Rt. Hon. Sir John Francis O'Neill Lentaigne CB (21 June 1803 – 12 November 1886) was an Irish administrator,

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and

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Life

He was born 21 June 1803 in Tallaght, Dublin. His father was physician Dr. Benjamin Lentaigne of Dominick Street, Dublin, an immigrant from

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. His mother was Marie Thérèse O'Neill, daughter of John O'Neill. He was one of the first pupils to attend school at

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. He graduated from Trinity College and with a medical degree. He was a

for Ireland from 1886. He served as a

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and Deputy Lieutenant for County Monaghan and was appointed

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for 1844–45. He became a member of the Prisons Board and was Inspector-General of Prisons in Ireland from 1854 to 1877 and Commissioner of National Education. He was president of the

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between 1877 and 1878 and president of the

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. He was invested as a

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and made a Knight of the Order of Pius IX. On his death in 1886 he was buried at

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, Dublin. He had married Mary, the daughter and co-heiress of Francis Magan of Emoe, Westmeath, with whom he had 12 children. One son, John Vincent Lentaigne, also became a doctor.

Arms

References

* * Irish Industrial Schools by Jane Barnes 1989 p51

External links

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