Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley
PC (Ire) (14 April 1745 – 9 November 1824), styled The Honourable from 1758 to 1802, was an
Anglo-Irish
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politician and noble.
Lord Annesley was educated at
Trinity College Dublin
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.
["Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 ]George Dames Burtchaell
George Dames Burtchaell, KC, MA, LLB, MRIA, JP (12 June 1853 – 18 August 1921) was an Irish genealogist.
Education
Burtchaell was educated at Kilkenny College and Trinity College, Dublin.
Career
*Barrister King's Inns, 1879
* KC 1918
* ...
/Thomas Ulick Sadleir
Thomas Ulick Sadleir (1882–1957) was an Irish genealogist and heraldic expert. He was successively registrar of the Order of St Patrick, Deputy Ulster King of Arms and Acting Ulster King of Arms.
Career
Sadleir's first involvement with the of ...
p15: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was the second son of
William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly
William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly (1710 – 2 September 1770) was an Irish politician and noble.
Early life
Annesley was born in 1710. He was the sixth of seven sons, and two daughters, born to Elizabeth ( Martin) Annesley and Francis Ann ...
, and Lady Anne Beresford. He inherited the earldom created for his childless brother through the terms of the special remainder, as well as the viscountcy which had been created for his father, in 1802. He represented
Coleraine
Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...
in the
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...
from 1776 to 1783 and then
St Canice
Cainnech of Aghaboe (515/16–600), also known as Saint Canice in Ireland, Saint Kenneth in Scotland, Saint Kenny and in Latin Sanctus Canicus, was an Irish abbot, monastic founder, priest and missionary during the early medieval period. Cainn ...
to 1790. Subsequently, he sat for
Newtownards
Newtownards is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Newtownard ...
until 1798, when Annesley was elected for
Fore and
Blessington
Blessington, historically known as Ballycomeen (, from the Irish surname ''Ó Coimín''), is a town on the River Liffey in County Wicklow, Ireland, near the border with County Kildare. It is around 25 km south-west of Dublin, and is situ ...
. He chose the latter constituency and sat for it until 1800. In this year, he stood for
Clogher
Clogher () is a village and civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County Monaghan. It stands on the townlands of Clogher Demesne and ...
and
Midleton
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, which he represented until the
Act of Union in 1801. He served as
High Sheriff of Down
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in 1783.
He married Anne Lambert on 25 September 1771 and with her had six children:
*
William Richard Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley
William Richard Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley (16 July 1772 – 25 August 1838) was an Anglo-Irish noble and British Member of Parliament.
Lord Annesley was the eldest son of Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley and Anne Lambert. He was educated at T ...
(1772–1838)
*Hon. Robert Annesley (1773–1825)
*Lt.-Gen. Arthur Grove-Annesley (1774–1849)
*Captain Francis Charles Annesley (1775–1832)
* Catherine O'Donnell née Annesley (1776–1830)
* Anna Maria born (1778 –
References
thePeerage.com
1745 births
1824 deaths
High Sheriffs of Down
Irish MPs 1776–1783
Irish MPs 1783–1790
Irish MPs 1790–1797
Irish MPs 1798–1800
Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
Richard
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18th-century Anglo-Irish people
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tyrone constituencies
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Down constituencies
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wicklow constituencies
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Westmeath constituencies
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies
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Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
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