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Tralee (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Tralee (also known as Tralee Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons. Boundaries and Boundary Changes This constituency was the borough of Tralee in County Kerry. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons. Members of Parliament It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800. *1613–1615: Robert Blennerhassett and Humphrey Dethicke *1634–1635: Sir Beverley Newcomen and Sir George Radcliffe (sat for Armagh – replaced by Robert Blennerhassett) *1639–1649: Thomas Maul and Henry Osbourne (Osbourne resigned 1641) *1661–1666: John Blennerhassett and Francis Lynn *1674: Cpt Robert Blennerhassett 1689–1801 Notes Elections See also *List of Irish constituencies A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish ... [...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] |
Frederick Mullins (died 1712)
Frederick William Mullins, known after 1841 as Frederick William De Moleyns (29 June 1804 – 17 March 1854), was an Irish politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kerry from 1831 to 1837, as a Whig, later termed Liberal. History of Parliament article by Stephen Farrell. Mullins was the son of the Hon. Frederick Ferriter Mullins, a clergyman who was Rector of Killiney, , and the son of |
Edward Denny (died 1775) (1860–1938), British philatelist
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Edward Denny may refer to: *Sir Edward Denny (soldier) (1547–1600), adventurer in Ireland, MP for Liskeard, Tregony and Westmorland *Edward Denny, 1st Earl of Norwich (1569–1637), English courtier, Member of Parliament and peer *Edward Denny (1605–1646), MP for County Kerry *Edward Denny (died 1709), MP for Doneraile *Edward Denny (1652–1712), MP for County Kerry * Edward Denny (1676–1727), MP for Askeaton and County Kerry *Edward Denny (died 1775), soldier and MP for Tralee * Sir Edward Denny, 3rd Baronet (died 1831), MP for Tralee *Sir Edward Denny, 4th Baronet (1796–1889), composer * Edward Denny (Anglican Priest) (1853-1928) See also *Edward Denny Bacon Sir Edward Denny Bacon, KCVO (29 August 1860 – 5 June 1938)Biography in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Herbert (Irish Politician)
Edward Herbert (1727 – 2 March 1770) was an Irish politician. He represented Inistioge as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons between 1749 and 1760. Herbert then sat for Tralee Tralee ( ; ga, Trá Lí, ; formerly , meaning 'strand of the Lee River') is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in County ... from 1761 until his death 1770.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.96 (Retrieved 28 February 2016). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Herbert, Edward 1727 births 1770 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowland Bateman
Rowland Bateman (circa 1737 – 1803) was an Irish politician. Bateman represented Tralee as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons between 1761 and 1768. He then sat for County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ... from 1776 to 1783.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.69 (Retrieved 28 February 2016). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bateman, Rowland Year of birth unknown 1803 deaths Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies Year of birth uncertain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Blennerhassett (1719–1799)
Arthur Blennerhassett (19 February 1719 – 8 June 1799) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Blennerhassett was the son of John Blennerhassett (1691–1775), John Blennerhassett and Jane Denny. He was elected to serve in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Tralee (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Tralee between 1743 and 1761. In 1775 he was elected as the MP for County Kerry (Parliament of Ireland constituency), County Kerry, sitting until 1783. He married Jane Girardot (former wife of Gustavus Hamilton [deceased] and mother of James Hamilton (priest), James Hamilton who later became Dean of Cloyne and the first astronomer of Armagh Observatory); together they had two daughters.ThePeerage.com (entry #279701) http://www.thepeerage.com/p27971.htm (Accessed 6 June 2015) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Blennerhassett, Arthur 1719 births 1799 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 People from County Kerry 18th-century An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Blennerhassett (1687–1758)
Arthur Blennerhassett KC (1687 – 3 January 1758) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, politician and judge. He is remembered mainly for killing John St. Leger in a duel.Ball pp.207-8 He was the only son of the politician and lawyer Robert Blennerhassett of Clonmel, County Tipperary, and Alice Osborne, daughter of Sir Thomas Osborne, 5th Baronet and Katherine Butler, and widow of Thomas Warter. He was at school in Dublin and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1708. The same year he entered the Middle Temple. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1714,Hart p.164 made King's Counsel in 1728,Hart p.164 and served as Prime Serjeant in 1742. In 1727 Blennerhassett was elected to the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Tralee. He was raised to the bench as a justice of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland) in 1743 and served until his death in 1758. In 1745 he was one of the judges who presided at the perjury trial which resulted from the celebrated ''Annesley Peer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Gardiner
