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Antrim County (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Antrim County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Following the Acts of Union 1800 the constituency became Antrim (UK Parliament constituency). History The county constituency was enfranchised as a parliamentary constituency at an uncertain date, between the first known meeting of the Parliament in 1264 and the division of the area into baronies in 1584. It sent two knights of the shire to the Irish House of Commons. The county was represented in the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, under the Instrument of Government, after it was established in 1654 as part of constituency of Down, Antrim and Armagh (constituency). Following the restoration of the King in 1660 the Parliament of Ireland was re-established and the constituency again returned two Members of Parliament. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Antrim County was represented with two members. Boundaries and Boundary Changes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Constituency
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called " constituencies" as opposed to " wards": * The House of Commons (see Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom) * The Scottish Parliament (see Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions) * The Senedd (see Senedd constituencies and electoral regions) * The Northern Ireland Assembly (see Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies) * The London Assembly (see List of London Assembly constituencies) Between 1921 and 1973 the following body also included members elected by constituencies: * The Parliament of Northern Ireland (see Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies) Electoral areas called constituencies were previously used in elections to the European Parliament, prior to the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union (se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Deputy Of Ireland
The Lord Deputy was the representative of the monarch and head of the Irish executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and then the Kingdom of Ireland. He deputised prior to 1523 for the Viceroy of Ireland. The plural form is ''Lords Deputy''. List of Lords Deputy Lordship of Ireland *Sir Thomas de la Dale (1365-1366) *Sir Thomas Mortimer (1382–1383) * Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare (1454–1459) * William Sherwood (1462) *Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond (1463–1467) * John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester (1467–1468) * Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare (1468–1475) * William Sherwood (1475–1477) * Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (1477) *Henry Grey, 4th (7th) Baron Grey of Codnor (1478–1479) * Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (1479–?1494) *Walter Fitzsimon, Archbishop of Dublin (1492) * Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston (1493–1494) * Edward Poynings (1494–1496) * Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Langford
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is '' Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene
John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene (died September 1665) was a prominent Anglo-Irish politician. Origins He was the son and heir of Sir Hugh Clotworthy (died 1630), High Sheriff of Antrim (who first came to Ireland as a soldier in the Nine Years War), by his wife Mary Langford, daughter of Roger Langford of West Downe in the parish of Broadwoodwidger in Devon. A sculpted escutcheon showing the arms of Clotworthy impaling Langford of Kilmackedret was displayed on the facade of Antrim Castle, now demolished. Sir Hugh Clotworthy was the second son of Thomas Clotworthy (born 1530) of Clotworthy in the parish of Wembworthy in Devon, by his third wife Dorothy Parker, a daughter of John Parker (ancestor of the Earl of Morley (1815)) of North Molton in Devon. Sir Hugh's paternal grandmother was Ivota Rashleigh, heiress of Rashleigh in Wembworthy, Devon, to which seat at some time before 1640, the senior line of the Clotworthy family eventually moved their residence from the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl Of Donegall
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall (16 June 1606 – 18 March 1675), was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier. Origins He was the eldest son and heir of The 1st Viscount Chichester, from Eggesford, Devon, by his first wife Anne Copleston, heiress of Eggesford. Career He made a career as a soldier before being elected to the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Antrim in 1634 and again in 1640. Having distinguished himself in helping to put down the rebellion which took place in Ulster in 1641, Chichester was admitted to the Privy Council of Ireland in 1643. It was on the advice of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, that in 1647 he was created Earl of Donegall in the Peerage of Ireland. The earldom was created with a special remainder to the male heirs of his father, whom he succeeded a year later as 2nd Viscount Chichester and Governor of Carrickfergus for life. He took his seat in the Irish House of Lords in 1661. In 1668 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moyses Hill
