Sir John Parnell, 1st Baronet (c. 1720–1782), was an Irish

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 politician and a baronet.

He was the only son of John Parnell, Esq., M.P.

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, Judge

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 of the Court of King's Bench, and Mary, sister of the Lord Chief-Justice

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 Whitshed. His uncle, the Rev. Thomas Parnell

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 was the archdeacon

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 of Clogher

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 in 1705, prebendary

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 of Dublin in 1713, vicar of Finglas

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 in 1718, and poet, friend of Alexander Pope

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 and Jonathon Swift.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Queen's County

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 in 1753. He was a M.P.

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 for Maryborough in 1761, and was created a Baronet of Rathleague, Queen’s County, on November 3, 1766. Sir John married Anne, second daughter of the Hon. Michael Ward, of Castle Ward

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, County Down

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, one of the judges of the court of King's Bench in Ireland

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.

Sir John Parnell died in 1782, was succeeded by his only son, Sir John, 2nd Baronet, knight of the shire

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 for the Queen's County, commissioner

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 of the revenue in Ireland

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, Chancellor of the Exchequer

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, Privy Councilor

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, and Lord of the Treasury

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