Sir William Evans Ryves de Montmorency, 3rd Baronet (7 November 1763 – 14 April 1829) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the State rel ...

politician.

Biography

Born William Morres, he was the son of

Sir William Morres, 1st Baronet Sir William Evans Morres, 1st Baronet (1710 – 11 October 1774) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Biography Morres was the son of Francis Morris, of Castle Morres, County Kilkenny, by Catherine Evans, daughter of Sir William Evans, 1st Baronet. Hi ...

and Mary Juliana Ryves, and the half-brother of

Sir Haydock Morres, 2nd Baronet Sir Haydock Evans Morres, 2nd Baronet (1743 – 18 December 1776) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Biography Morres was the son of Sir William Morres, 1st Baronet and Margaret Haydock. In 1766 he served a term as Mayor of Kilkenny. Morres was the M ...

. On 11 October 1774 he succeeded to his half-brother's

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 ...

. Between 1785 and 1790 he was the Member of Parliament for

Newtownards Newtownards (; ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Newtow ...

in the

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.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.110. Retrieved 23 January 2023. On 17 June 1815 he legally changed his surname to de Montmorency by Royal Licence, as did his relation Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency and three other cousins. On his death, his title became extinct.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:de Montmorency, William, 3rd Baronet 1763 births 1829 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people 19th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish MPs 1783–1790 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Down constituencies