Background

He was born in County Cork

County Cork

County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...

, fourth son of Nicholas Pyne of Monageely. He matriculated from Queen's College, Oxford in 1662, was called to the English Bar in 1669 and the Irish Bar in 1674. In 1686 he became counsel to the Revenue Commissioners; although willing to accept preferment under KIng James II

James II

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 he was a Whig in politics and strong supporter of the Revolution of 1688

Glorious Revolution

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Judicial career

After the Battle of the Boyne

Battle of the Boyne

The Battle of the Boyne was fought in 1690 between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish and Irish thronesthe Catholic King James and the Protestant King William across the River Boyne near Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland...

, he was appointed Commissioner of the Great Seal of Ireland with Sir Richard Ryves

Richard Ryves

- Background :He was born in Dublin, eldest son of Charles Ryves, a Chancery official and his wife Jane Ogden; he was a grandson of Sir William Ryves, judge of the King's Bench in Ireland 1636-1648. The Ryves family were originally from Dorset, but Richard prided himself on being a true Dubliner.He...

 and Sir Robert Rochfort

Robert Rochfort

Robert Rochfort was attorney-general, judge and speaker of the Irish House of Commons.Rochfort was probably born on 9 December 1652. He was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel James "Prime-Iron " Rochfort , a Cromwellian soldier, and Thomasina Pigot...

 .Early in 1691 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas

Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas

The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland was the senior judge of the Court of Common Pleas ,known in its early stage as the Common Bench or simply Bench, one of the senior courts of common law in Ireland. It was a mirror of the Court of Common Pleas in England...

 and promoted to Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland

Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland

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 in 1695. He held the latter office until his death, although he seems to have been in failing health for some time, visiting Bath for a cure.As Chief Justice he clashed with the powerful cleric William King, Bishop of Derry

Bishop of Derry

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 and future Archbishop of Dublin

Archbishop of Dublin

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, who accused him of interfering in Church affairs.

Property

Pyne was a substantial landowner in County Cork, living mainly at Waterpark. In 1703 he bought Blarney Castle

Blarney Castle

Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, near Cork, Ireland, and the River Martin. Though earlier fortifications were built on the same spot, the current keep was built by the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty, a cadet branch of the Kings of Desmond, and dates from 1446...

 but sold it a few months later.He also owned an estate at Ashley in Surrey, where he died. He is remembered nowadays as the builder of Ballyvolane House near Fermoy

Fermoy

Fermoy is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on the River Blackwater in the south of Ireland. Its population is some 5,800 inhabitants, environs included ....

, although it was not completed till a considerable time after his death.

Family

Few details of his marriage survive; Elrington Ball suggests that his wife was a relative of the Norton family of Abbots Leigh

Abbots Leigh

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, famous for their assistance to Charles II

Charles II of England

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 after the Battle of Worcester

Battle of Worcester

The Battle of Worcester took place on 3 September 1651 at Worcester, England and was the final battle of the English Civil War. Oliver Cromwell and the Parliamentarians defeated the Royalist, predominantly Scottish, forces of King Charles II...

. His only son Henry married Anne Edgecume, sister of Richard Edgecumbe, 1st Baron Edgecumbe. Their daughter Anne married Sir Henry Cavendish and was the mother of the statesman Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet

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, whose descendants took the title Baron Waterpark

Baron Waterpark

Baron Waterpark is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1792 for Sarah, Lady Cavendish, in honour of her husband, Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet. Sir Henry Cavendish was a politician who represented Lismore and Killybegs in the Irish House of Commons and served as Vice-Treasurer...

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