Sir Frederick John Falkiner, 1st Baronet (8 April 1768 – 14 September 1824) was an Irish baronet and politician. He was the eldest son of Daniel Falkiner, grandson of

Daniel Falkiner Daniel Falkiner (1683 – 20 January 1759) was an Irish politician. He was the second son of Daniel Falkiner and his wife Rebecca Blackwell, widow of Henry Hamilton of Baileborough. His cousin was Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet. He represen ...

, and his wife Dorothy Faure, daughter of Henry Faure. Falkiner was educated at

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 Unive ...

and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1804, he raised the 100th Regiment of Foot, and one year later, after the authorisation of King

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the United Kingdom and the integration into the British Army, he became its colonel. In 1791, Falkiner was elected to the

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for

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and sat for it until 1798. Subsequently, he was returned for

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until the Act of Union in 1801 and thereafter for

to the

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until 1807. He stood for

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, ...

in 1812 and represented the constituency until 1818. Falkiner was secretary to the

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, and was appointed

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in 1801. On 21 December 1812, he was created a baronet, of

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, in the County of Dublin. On 23 October 1798, he married Anne Frances Gardiner, daughter of Sackville Gardiner. Falkiner died without issue and the

baronetcy 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 ...

became extinct.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Falkiner, Frederick 1768 births 1824 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

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