Sir Arthur Denny (1629 – 1673) was an

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politician.

Biography

Denny was the son of Sir Edward Denny and Ruth Roper, daughter of Thomas Roper, 1st Viscount Baltinglass. In 1653 he restored the family seat at

Tralee Castle Tralee Castle was a medieval strategic castle in Tralee, Kerry, owned by the Denny family from 1586. It is now a ruin. The castle was built by the Desmond family, likely in the mid-thirteenth century at a similar time to the constriction o ...

after it had been damaged in the

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. He was the

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in 1656 and was the Member of Parliament for

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in the

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from 1661 to 1666. In 1669 he was appointed Vice-Admiral of Munster. He married Ellen Barry, a daughter of David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore. He was succeeded in his estates by his son, Edward Denny.Tralee Castle and Abbey
''Kerry Archaeological Magazine'', Vol. 2, No. 11 (October 1913), pp. 141-150.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Denny, Arthur 1629 births 1673 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people High sheriffs of Kerry Irish MPs 1661–1666 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies People of the Irish Confederate Wars