Edward Michael Conolly was an Irish Member of Parliament.

He was born Edward Michael Pakenham, son of Admiral Sir Thomas Pakenham

Thomas Pakenham (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Thomas Pakenham GCB , styled The Honourable from birth to 1820, was a British naval officer and politician.Pakenham, third son of Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford , was born in 1757. He entered the Royal Navy in 1771 on board the , with Captain John MacBride, with whom he moved to the in 1773...

 by his wife Louisa, daughter of John Staples

John Staples

John Staples was an Irish Member of Parliament.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Newtown Limavady from 1765 to 1768, for Clogher from 1768 to 1776, for Ballyshannon from 1776 to 1783, for Newtown Limavady again from 1783 to 1795 and for County Antrim from 1796 to 1800, and then for Antrim...

 and niece of Thomas Conolly

Thomas Conolly (1738–1803)

Thomas Conolly was an Irish landowner.He was the son of William James Conolly of Castletown House, by his wife Lady Anne, daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford...

 of Castletown. He adopted the surname Conolly by Royal Licence on 27 August 1821, following the death of his aunt Lady Louisa Conolly

Lady Louisa Conolly

Lady Louisa Conolly , known from 1743 to 1758 as Lady Louisa Lennox, was the third of the four Lennox Sisters immortalised in Stella Tillyard's book Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox and the BBC television series based on it.The Lennox sisters were daughters of Charles Lennox,...

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He lived at Castletown House

Castletown House

Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland's is a Palladian country house built in 1722 for William Conolly, the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. It formed the centrepiece of a estate...

 in County Kildare

County Kildare

County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...

 and Cliff in County Donegal

County Donegal

County Donegal is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Donegal. Donegal County Council is the local authority for the county...

. He represented Donegal

Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament .-Boundaries:This constituency comprised the whole of County Donegal...

 in Parliament from the general election in 1831

United Kingdom general election, 1831

The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...

 until his death, and was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Donegal Milita.

He married on 20 May 1819 Catherine Jane, daughter of Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker

Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker

Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker was an Irish Member of Parliament.He was born Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby, son of Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby by his wife Mary, daughter of Sir William Barker, 3rd Baronet...

. They had six sons and four daughters, including an eldest son Chambré Brabazon, who died in 1835; Thomas, who succeeded his father as MP for Donegal; Arthur Wellesley, who died at the Battle of Inkerman

Battle of Inkerman

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 while serving as a Captain in the 30th Regiment of Foot; John Augustus

John Augustus Conolly

Lieutenant Colonel John Augustus Conolly VC , born in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:He was 25 years old,...

, who also served in the Crimean War and was awarded the Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

 for his actions at Sebastopol as a Lieutenant in the 49th Regiment of Foot; Richard, who served as Secretary of Legation at the British embassy in China; Louisa Augusta, who married Clotworthy Rowley, 3rd Baron Langford and died of drowning in 1853; and Mary Margaret, who married Henry Bruen

Henry Bruen (1828–1912)

Henry Bruen PC, DL was an Irish Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carlow County from 1857 to 1880, taking his seat in the House of Commons of what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

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