Michael Byrne (1744 - 1772)

Born 1744 in Ireland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 4 Nov 1772 at about age 28 in Cabinteely, County Dublin, Ireland [uncertain]

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Sally x [send private message]

Biography

Michael Byrne born estimated 1744, son of George & Clare (Nugent) Byrne. Michael educated Eton 1759-61, Queen's College Oxford 13 Oct 1761, .. member of Parliament ... died 4 Nov 1772. ^[1].^[2]

Michael Byrne resided at Cabinteely House. Michael Byrne, M.P. for St Mawes in1768 through the influence of his uncle Baron Robert Nugent. Michael died 7 Nov 1772 at Cabinteely, in his 28th year. ^[3]

Robert Nugent built 'Clare House' "on the Byrnes' lands and bequeathed to the family of George Byrne, husband of his sister Clare Nugent. Clare house, latter named Cabinteely House, now replaced by Marlfield house. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/byrne-michael-1744-72
2. ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great ..., Volume 1 By Sir Bernard Burke p 189 [1]
3. ↑ "Some Residents of Monkstown in the Eighteenth Century" by Francis Elrington Ball in The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Fifth Series, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Sep. 30, 1899), pp. 233-243 (11 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/25506984
4. ↑ https://www.chaptersofdublin.ie/ball1-6/Ball1/ball1.2.html

See also:

• "A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry ; or, Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank : but uninvested with heritable honours" by John Burke publication date 1837 p 465 https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhera01inburk#page/465/mode/1up