John Lysaght, 2nd Baron Lisle of Mountnorth (1729 – 9 January 1798) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and e Whig politician in the

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. He was born in 1729 in

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, and Catherine, daughter of Joseph Deane, by Margaret Boyle, sister of the

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. The Lysaght family (pronounced Lycett) descended from the ancient Irish House of O'Bryen. His father was created Baron Lisle in the

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in 1753. Lysaght was educated at

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.] He was selected to the Whigs (British political party), Whig parliaments as MP for

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in 1753. He was appointed High Sheriff for County Cork in 1757. After the accession of

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in 1760 to the English and Irish thrones, Lysaght was elected as a 'knight of the shire' MP for

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for three years in 1765. In 1778, Lysaght married Mary Anne Connor, the daughter of George Connor of

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in County Cork. The couple had two sons and two daughters: * John Lysaght, 3rd Baron Lisle (1781–1834), married Sarah, eldest daughter of William Gibb of

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* George Lysaght, 4th Baron Lisle (1783–1868), married first to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Samuel Knight * Elizabeth, married James Hall * Catharine, married in 1803 to Thomas Delany Hall

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lisle, John Lysaght, 2nd Baron 18th-century Irish people Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies 1729 births 1798 deaths People from Dublin (city) Alumni of Trinity College Dublin