Henry Colley (1648–1719) was an Irish

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Early life

Henry Colley, born in 1648, was the son of

Dudley Colley Dudley Colley (ca. 1621 – July 1674) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was the son of Sir Henry Colley (ca. 1585-1637) and Anne Peyton, daughter of Sir Christopher Peyton. The Colley or Cowley family had come to Ireland from Rutland ...

, MP for Philipstown, and the former Anne Warren, daughter of Henry Warren. cites His paternal grandparents were the former Anne Peyton (the daughter of Sir

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) and Sir Henry Colley, who acquired substantial lands in County Wexford.

Education

Colley was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.

Career

Colley represented County Kildare from 1698 to 1699.

Personal life

In 1705, Henry Colley erected a monument to his father Dudley which said that "Henry Colley, now living, son of Dudley Colley, married Mary Ussher, and had issue by her six sons and six daughters; whereof two sons, Henry and Richard, and six daughters, are now living. She was the only daughter of Sir William Ussher of Bridgefoot, Knt. by his Lady Ursula St. Barb, and lyeth here interred". Sir William Ussher was MP for Dublin County, and Ursula St. Barbe was a daughter of Capt. George St. Barbe. The children of Henry Colley and Mary Ussher included: * Henry Colley (–1723), who married Lady Mary Hamilton, daughter of

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. * Richard Colley (–1758), who became

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; cites . he adopted the name Wesley (Wellesley) upon the inheritance of the estates of his cousin

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(d. 1728); he also took the name in right of his wife Elizabeth Sale (d. 1738) as the Wellesley heiress through her grandmother, Catherine Wellesley Cusack (d. 1598), daughter of Thomas Cusack, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, who was the son of Alison de Wellesley. Richard and Elizabeth Wellesley were the parents of

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, who was in turn the father of Arthur Wellesley,

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.The Peerage * Anne Colley, who married a William Pole, a son of Periam Pole and Sarah Blount; their son William married Lady Sarah Moore (a daughter of

Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda PC (I) (1701 – 28 October 1758) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Background Moore was the second son of Charles Moore, Lord Moore, son of Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda, and Jane Loftus, ...

) and upon his death, he left his estate to his kinsman, William Wellesley, 3rd Earl of Mornington, who took the surname Wellesley-Pole. Colley, who lived at

Carbury Castle, County Kildare Carbury Castle is a castle situated in the townland of Carbury, on the borders of Kildare and Offaly Carbury Castle was built in the 13th century by Pierce St. Leger. Carbury is called after Cairbre son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. The chi ...

, died in 1719.. His will was written on 18th June 1719 and proved on 27th July 1719.Betham, William
Genealogical abstracts of records of the Prerogative Court of Armagh
Series 1, wills: v. 11 "C" 1700-1737.

References

;Notes ;Sources {{DEFAULTSORT:Colley, Henry Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kildare constituencies 1648 births 1719 deaths Irish MPs 1695–1699