Charles Silver Oliver (c. 1765–70 – 10 October 1817) was an Irish landowner, the son of Silver Oliver, Member of Parliament for

Kilmallock Kilmallock () is a town in south County Limerick, Ireland, near the border with County Cork. There is a Dominican Priory in the town and King's Castle (or King John's Castle). The remains of medieval walls which encircled the settlement are sti ...

. Charles Silver Oliver was married on 3 June 1805 to Maria Elizabeth, daughter of

Abraham Morris Abraham Morris (1752 – 13 February 1822) was an Irish banker. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, ...

. He was Sheriff of County Limerick in 1791, ''

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'' (Irish office of Chief of a municipal government) of

from 1796 to 1800, and Member of Parliament for Kilmallock from 1798 until he was appointed

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on 15 May 1799. Through Lord Clare's influence, Oliver represented

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in the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1802 to

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, though he was not a frequent attender. In the Wallace family account of the death of Irish patriot

Staker Wallace Patrick "Staker" Wallace (1733 - 1798) was a United Irishman, perhaps born at Teermore, in Bulgaden-Ballinvana parish of County Limerick, Ireland, near the town of Kilfinane. He achieved some fame as an Irish patriot when he was brutally execute ...

in 1798 in Kilfinnane, Charles Silver Oliver is portrayed as the villain of the piece. Subsequent research by Mannix Joyce indicates disagreements within the Protestant Ascendancy as to the severity of Olivers treatment of Wallace. Wallace was publicly flogged and later executed in Kilfinnane charged with the crime of raising a subscription for the assassinationhttps://www.ouririshheritage.org/content/category/archive/place/kilfinane-coshlea-historical-society/1911-census-project/teermore-townland of Charles Silver Oliver.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Charles Silver 1760s births 1817 deaths High Sheriffs of County Limerick Irish MPs 1798–1800 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies UK MPs 1802–1806 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Limerick constituencies (1801–1922)