Sir Edward Denny (1605 – 1646) was an

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politician.

Biography

Denny was the son of Sir Arthur Denny (1584–1619) and Elizabeth Forest. He was

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in 1634 and Member of Parliament for

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in the

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from 1639 until his death. Between 1638 and 1641 he was Constable of Castle Maine. In the

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, his 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 ...

was attacked and burnt by Irish rebels.Tralee Castle and Abbey
''Kerry Archaeological Magazine'', Volume 2, No. 11 (October 1913), pp. 141-150. He married Ruth Roper, daughter of Thomas Roper, 1st Viscount Baltinglass. He was succeeded in his estate by his son, Arthur Denny.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Denny, Edward 1605 births 1646 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people High sheriffs of Kerry Irish MPs 1639–1649 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies People of the Irish Confederate Wars