Luke Gardiner (c. 1690 – 25 September 1755) was an Irish property developer and politician. In the Irish House of Commons he represented Tralee from 1725 until 1727 and Thomastown from 1727 until his death in 1755. He was appointed to the Irish Privy Council on 2 August 1737. In 1711 he married Anne Stewart, daughter of the Hon. Alexander Stewart and heiress in her issue to the estates of the Viscounts Mountjoy. Their son Charles also served as an MP and Privy Counsellor. During his career Gardiner acquired a wide variety of properties throughout Dublin city. The major continuous part, much of which he purchased from the Moore family in 1714, was a large piece of land to the East of the then established city. This estate corresponds to the modern area bounded by The Royal Canal, Dorset Street, the Western Way, Constitution Hill, Parnell Street, O'Connell Street and the River Liffey. As owner of this land, Gardiner led the development of the Northside of the city e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sprigge
William Sprigge (1678 – 15 August 1735) was an Irish politician. Sprigge served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Tralee between 1723 and 1727. He was then elected to sit for Banagher Banagher ( or ''Beannchar na Sionna'') is a town in Ireland, located in the midlands, on the western edge of County Offaly in the province of Leinster, on the banks of the River Shannon. It had a population of 3,000 at the height of its econ ... from 1729 until his death in 1735.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.124 (Retrieved 29 February 2016). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sprigge, William 1678 births 1735 deaths Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for King's County constituencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conway Blennerhassett
Conway Blennerhassett KC (3 October 1693 – 7 June 1724) was a member of the Irish House of Commons. Blennerhassett was born at Castle Conway in County Kerry, the eldest son of John 'Black Jack' Blennerhassett and Elizabeth Cross. He was the grandson of Robert Blennerhassett. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, before entering Middle Temple in London in 1710. He was a practising lawyer and was invested as a member of the King's Counsel. He served as the Member of Parliament for Tralee from 1723 to 1725.ThePeerage.com (entry #279175) http://www.thepeerage.com/p27918.htm#i279175 He married Elizabeth Harman, the daughter of Colonel Wentworth Harman, with whom he had five children. He died prematurely at the age of 30. His grandson was Harman Blennerhassett Harman Blennerhassett (8 October 1765 – 2 February 1831) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, a member of the Society of United Irishmen who emigrated in advance of their rebellion in 1798 to become a socially and politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Taylor (died 1723)
Robert Taylor (c. 1682–1723) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Biography The son of Robert Taylor of Ballynort and brother of Berkeley Taylor, he sat in the Irish House of Commons for Askeaton from 1703 to 1714 and for Tralee from 1715 to his death, when he was succeeded by William Sprigge. In 1706 he was High Sheriff of County Limerick The High Sheriff of Limerick was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Limerick, Ireland from the 13th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Limerick County Sheriff. ....E. M. Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament 1690–1800'' (2002) vol. VI, p. 378. References 1680s births 1723 deaths High Sheriffs of County Limerick Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1715–1727 Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies Members of the Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blennerhassett (1691–1775)
Colonel John Blennerhassett (1691 – 5 May 1775) was an Anglo-Irish politician who represented two constituencies in the Irish House of Commons between 1709 and 1775.Sir Bernard Burke, ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland'' (1899), 48. Blennerhassett was born in County Kerry, the eldest son of John Blennerhassett and Margaret Crosbie. He served in the Kerry Militia and was a colonel by 1756. He was first elected as a Member of Parliament in 1709, taking his father's seat representing County Kerry.ThePeerage.com (entry #279655) http://thepeerage.com/p27966.htm#i279655 Between 1713 and 1715, he was MP for Tralee. He was again returned as the MP for Kerry in 1715, serving until 1727. He served as High Sheriff of Kerry in 1717. Between 1727 and 1760, he served as the MP for Tralee, before serving as MP for Kerry for a third period between 1761 and his death in 1775. He was Father of the Irish House of Commons. He married Jane Denny, with whom he ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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