John McCausland (1735 – November 1804) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
Early years
He was born in Strabane on 14 May 1735 to Oliver McCausland and Anne Jane Hamilton of Strabane.
Parliament
McCausland represented
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...
in the
Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland ( ga, Parlaimint na hÉireann) was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until 1800. It was modelled on the Parliament of England and from 1537 comprised two chamb ...
from 1768 to 1776.
Family life
He had married Elizabet Span, daughter of William Span in Ballmacove on 29 January 1757. They had 3 children: Oliver (born 6 November 1767), William (born 1759) and Catherine (born 1761). His daughter Catherine married
William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket, the crown prosecutor at the trial of
Robert Emmet
Robert Emmet (4 March 177820 September 1803) was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader. Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organise a renewed attempt to overthrow the British Crown and Protes ...
, and later
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
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.
Death
He died in November 1804, aged 69.
References
The House of Commons, 1790-1820, Band 3, page 837Field Day Review 4, 2008 page 37The Peerage, baronetage, and knightage of Great Britain 1856 page 120
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Irish MPs 1769–1776
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies
1735 births
1804 deaths