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William Brownlow (1726–1794)
William Brownlow PC (I) (10 April 1726 – 28 October 1794) of Lurgan, Co. Armagh was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was the only son of William Brownlow MP and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn and Elizabeth Reading. Brownlow served as High Sheriff of Armagh for 1750 and was first elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Armagh County in 1753, styled The Right Honourable and holding the seat until his death. He was also returned for the Strabane constituency in 1768, but was replaced in 1769. He was an officer of the Irish Volunteers and one of the founding subscribers of the Bank of Ireland in 1783. He was generally seen as a reformer, although there were allegations that he misused public funds to improve his demesne. He married firstly Judith Letitia Meredyth, daughter of the Reverend Charles Meredyth, Dean of Ardfert, and had at least two sons: his heir William, and Charles. He married secondly Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brownlow (1683-1739)
William Brownlow may refer to: *William Gannaway Brownlow (1805–1877), governor of Tennessee *Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1595–1666), English politician and barrister *Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet (1665–1701), British Member of Parliament for Peterborough and Bishop's Castle *William Brownlow (1683–1739) (1683–1711), Irish MP for Armagh County 1711–1739 *William Brownlow (1726–1794), Irish MP for Armagh County 1753–1794 and Strabane *William Brownlow (1755–1815), Irish MP for Armagh County 1795–1798, British MP for Armagh *William Brownlow, 3rd Baron Lurgan (1858–1937), Anglo-Irish aristocrat, landowner, hotel proprietor and sportsman *William Brownlow (British Army officer) (1921–1998), British Army officer and MP for North Down *William Brownlow (bishop) (1830–1901), English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church See also *Brownlow baronets There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Brownlow family, both in the Baronetage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east, County Armagh to the west, and County Louth across Carlingford Lough to the southwest. In the east of the county is Strangford Lough and the Ards Peninsula. The largest town is Bangor, on the northeast coast. Three other large towns and cities are on its border: Newry lies on the western border with County Armagh, while Lisburn and Belfast lie on the northern border with County Antrim. Down contains both the southernmost point of Northern Ireland (Cranfield Point) and the easternmost point of Ireland (Burr Point). It was one of two counties of Northern Ireland to have a Protestant majority at the 2001 census. The other Protestant majority County is County Antrim to the north. In March 2018, ''The Sunda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Hamilton (1741–1782) , British soldier and ...
Claud Hamilton may refer to: * Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (1543–1621), Scottish politician * Claud Hamilton of Shawfield (died 1614) Scottish landowner * Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1606–1638), Irish nobleman * Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn (1659–1691), Irish and Scottish nobleman * GER 'Claud Hamilton', a steam locomotive * Lord Claud Hamilton (1787–1808), British nobleman and politician, son of the 1st Marquess of Abercorn * Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884), British nobleman and politician, son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton * Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925), British Member of Parliament, son of the 1st Duke of Abercorn * Lord Claud Hamilton (1889–1975) Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton (10 November 1889 – 2 August 1975) was a British Army officer and courtier. Family and education The youngest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe, he was educated at Wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Montgomery (MP)
George Leslie Montgomery (c. 1727 – March 1787) was an Irish politician. Montgomery sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Strabane from 1765 to 1768. He purchased the seat from John McCausland of Strabane for £2,000 after the death of the incumbent Robert Lowry when a new writ was issued for the borough on 22 October 1765. Subsequently, he represented Cavan County in the Irish House of Commons from 1768 until his death in 1787. The Cavan poll result on 2 August 1768 was Maxwell 727, Montgomery 648, Pratt 570, Newburgh 402; The poll finally closed on 11 November 1768 and the final poll was Maxwell 927, Montgomery 739, Pratt 668, Newburgh 451. When the new Parliament met in 1769, Mervyn Pratt, the defeated candidate, petitioned against the election of Montgomery on grounds of bribery, corruption and undue influence. This petition was not finally determined owing to the premature prorogation of Parliament in December 1769, so Montgomery survived and continued to represent the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Hamilton, 1st Baronet, Of Dunamana
Sir John Stuart Hamilton, 1st Baronet (circa 1740 – 1802) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Hamilton was the Member of Parliament for Strabane in the Irish House of Commons between 1763 and 1797.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.94 (Retrieved 31 October 2022). On 1 February 1781 he was created a baronet, of Dunamana in the Baronetage of Ireland. He was succeeded in his title by his son, also called John. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Sir John Stuart, 1st Baronet Year of birth uncertain 1802 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people 1301 Year 1301 ( MCCCI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * January 14 – With the death of King Andrew III (the Venetian) (probably poisoned), ... Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cope (died 1753)
