Sir Hercules Langrishe, 1st Baronet
Sir Hercules Langrishe, 1st Baronet (1729 – 1 February 1811) was an Irish politician.
Life and career
He was the only son of Robert Langrishe of
He was first elected to represent
He was a strong supporter of relaxation of the
On 19 February 1777 he was created a
In Dublin, he was a member of Daly's Club.[1]
Family
He married Hannah, the daughter and coheiress of Robert Myhill of Killerney, County Kilkenny, and sister of Jane Myhill, who married Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely. He and Hannah had two sons and three daughters. The elder son Robert succeeded as second baronet, and died in 1835, having sat in the Irish parliament as M.P. for Knocktopher from 1796 to 1800. The second son James was archdeacon of Glendalough, dean of Achonry, and rector of Newcastle Lyons, and Killishin, County Carlow. Langrishe's daughter Elizabeth married the Reverend Christopher Robinson, Rector of Granard, only son of the eminent judge Christopher Robinson and had several children, including Sir Bryan Robinson, who was a judge like his grandfather, and Admiral Hercules Robinson, father of Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead.
Hercules Langrishe was the great-great-grandfather of Lt Col
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References
- ^ T. H. S. Escott, Club Makers and Club Members (1913), pp. 329–333
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm
- leighrayment.com[usurped]
- leighrayment.com[usurped]
- Dunlop, Robert (1892). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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