Sir Barry Denny, 1st Baronet (c. 1744 – April 1794) was an

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politician. The Denny family effectively owned the town of

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Biography

Denny was the son of Reverend Barry Denny and Jane O'Connor. He served in the Tralee Corps of the

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, becoming a colonel. He later gained the rank of Major in the service of the Kerry Militia. He was elected to the

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as the Member of Parliament for

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, representing the seat between 1769 and 1776, and again between 1783 and 1794.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.84. Retrieved 31 January 2023. In 1774, he held the office of

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. He was created a

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, of Castle Moyle in the

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on 12 January 1782.''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire'' (Henry Colburn, 1839), 288. Denny married a cousin, Jane, the daughter of Sir Thomas Denny and Agnes Blennerhassett, in 1767. Together they had eight children, including the second and third baronets.

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