Sir Moyses Hill (often written as Sir Moses Hill) was an English army officer who served in Ireland and later settled in Ireland. He was the governor of Olderfleet Castle, mareschal of Carrickfergus, provost mareschal of Ulster, and represented County Antrim in the Irish parliament of 1613. Moyses arrived in Ireland in 1573 as part of the Earl of Essex, Walter Devereux's army to subdue or colonize Ulster. He was appointed the governor of Olderfleet Castle and knighted in 1603. In 1611, he was given possession of the village of Cromlin (now Hillsborough). The position of Provost Mareschal of the Province of Ulster was created for him in 1617. He was granted 2,000 acres in County Antrim and 40,000 acres in County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to th ... for his servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulke Conway
Fulke may refer to: * Fulke d'Aunou, also written Fulco and Foulques (1004-1080?), Baron of Aunou-le-Faucon, Normandy. Second cousin of William of Normandy and one of 30 knights named as present with William at the Battle of Hastings (1066), he was awarded lands around High Littleton, Somerset, England *Fulke Lovell (or Fulk Lovel) was a medieval Bishop of London elect *Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628), Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman * Fulke Greville (1717–1806) (1717–1806), the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort * Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville (1821–1883), Irish politician *Fulke Johnson Houghton (b. 1940), British racehorse trainer *Fulke Walwyn (1910–1991), British jockey and racehorse trainer * Pierre Fulke (born 1971), Swedish golfer who played on the European Tour *Robert Fulke Greville (1751–1824), British Member of Parliament (MP) and courtier * Robert Fulke Greville (landowner) (1800–1867), politician, soldi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane McBrien O'Neill
Shane may refer to: People * Shane (actress) (born 1969), American pornographic actress * Shane (New Zealand singer) (born 1946) * iamnotshane (born 1995), formerly known as Shane, American singer * Shane (name), a masculine given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with this name Arts, entertainment, and media Literature and adaptations * ''Shane'' (novel), a 1949 Western novel by Jack Schaefer ** ''Shane'' (film), a 1953 movie based on Schaefer's book ** ''Shane'' (American TV series), a 1966 American television series based on Schaefer's book, starring David Carradine, that aired on ABC Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Shane'' (British TV series), 2004 sitcom written by and starring Frank Skinner * The Shanes (German band), a German rock band * The Shanes (Swedish band), a Swedish rock band Other uses * 1994 Shane, an asteroid * Shane Company, a jewelry store * Shane English School, an English conversation school in J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Berkeley (died 1596)
Edward Berkeley (died 1596) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Old Sarum in 1586, and sat in the Irish House of Commons in 1585 as an MP for County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of .... References Year of birth missing 1596 deaths English MPs 1586–1587 Irish MPs 1585–1586 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Antrim constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randalstown (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Randalstown was a borough constituency which elected two MPs representing Randalstown, County Antrim, to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland The Kingdom of Ireland ( ga, label=Classical Irish, an Ríoghacht Éireann; ga, label=Modern Irish, an Ríocht Éireann, ) was a monarchy on the island of Ireland that was a client state of England and then of Great Britain. It existed fro .... It was disenfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800. Members of Parliament 1692–1801 References * {{County Antrim constituencies Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Antrim 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisburn (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Lisburn was a borough constituency which elected two MPs for the borough of Lisburn, County Antrim, to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland The Kingdom of Ireland ( ga, label=Classical Irish, an Ríoghacht Éireann; ga, label=Modern Irish, an Ríocht Éireann, ) was a monarchy on the island of Ireland that was a client state of England and then of Great Britain. It existed fro .... Members of Parliament ;Notes References * Citations {{Authority control Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Antrim Politics of Lisburn 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrickfergus (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Carrickfergus was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1326 to 1800, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland. Borough This constituency was the county borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800. History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Carrickfergus was not represented. Following the Acts of Union 1800, the county borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 mem .... Members of Parliament, 1326–1801 ;Notes References Bibliography * * {{County Antrim constituencies Carrickfergus Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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