William Meeke (3 January 1758 – 15 July 1830) was a
Member of Parliament for
Callan
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in the Irish Parliament from 1790 to 1797 and for
Penryn,
Cornwall, firstly in the
House of Commons of Great Britain
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(1796–1800) and then in the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 me ...
(1801–1802).
The son of Joseph Easton Meeke of Rotherhithe by his wife Suffina, he was educated at
Charterhouse School
(God having given, I gave)
, established =
, closed =
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, president ...
and
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...
. He was a Fellow of
Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 650 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to Cambridge University between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the olde ...
from 1800 to 1807, when he married Mary Kelly. His sister Elizabeth married the MP
Samuel Farmer
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...
.
References
1758 births
1830 deaths
Irish MPs 1790–1797
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall
British MPs 1796–1800
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall
UK MPs 1801–1802
People educated at Charterhouse School
Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies
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