Francis Andrews (1718 – 18 June 1774) was an

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politician. Andrews was born in Derry and educated at

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p13: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 and became a

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in 1740. In 1758 he was appointed Provost of

, and in 1759 was elected to the

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for

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. From 1761 until his death he sat for the City of Londonderry. He was appointed to the Irish Privy Council on 6 April 1761. On his death in 1774 he left £3,000 to found the Andrews chair of

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at Trinity and the

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References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090817100611/http://www.tcd.ie/provost/former/f_andrews.php * https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Francis 1718 births 1774 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Londonderry constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Fellows of Trinity College Dublin Provosts of Trinity College Dublin Place of birth missing