Robert Cope (1679 – 17 March 1753) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Biography He was the son of Anthony Cope, Dean of Elphin, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Cope of Loughgall. 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)'', George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir, p. 177: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Lisburn from 1711 to 1713 and for County Armagh from 1713 to 1714, and from 1727 until his death. In 1736, he was High Sheriff of Armagh. Cope was married twice: firstly, in 1707, to Lettice, daughter of Arthur Brownlow, and secondly in 1711 to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Fownes. By his second wife he had several children, including Anthony Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the '' Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Anto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richardson (1749–1822)
William Richardson (1749 – 23 March 1822) was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament. He was the son of William Richardson (1710–1758) of Rich Hill, County Armagh, Ireland and succeeded him to the Richhill estate when only a minor. He was the great-nephew of another William Richardson, who was Member of Parliament for County Armagh at the time of the Williamite War in Ireland. He was elected High Sheriff of Armagh in 1777 and sat in the Irish House of Commons for County Armagh, between 1783 and 1797. In 1807 he was elected to sit for County Armagh in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, serving until 1820. In 1775 Richardson married Dorothea ("Dolly") Monroe (b. 1754), a daughter of Henry Monroe of Roes Hall, Tullylish. She was a noted beauty who while staying in Dublin with her aunt Frances, Lady Loftus, had been courted by Henry Grattan, Sir Hercules Langrishe, Francis Andrews, Provost of Trinity College, and the recently widowed Viceroy Lord Townshend. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Dawson (politician)
Thomas Dawson was an Irish politician. Dawson was educated at Trinity College Dublin. Dawson represented County Armagh County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and ha ... from 1783 to 1790, and Sligo Borough from 1873 to 1790. References 19th-century Irish people Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish MPs 1783–1790 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Sligo constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Armagh constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford
Archibald Acheson 1st Viscount Gosford PC (Ire) (1 September 1718 – 5 September 1790), known as Sir Achibald Acheson, 6th Bt from 1748 to 1776, was an Irish peer and politician."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir pp1,2: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Life The son of Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet, he succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father, and was subsequently created Baron Gosford in 1776 and Viscount Gosford in 1785. Acheson entered the Irish House of Commons for Dublin University in 1741 and was a Member of Parliament for it until 1761. Subsequently, he represented Armagh County until 1776. In 1768, he was also elected for Killyleagh, but chose to sit for the latter constituency. Between 1776 and 1777, he was returned for Enniskillen. He was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh in 1751 and High Sheriff of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Caulfeild
The Honourable Francis Caulfeild ( – November 1775), was an Irish politician who represented County Armagh and Charlemont. Early life Caulfeild was born in Chester in . He was the second surviving son of James Caulfeild, 3rd Viscount Charlemont and Elizabeth Bernard. His elder brother inherited their father's viscountcy and was further ennobled as James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont. His sister, Hon. Alicia Caulfeild, married John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine. His maternal grandparents were Alice ( Ludlow) Bernard (a daughter of Stephen Ludlow, Clerk of the Court of Chancery) and Francis Bernard, MP and judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Like his father before him, Caulfeild was educated at Trinity College Dublin. Career He represented County Armagh from 1758 to 1761 and Charlemont from 1761 to 1776. Personal life On 11 October 1760 Caulfeild was married to Hon. Mary Eyre (d. 1775), only daughter of John Eyre, 1st Baron Eyre John Eyre, 1st Baron Eyre ( – 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richardson (1710–1758)
William Richardson (1710 – 1758) was an Irish landowner from Richhill, County Armagh. He was High Sheriff of Armagh in 1737 and represented County Armagh 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 ... from 1739 to his death. He was the son of John Richardson, High Sheriff in 1715 and his wife Anne Beckett, daughter of William Beckett, Second Serjeant, and father of William Richardson, High Sheriff in 1773 and MP for Armagh 1783–1797. References * * http://www.craigavonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/rev/crozier1718c.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, William 1710 births 1758 deaths High Sheriffs of Armagh Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Armagh constituencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan
Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan PC (17 April 1795 – 30 April 1847), was an Anglo-Irish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1818 to 1832 and was raised to the peerage in 1839. Life Brownlow was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Brownlow and his wife, Caroline Ashe. His father's elder brother William Brownlow MP had died childless in 1815. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1818 he was elected Member of Parliament for Armagh and held the seat until 1832. In 1829, the year of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, Brownlow gave the Rev. W.O. O'Brien land for a church in the townland of Derry. In 1833 he had built Brownlow House designed by the Edinburgh architect William Henry Playfair in the Elizabethan style and constructed of Scottish sandstone. He was High Sheriff of Armagh in 1834 and was raised to the peerage by Queen Victoria, as Baron Lurgan, of Lurgan in the County of Armagh, on 14 May 1839. Brownlow was keen to improve his estate and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
