John Ussher (circa 1682 – 1741) was an Irish soldier and

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. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Beverley Ussher by his wife Grace, daughter of

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. His nephews John Ussher and Beverley Ussher were also MPs. He reached the rank of

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in General Lumley's Regiment of Horse, seeing action at the

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. On 20 December 1714 he married Mary St George, daughter and heiress of Sir George St George, later Lord St George. In November 1715 he was elected to the

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for his father-in-law's former constituency of Carrick, sitting until his death. He later also served as Governor of

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and, from 1735, Vice-Admiral of Connaught. His son St George Ussher succeeded to his seat in Parliament. He later adopted the surname St George and was created Baron St George. His daughter Olivia married Arthur French and their son Christopher adopted the surname St George in 1774; he was the grandfather of

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References

* http://thepeerage.com/p33483.htm#i334825 * https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Ussher, John 1680s births 1741 deaths Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Leitrim constituencies