John Reynolds (1670–1699) was an Irish Member of Parliament.

Biography

He was the son of James Reynolds of Loughscur, County Leitrim, and was educated at

Kilkenny College Kilkenny College is a Church of Ireland co-educational day and boarding secondary school located in Kilkenny, in the South-East of Ireland. It is the largest co-educational boarding school in Ireland. In 2013 it transferred to the state/public se ...

and

Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...

. A major in the Army, he was elected to Parliament for

County Leitrim County Leitrim ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim, County Leitr ...

in 1692 and 1695. In 1695 he married Jane, daughter of Captain Edward Pottinger of

Carrickfergus Carrickfergus ( , meaning " Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 28,141 at the 2021 census. It is County Antrim's oldest t ...

; they had two children, John and Mary. He died in 1699 and his widow later remarried, firstly to Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet, and secondly to Agmondisham Vesey.E. M. Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800'', vol. VI, p. 154.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reynolds, John 1670 births 1699 deaths People educated at Kilkenny College Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish officers in the British Army Irish MPs 1692–1693 Irish MPs 1695–1699 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Leitrim constituencies