The Rt. Hon. Silver Oliver PC (1736 – 21 November 1798) was an Irish landowner and

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politician who owned

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, Ireland.

Early life

He was the son of Jane Katherine (

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Silver) Oliver and Robert Oliver, who also sat in the Irish House of Commons for

Kilmallock Kilmallock () is a town in south County Limerick, Ireland, near the border with County Cork. There is a Dominican Priory in the town and King's Castle (or King John's Castle). The remains of medieval walls which encircled the settlement are sti ...

. His paternal grandfather was Robert Oliver (son of Charles Oliver who lived at

Clonodfoy Castle Oliver (also ''Clonodfoy'') is a Victorian castle in the south part of County Limerick, Ireland. Built for entertaining rather than for defense, it has a ballroom, drawing room, library, morning room, dining room and hall which feature h ...

, County Limerick) and was also an Irish MP for Kilmallock and County Limerick.

Career

He held the office of Member of Parliament for

in 1757. He held the office of

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in 1764. He held the office of Member of Parliament for

in 1768, serving until 1776. In 1769, he was appointed

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Personal life

On 4 February 1759, Oliver was married to Isabella Sarah Newman (d. 1777), a daughter of Richard Newman. Together, they lived at

in County Limerick, Ireland. They were the parents of: * Samual Oliver (–1769), who died young. * Katherine Oliver (–1818), who married

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, MP for the borough of

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(and grandson of

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), in 1780. * Richard Philip Oliver-Gascoigne (1762–1843), who married Mary Turner, daughter of Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet and step-daughter and heiress of

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. *

Charles Silver Oliver Charles Silver Oliver (c. 1765–70 – 10 October 1817) was an Irish landowner, the son of Silver Oliver, Member of Parliament for Kilmallock. Charles Silver Oliver was married on 3 June 1805 to Maria Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham Morris. He w ...

(1763–1817), who married Maria Elizabeth Morris, daughter of banker

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, in 1805. * Jane Oliver (), who married Rev. William Sandford, son of Henry Sandford; their son succeeded as the 2nd

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. * Silver Oliver (1770–1834), MP for Kilmallock in 1797 who died unmarried. * Susanna Oliver (–1857), who married Rev. Hans Hamilton, rector of

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and a son of Rt. Rev. Hugh Hamilton, in 1801. * Isabella Sarah Oliver (b. ), who married John Waller of Castletown, son of

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. * Elizabeth Oliver (b. ), who died unmarried. * Robert Oliver (–1834), who married Sarah Shepley (née Barker) Sotheran, widow of William Sotheran and daughter of Edmund Barker, in 1809. Oliver died on 21 November 1798.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Silver 1736 births 1798 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies Politicians from County Limerick Members of the Privy Council of Ireland