John McClintock (14 August 1770 – 12 July 1855) was an Irish magistrate for

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, and formerly Serjeant at Arms in the

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Early years

He was the eldest son of John 'Bumper Jack' McClintock, MP for Enniskillen and Belturbet in the Irish House of Commons who commissioned the building of this mansion at

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near Drumcar, northeast of Dunleer in 1777. His mother was Patience, daughter of William Foster, esq. M.P. for the Co. Louth, and first-cousin to

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. His paternal grandfather was Alexander McClintock (died May 1775). In 1787, John McClintock enrolled at

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, studying for three and a half years before attaining his degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Career

Though he had intended becoming a lawyer, McClintock was granted the office of Serjeant at Arms to the Irish House of Commons in 1794, aged 21, in conjunction with his younger brother, William Foster McClintock (died 1839). McClintock was present during the Kingsborough Trial. McClintock served the office of

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in 1798. He was present in the same year at the Battles of Arklow and Vinegar Hill. At the general election in 1820, McClintock was returned to the Parliament for

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, but he resigned his seat in the same year. In 1830, he took the place of John Leslie Foster, and he was elected after a poll. His son, John McClintock, Major of the Louthshire militia, ran for the election to Parliament in 1841 representing

, but was unsuccessful.

Personal life

In February 1799, when his father Bumper Jack died aged 57, McClintock succeeded to run

. John married firstly Jane Bunbury on 11 July 1797, the only daughter of William Bunbury esq of Moyle. Jane was sister to Thomas Bunbury, MP for Co. Carlow. On 26 August 1798 Jane gave birth to a boy, John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell. A second son,

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, was born in September 1800. In early 1801, Jane was killed in a tragic horse accident. John married secondly on 15 April 1805, the Lady Elizabeth Le Poer Trench, third daughter of William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty. With Lady Elizabeth, John had five sons and three daughters: * Frederick William Pitt McClintock * Charles Alexander McClintock * Rev. Robert Le Poer McClintock * Henry Stanley McClintock (father of the Arctic explorer

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who gave his name to the expanse

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), * George Augustus Jocelyn McClintock * Anne Florence * Harriet Elizabeth * Emily Selina Frances. He died in 1855 at Drumcar, survived by his second wife.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McClint, John 1770 births 1855 deaths Lawyers from Dublin (city) High sheriffs of County Louth

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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Athlone UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1830–1831 Irish justices of the peace Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Louth constituencies (1801–1922) Politicians from Dublin (city)