Sir John Magill, 1st Baronet (ante 1639 – 18 January 1700) was an

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politician. Magill was given the name John Johnston at birth, the son of William Johnston and Susanna Magill. He changed his surname to Magill in 1677. On 5 November 1680 he was made a

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James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond Lieutenant-General James FitzThomas Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, KG, PC (19 October 1610 – 21 July 1688), was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, known as Earl of Ormond from 1634 to 1642 and Marquess of Ormond from 1642 to 1661. Followin ...

. On 10 November 1680 he was created a

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, of Gill Hall in the

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. Between 1692 and 1693 Magill was the Member of Parliament for Hillsborough in the

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. He then represented

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from 1695 to 1699.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.105. Retrieved 23 January 2023. He married, firstly, Elizabeth Mary Hawkins on 13 October 1677. He married, secondly, Hon. Arabella Susanna Hamilton, daughter of

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. Magill had no sons by either marriage and his title became extinct upon his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magill, John, 1st Baronet Year of birth uncertain 1700 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish MPs 1692–1693 Irish MPs 1695–1699 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Down constituencies