Sir James May, 1st Baronet (6 November 1723 – 8 November 1811) was an

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politician. May was the son of James May and Letitia Ponsonby, daughter of

William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon (1659 – 17 November 1724), was an Anglo-Irish peer. Background He was born in 1659, the third son of John Ponsonby (colonel), Sir John Ponsonby (c. 1608/9 – 1678) of Bessborough in County Kilkenny, a ...

. He was the Member of Parliament for

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between 1759 and 1797.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.106. Retrieved 27 January 2023. On 30 June 1763 he was created a

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, of Mayfield in the

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; he was succeeded in his title by his son, Edward May.

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