobility and an Irish citizen may not accept titles of nobility or honour except with the prior appro ...
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