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Westmeath (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
County Westmeath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Act of Union in 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. Under the terms of the Act of Union 1800, it was succeeded by the Westmeath (UK Parliament constituency), Westminter constituency of County Westmeath. Members of Parliament It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland. *1560 **Sir Thomas Nugent **Sir George Stanley *1585 **Edward Nugent of Dysert **Edward Nugent of Morton *1613–1615 **Sir Christopher Nugent of Meyrath **Edward Nugent of Portloman (died and replaced 1615 by Edmond Nugent of Roconnel) *1634–1635 **Sir James Dillon (officer), James Dillon *1639–1649 **Sir James Dillon (expelled 1642 as rebel) **Sir Luke Fitzgerald of Tecroghan (expelled 1642 as rebel) *1661–1666 **William Handcock (Westmeath politician), William Handcock **Thomas Longe 1689–1801 Notes References * * {{Authority cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Westmeath
"Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Sovereign state, Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces of Ireland, Province , subdivision_name1 = , subdivision_type2 = Regions of Ireland, Region , subdivision_name2 = Eastern and Midland Region, Eastern and Midland , seat_type = County town , seat = Mullingar , parts_type = Largest settlement , parts = Athlone , leader_title = Local government in the Republic of Ireland, Local authority , leader_name = Westmeath County Council , leader_title2 = Dáil constituencies , leader_name2 = , leader_title3 = European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland, EP constituency , leader_name3 = Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Handcock (1676–1723)
William Handcock (1676 – August 1723) was an Irish politician. He was the eldest son of Thomas Handcock and his wife Dorothy Green. Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons in 1703, representing the constituency of Athlone until 1714. He sat for Dublin City from 1721 until his death two years later. He married Sarah Warburton, daughter of Richard Warburton and had by her six sons and four daughters. His oldest son William and his sixth son John Gustavus Handcock both were also members of the Parliament of Ireland The Parliament of Ireland ( ga, Parlaimint na hÉireann) was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until 1800. It was modelled on the Parliament of England and from 1537 comprised two chamb .... References 1676 births 1723 deaths Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1715–1727 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Athlone Members of the Parliament of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historic Constituencies In County Westmeath
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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, occa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavus Hume Rochfort
Gustavus Hume Rochfort ( – 30 January 1824) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Rochfort was the son of George Rochfort and Alice, daughter of Sir Gustavus Hume, 3rd Baronet. He was the High Sheriff of Westmeath in 1796 and the Member of Parliament for County Westmeath in the Irish House of Commons from 1798 until the Acts of Union 1800. He subsequently represented Westmeath in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom between 1801 and his death in 1824 as a Tory.ROCHFORT, Gustavus Hume (c.1750–1824), of Rochfort, co. Westmeath, i''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820–1832'' ed. D.R. Fisher (2009) (Retrieved 1 November 2022). He was Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831. ... from 1815 to 1824. Rochfort married Frances Bloomfie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Smyth (Irish Politician)
William Smyth (or Smith) ( – 2 January 1514) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death. He held political offices, the most important being Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches. He became very wealthy and was a benefactor of a number of institutions. He was a co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford and endowed a grammar school in the village of his birth in Lancashire. Early life and education Smyth was born in the south Lancashire village of Farnworth in the parish of Prescot, which now falls within the town of Widnes in the Borough of Halton. Smyth was the fourth son of Robert Smyth of Peel Hall. He was allegedly brought up during his youth at nearby Knowsley Hall, the home of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. At this time Stanley was married to his second wife Lady Margaret, Countess of Richmond. Lady Margaret was the mother of the future Henry VII by her previous marriage to Edmund Tudor, 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Malone, 1st Baron Sunderlin
Richard Malone, 1st Baron Sunderlin (c.1738 – 14 April 1816) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.John Lodge and Mervyn Archdall, ''The Peerage of Ireland: Or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom'', Volume 7 (J. Moore, 1789), 292-293. Sunderlin was the eldest son and heir of Edmond Malone, judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), and Catherine Collier, a cousin of the Earl of Catherlough. His uncle was the barrister and politician, Anthony Malone, from whom Sunderlin inherited extensive estates in the counties of Westmeath, Roscommon, Longford, Cavan, and Dublin. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, from where he graduated in 1755, before studying for an MA at Christ Church, Oxford, which he achieved in 1759. He also attended Middle Temple and became a barrister, practising in Ireland. He served as the Member of Parliament for Granard between 1769 and 1776, and then as the MP for Banagher from 1783 to 1785. On 30 June 1785, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Benjamin Chapman, 1st Baronet
Sir Benjamin Chapman, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish landowner. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D./ Sadlier, T.U. p145: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Sir Benjamin had Killua Castle, County Westmeath built as his family home. He was created first baronet of Killua Castle on 10 February 1782. He died in 1810 and was succeeded by his brother Sir Thomas Chapman, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Chapman, 2nd Baronet (20 October 1756 - 22 December 1837) was an Anglo-Irish landowner. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his brother Sir Benjamin Chapman, 1st Baronet Sir Benjam .... References 18th-century births 1810 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people 19th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Alumni of Trinity College Dubli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rochfort (1743–1797)
Robert Molesworth Rochfort (12 December 1743 – 17 October 1797) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Rochfort was the third son of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Hon. Mary Molesworth, daughter of Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth. In 1776 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for County Westmeath. He held the seat until his death in 1797. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rochfort, Robert 1743 births 1797 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Westmeath constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for King's County constituencies Robert 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, hono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rochfort
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rochfort, 2nd Earl Of Belvedere
George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere (12 October 1738 – 13 May 1814) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Early years George Augustus Rochfort was born on 12 October 1738, son of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Hon. Mary Molesworth. The Rochfort family, originally called De Rupe Forti, had settled in Ireland in 1243. Sir Maurice de Rochfort was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1302. Gerald Rochfort was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1339. George's great-grandfather was the prominent lawyer Robert Rochfort, Attorney General of Ireland and Speaker of the House of Commons in 1695, and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1707. The family estate of Gaulstown lay on the shore of Lough Ennell in County Westmeath. George's father, Robert Rochfort, was a favourite courtier of King George II of Great Britain. He was made an Irish peer as Baron of Bellfield in 1737, and then Earl of Belvedere in 1756. He was estranged from his mother during his childhood, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Rochfort ...
Arthur Rochfort (7 November 1711 – 22 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Rochfort was the son of Rt. Hon. George Rochfort (son of Robert Rochfort, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer), and Lady Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda. Between 1738 and 1760 he was a Member of Parliament for County Westmeath in the Irish House of Commons. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rochfort, Arthur 1711 births 1774 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Westmeath constituencies Arthur Arthur is a common male given name of Brittonic languages, Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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