Life
1744-1801; Chancellor of Irish exchequer, 1785, and grandfather of Charles
Stewart Parnell [but DIW says William P., infra]; MP for Bangor, 1761;
Queen’s Co., 1783-1800; received £7,500 for loss of Maryborough representation
at Act of Union. Opposed Catholic Emancipation; his port included in engraving
of House of Commons of 1790, now preserved in Bank of Ireland (College
Green) [as figure No.146 in key]. DNB DIB.
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)