Sir William Fownes, 2nd Baronet (1709 – 5 June 1778) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Fownes was the son of

Sir William Fownes, 1st Baronet Sir William Fownes, 1st Baronet (born before 1672 – 3 April 1735) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Fownes was the Member of Parliament for Wicklow Borough in the Irish House of Commons between 1704 and 1713.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Com ...

, and in 1735 he inherited his father's

baronetcy A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

. Fownes was the

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

for

Dingle Dingle ( Irish: ''An Daingean'' or ''Daingean Uí Chúis'', meaning "fort of Ó Cúis") is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about southwest of Tralee and northwest of Kill ...

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 fran ...

between 1749 and 1760, before representing

Knocktopher Knocktopher (historically ''Knocktofer'' and ''Knocktover''; ) is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is situated on the R713 road between the villages of Stoneyford to the north, and Ballyhale to the south. It was formerly situated on ...

from 1761 to 1776. Fownes was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1761. He finally represented the borough of

Wicklow Wicklow ( ; ga, Cill Mhantáin , meaning 'church of the toothless one'; non, Víkingaló) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. It is located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island. According to the 2016 census, it has a ...

between 1776 and his death in 1778. In 1739, William married Lady Elizabeth Ponsonby. His granddaughter was Marianne-Caroline Hamilton via his daughter and only child Sarah Tighe (née Fownes).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fownes, William, 2nd Baronet 1709 births 1778 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wicklow constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Ireland