Sir James William Mackey (1816 – 14 December 1892) was an Anglo-Irish merchant and politician. Mackey was the son of Stephen Mackey, a Dublin seed merchant, and Catherine Ward. He inherited his father's business in 1854. He was twice

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, in 1866 and 1873, firstly representing the

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and secondly for the

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. He was knighted in 1873. In 1880 Mackey served a term as

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. In 1847 he married Hannah James Sylvia Jones. Mackey owned 1,377 acres in

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.Mackey
Landed Estates: Ireland's landed estates and historic houses. Retrieved 28 November 2022. He was a lifelong member of the Royal Dublin Society.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mackey, James William 1816 births 1892 deaths 19th-century Anglo-Irish people High Sheriffs of Dublin City Irish merchants Irish unionists Knights Bachelor Lord Mayors of Dublin