Robert Parkinson
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Robert Parkinson was an Irish Member of Parliament
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Call
ed to the Irish Bar in 1720, he was elected to the Irish House of Commons
for the borough of Ardee
in November 1727, sitting until 1760.
He married Diana Peppard and their only child Elizabeth was born in 1729. She married Charles Ruxton
of Ardee House, and Parkinson's estate of Red House in Ardee
passed to their son William Parkinson Ruxton
on his father's death in 1806. It was later inherited by the politician Chichester Fortescue, who adopted the surname Parkinson-Fortescue.
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
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Call
Call to the bar
The Call to the Bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party, and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received a "call to the bar"...
ed to the Irish Bar in 1720, he was elected to 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 the borough of Ardee
Ardee (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Ardee was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1378 to 1801.-History:Ardee in County Louth was enfranchised as a borough constituency in 1378...
in November 1727, sitting until 1760.
He married Diana Peppard and their only child Elizabeth was born in 1729. She married Charles Ruxton
Charles Ruxton
Charles Ruxton was an Irish MP and landowner in Ardee, County Louth.A younger son of William Ruxton, he and his elder brother John Ruxton represented Ardee in the Irish House of Commons....
of Ardee House, and Parkinson's estate of Red House in Ardee
Ardee
Ardee is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland. It is located at the intersection of the N2, N52, and N33 roads. Ardee is on the banks of the River Dee and is approximately 20 km from Dundalk, Drogheda, Slane and Carrickmacross...
passed to their son William Parkinson Ruxton
William Parkinson Ruxton
William Parkinson Ruxton of Red House in County Louth was an Irish Member of Parliament.Ruxton was The son of Charles Ruxton by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Parkinson of Red House....
on his father's death in 1806. It was later inherited by the politician Chichester Fortescue, who adopted the surname Parkinson-Fortescue.