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Sir John Magill, 1st Baronet
Sir John Magill, 1st Baronet (ante 1639 – 18 January 1700) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Magill was given the name John Johnston at birth, the son of William Johnston and Susanna Magill. He changed his surname to Magill in 1677. On 5 November 1680 he was made a knight bachelor by James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond. On 10 November 1680 he was created a baronet, of Gill Hall in the Baronetage of Ireland. Between 1692 and 1693 Magill was the Member of Parliament for Hillsborough in the Irish House of Commons. He then represented Downpatrick from 1695 to 1699.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.105. Retrieved 23 January 2023. He married, firstly, Elizabeth Mary Hawkins on 13 October 1677. He married, secondly, Hon. Arabella Susanna Hamilton, daughter of Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount of Glenawly Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount Glenawly ( 1600–1678) was a soldier in Swedish and English ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the State religion, established church of Ireland until 1871, or to a lesser extent one of the English Dissenters, English Dissenting churches, such as the Methodism, Methodist Church, though some were Catholic Church, Catholics. They often defined themselves as simply "British", and less frequently "Anglo-Irish", "Irish" or "English". Many became eminent as administrators in the British Empire and as senior Irish military diaspora#Britain, army and naval officers since the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain were in a real union with the Kingdom of Ireland for over a century, before politically uniting into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. The term is not usually applied to Presbyterianism, Presbyteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Annesley (1663–1750)
Francis Annesley, FRS (October 1663 – 7 April 1750) was an Irish lawyer and politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons between 1692 and 1714, in the English House of Commons from 1705 to 1708 and in the British House of Commons between 1708 and 1734. Early life Annesley was the eldest son of the Hon. Francis Annesley of Castlewellan, County Down and his wife Deborah Jones, daughter of Henry Jones, Bishop of Meath. He entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1679 and qualified BA in 1682 and LL.B. and LL.D in 1725. He was admitted at the Inner Temple in 1684 and remained in London during the conflict in Ireland. He was called to the bar in 1690. He made a financially beneficial marriage to Elizabeth Martin, the daughter of Joseph Martin, a London merchant, on 5 July 1695. In 1700 he became a Director of the New East India Company. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1704. Political career Annesley was originally an Irish country whig and sought to protect Prote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish MPs 1692–1693
Irish commonly refers to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the island and the sovereign state *** Erse (other), Scots language name for the Irish language or Irish people ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish English, set of dialects of the English language native to Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity Irish may also refer to: Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronets In The Baronetage Of Ireland
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 century; however, in its current usage it was created by James I of England in 1611 as a means of raising funds for the crown. Baronets rank below barons, but seemingly above all knights grand cross, knights commander and knights bachelor of the British chivalric orders, that are in turn below in chivalric precedence than the most senior British chivalric orders of the Garter and the Thistle. Like all British knights, baronets are addressed as "Sir" and baronetesses as "Dame". They are conventionally seen to belong to the lesser nobility, although William Thoms in 1844 wrote that: The precise quality of this dignity is not yet fully determined, some holding it to be the head of the , while others, again, rank Baronets as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Anglo-Irish People
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French '' Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1700 Deaths
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 19), where the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 11 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 17), 1800. In Sweden, the year started in the Julian calendar and remained so until February 28. Then, by skipping the leap day, the Swedish calendar was introduced, letting Wednesday, February 28, be followed by Thursday, March 1, giving the entire year the same pattern as a common year starting on Monday, similar to the calendars of 2001, 2007, and 2018. This calendar, being ten days behind the Gregorian and one day ahead of the Julian, lasts until 1712. Events January–March * January 1 – Protestant nations in Western Europe, except England, start using the Gregorian calendar. Catholic nations have been using the Gregorian calendar since its introduction in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII. * January 1 (Julian) (January 11, Gregorian) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Uncertain
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magill Baronets
''Magill'' was an Irish politics and current affairs magazine founded by Vincent Browne and others in 1977. ''Magill'' specialised in investigative articles and colourful reportage by journalists such as Eamonn McCann (who wrote its anonymous ''Wigmore'' column) and Gene Kerrigan. It was relaunched in 2004 after an earlier closure before closing again in 2009. Berry diaries It first achieved a nationwide profile when it published the diaries of Peter Berry, the former Secretary (administrative head) to the Department of Justice in which he alleged that former Taoiseach Jack Lynch had been less than forthright publicly about the truth surrounding the 1970 Arms Crisis which brought down two ministers, including Charles Haughey. In the 1980s as Ireland underwent rapid political change it became the major Irish magazine covering politics. Changes in editor Browne later appointed a series of editors with him becoming managing editor. Its early editors included Fintan O'Toole, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathew Forde (1675–1729)
Mathew Forde, also spelt 'Matthew Forde' (17 May 1785 – 5 August 1837) was an Irish landowner and politician. He was born the eldest son of Mathew Forde of Seaforde, Co. Down and Coolgreany, Co. Wexford and educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford. He succeeded his father in 1812, inheriting his various estates, including Seaforde in Down and Coogreany in County Wexford. He was appointed Sheriff of Down for 1820-21 and elected Member of Parliament for 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 552,261. It borders County Antrim to the ... in 1821, sitting until 1826. He died in 1837. He had married twice: firstly Mary Anne, the daughter of Francis Savage of Ardkeen and Hollymount, County Down and secondly Lady Harriet Savage, the daughter of Henry Thomas Butler, 2nd Earl of Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Price (politician)
Nick Price (born 1957) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer. Nick or Nicholas Price may also refer to: * Nick Price (illustrator), British illustrator of The Wombles, ''Tumtum and Nutmeg'', and ''Doctor Snuggles'' * Nick Price (actor), appearing in the Three Investigators film series *Nicholas Price (born 1983), backing drummer for Meg & Dia * Nicholas A. Price (born 1962), visual artist See also * Michael Price (other) (aka Mick Price) {{Hndis, name=Price, Nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hamilton (1651–1700)
James Hamilton may refer to: Dukes *James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606–1649), heir to the throne of Scotland *James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658–1712), Scottish nobleman *James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton (1703–1743), Scottish nobleman *James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton (1724–1758), Scottish nobleman * James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton (1755–1769), Scottish nobleman * James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811–1885), twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland *James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838–1913), British nobleman and diplomat *James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869–1953), first governor of Northern Ireland *James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904–1979), Northern Irish senator *James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (born 1934), Northern Irish politician Marquesses *James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (1589–1625), 4th Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman Earls *James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran (c. 1475–1529), Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hill (1672–1699)
Michael Hill (7 August 1672 – 1699) was a politician in England and Ireland. Biography He was the son of William Hill, of Hillsborough, County Down, Hillsborough by his wife Eleanor, daughter of Archbishop Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh), Michael Boyle.His father later married Mary, daughter of Marcus Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon. Michael Hill was Member of Parliament for Saltash (UK Parliament constituency), Saltash in the English House of Commons from 1692 to 1695, and for Hillsborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Hillsborough in the Irish House of Commons from 1695 to 1699. He also served as Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Londonderry and Down, Custos Rotulorum of County Down and appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in 1694. Family In 1690, he married Anne, daughter of John Trevor (speaker), Sir John Trevor; they had two sons and one daughter. His eldest son and heir Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough, Trevor was made Viscount Hillsborou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
