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James Hamilton (1685–1771)
James Hamilton (1685—November 1771) was an Irish landowner and politician. Biography He was the eldest son of Henry Hamilton of Bailieborough, who was killed at the siege of Limerick. Bailieborough had come to the Hamilton family through Henry's mother Jane, daughter of Bishop William Bailie (bishop), William Bailie. James's younger brother John Hamilton (died 1757), John was also an MP. Hamilton was elected to the Irish House of Commons for the borough of Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Newry in 1723, following the death of Robert Clements (died 1722), Robert Clements. He then represented the borough of Carlow (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Carlow during the long parliament of George II; he had purchased the manor of Carlow from Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond, Lord Thomond. He was High Sheriff of Donegal in 1739. By his wife Anne Hall he had several children, including a third son James who was the father of Hans Hamilton, MP for County Dublin and ancesto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bailieborough
Bailieborough or Bailieboro (; ) is a town and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Cavan, Ireland. As of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, the population was 2,974, up from 1,529 as of the 1996 census. Bailieborough's proximity to the N3 road (Ireland), N3 national road has made it a commuter town. History Plantation Before the Plantation of Ulster, the area covered by the town was known as Killechally, Killycolly and Killycollie (). The modern town was founded by William Bailie, a Scottish people, Scottish planter who was granted the lands of Tonergie (Tandragee) in East Breifne by James VI and I, James I, the King of England. This area was known as the Barony of Clankee, later known as Bailieburrow. The conditions of being granted these lands were that within 2 years Bailie had to have constructed a house and bawn for himself, along with building tenant houses so he could collect revenue in the form of rent. An annuity would have to be paid to the Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Hamilton
Hans Hamilton ( – 22 December 1822) was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament. Early life He was the first son of James Hamilton of Sheephill and Holmpatrick, Deputy Prothonotary of the Court of King's Bench, and his first wife Hannah Phillips and the grandson of James Hamilton, Member of Parliament for Newry from 1723 and Carlow from 1727. Career Hamilton sat for County Dublin in the Irish House of Commons from 1798 until the Act of Union in 1801 and was then appointed High Sheriff of County Dublin for 1803–04. He was subsequently elected to the British House of Commons for County Dublin, a seat he held until his death in December 1822. Personal life He married Anne Mitchell, a daughter of Hugh Henry Mitchell and sister to Col. Hugh Henry Mitchell, who married Lady Harriett Somerset (a daughter of the 5th Duke of Beaufort). Together, they were the parents of five children, including: * James Hans Hamilton (1810–1863), also an MP for County Dublin; he married Caroline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish MPs 1727–1760
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High Sheriffs Of Donegal
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1771 Deaths
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1685 Births
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Lords Holmpatrick
Baron HolmPatrick, of HolmPatrick in the County of Dublin, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours for the Lord Lieutenant of County Dublin and former Member of Parliament for County Dublin, Ion Hamilton. Both his father, James Hans Hamilton, and grandfather, Hans Hamilton, had represented this constituency in the British Parliament. From 1991 to 2024 the title is held by the first Baron's great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father. He was active on the Labour benches in the House of Lords prior to the House of Lords Act 1999 but the House of Lords website shows him as a Conservative. The family seat was Abbotstown House, near Castleknock, County Dublin. Barons HolmPatrick (1897) * Ion Trant Hamilton, 1st Baron HolmPatrick (1839–1898) *Hans Wellesley Hamilton, 2nd Baron HolmPatrick Hans Wellesley Hamilton, 2nd Baron HolmPatrick (8 August 1886 – 5 September 1942) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Donegal
The High Sheriff of Donegal was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland, from the late 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Irish Free State and replaced by the office of Donegal County Sheriff. The High Sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. In 1908, an Order in Council made the Lord-Lieutenant the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the High Sheriff's precedence. However, the sheriff retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in the county. The usual procedure for appointing the sheriff from 1660 onwards was that three persons were nominated at the beginning of each year from the county and the Lord Lieutenant then appointed his choice as High Sheriff for the remainder of the year. Often the other nominees were appointed as under-sheriffs. Sometimes a sheriff did not fulfil his entire term through deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bailie (bishop)
William Bailie, D.D. (''William Bailey, Baily, or Bayly''; died 1664) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland as Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh from 1644 to 1664. Early life and family Born in Scotland, he was named after his father, William Bailie, a native of Ayrshire., ''The Province of Connaught'', p. 167., ''Bailieborough: A Pictorial Past'', p. 12. He was educated at Glasgow University, but graduated with a Doctorate of Divinity from Oxford University. He and his family were driven out of Scotland by the Covenanters, and fled to Ireland, where his father was granted the lands of Toneregie (now Tandragee) in County Cavan by King James I in 1610., ''The Province of Connaught'', pp. 167–168. His father had the construction of a fortified house, completed in 1613, and enclosed the demesne by 1629. The estate became known as the Manor of Bailieburrow, which was later known as Bailieborough. On the death of his father in , Dr Bailie inherited the estate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl Of Thomond
Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond (14 August 1688 – 20 April 1741) was an Irish peer, Member of Parliament and Chief of Clan O'Brien. He was born the son of Henry Horatio O'Brien, Lord Ibrackan, who was to predecease his own father in 1690, allowing the title of Earl of Thomond to pass directly to Henry from his grandfather, Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond one year later. He was elected MP for Arundel, Sussex in the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1710, sitting until 1714. He was then ennobled as Viscount Tadcaster. He served as Governor of County Clare and Governor of Carlow in 1714 and as Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1721 to 1741. The 1722 tragedy play '' Hibernia Freed'', staged at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, was dedicated to him by the author William Philips. He died in 1741 and was buried in Limerick Cathedral. He had married in 1707 Lady Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset. They had no children and thus the viscountcy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlow
Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had a population of 27,351, the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, twelfth-largest urban center in Ireland. The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic boundary between counties County Laois, Laois and Carlow. However, the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 included the town entirely in County Carlow. The settlement of Carlow is thousands of years old and pre-dates written Irish history. The town has played a major role in Irish history, serving as the capital of the country in the 14th century. The town is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. Etymology The name is an anglicisation of the Irish language, Irish ''Ceatharlach''. Historically, it was anglicised as ''Caherlagh'', ''Caterlagh'' and ''Catherlagh'', which are closer to the Irish spell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
