John Lysaght, 1st Baron Lisle
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John Lysaght, 1st Baron Lisle (1702 – 15 July 1781) was an Irish
peer
and politician.
Lysaght sat as a Member of the Irish House of Commons
for Charleville
from 1727 until 1758, when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Lisle, of Mountnorth in the County of Cork. He died in July 1781 and was succeeded in the barony by his son John.
Ireland
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peer
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
and politician.
Lysaght sat as a Member of the Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Commons
The 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...
for Charleville
Charleville (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Charleville was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-History:The town it represented was named after Charles II. It was enfranchised in 1673, a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. It belonged to the Earl of Orrery, a branch of the Boyle family...
from 1727 until 1758, when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Lisle, of Mountnorth in the County of Cork. He died in July 1781 and was succeeded in the barony by his son John.