1695 in Ireland
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- The Education Act 1695Education Act 1695The Education Act 1695 , was an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of penal laws, prohibiting Catholics from sending their children to be educated abroad. Its long title is "An Act to restrain Foreign Education"....
was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of penal laws, prohibiting Catholics from sending their children to be educated abroad. - Alan BrodrickAlan Brodrick, 1st Viscount MidletonAlan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton PC was an Irish lawyer and politician.-Background:He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, by his wife Alice , daughter of Laurence Clayton of Mallow, County Cork and sister of Colonel Randall Clayton M.P., of...
appointed Solicitor-General for IrelandSolicitor-General for IrelandThe Solicitor-General for Ireland was the holder of an Irish and then United Kingdom government office. The holder was a deputy to the Attorney-General for Ireland, and advised the Crown on Irish legal matters. At least one holder of the office, Patrick Barnewall played a significant role in...
promoting the penal laws against Catholic. - Robert RochfortEarl of BelvedereThe title Earl of Belvedere was created in 1756 in the Peerage of Ireland. The associated titles were Baron Bellfield and Viscount Bellfield...
, Earl of Belvedere, appointed speaker of the Irish House of CommonsIrish House of CommonsThe Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
. - Parliament of IrelandParliament of IrelandThe Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...
opened on August 27, 1695. - Henry CapellHenry Capell, 1st Baron CapellHenry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury KB, PC was a seventeenth century English politician.-Background:...
appointed Lord Lieutenant of IrelandLord Lieutenant of IrelandThe Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was the British King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Lordship of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
. - The Irish peerage of Baron FethardEarl of LisburneEarl of Lisburne is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for Wilmot Vaughan, 4th Viscount Lisburne. He notably represented Cardiganshire and Berwick-upon-Tweed in the House of Commons and held minor governmental office. His younger son, the third Earl, sat as Member of...
was created. - Nicholas Acheson appointed Sherrif of County ArmaghCounty Armagh-History:Ancient Armagh was the territory of the Ulaid before the fourth century AD. It was ruled by the Red Branch, whose capital was Emain Macha near Armagh. The site, and subsequently the city, were named after the goddess Macha...
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- Hugh ReilyHugh ReilyHugh Reily, also known as Hugh Reilly or Hugh O’Reilly was M.P. for Cavan Borough in the Patriot Parliament of 1689 and a famous political author. His Irish name was Aodh O’Raghallaigh and his ancestors were the Lords of East Breifne and Chiefs of the O’Reilly clan. Reilly was a close relative of...
, political writer (b. c1630). - Dudley LoftusDudley LoftusDudley Loftus was an Irish jurist and noted orientalist.Loftus was born the second son of Sir Adam Loftus, into a family of 17 siblings on his great-grandfather’s estate of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin when 18, then entered Oxford University in 1639 on the...
, jurist and orientalistOriental studiesOriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...
(b.16191619 in Ireland- Births :* Dudley Loftus, jurist and orientalist ....
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