1721 in Ireland

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See also:Other events of 1721
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1721 in Ireland.

Events[]

  • June 24 – an act of the Parliament of Great Britain permits Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, to purchase the Irish estates forfeited by his brother James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde.[1]
  • The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland is the highest political office in the Parliament of Ireland;[citation needed] Viscount Midleton being the incumbent.
  • The title Baron Bessborough, of Bessborough, Piltown in the County of Kilkenny, is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of William Ponsonby.[2]

Births[]

  • Henry Jones, poet and tragedian (d. 1770)
  • Denis Maguire, Bishop (Catholic Church) (d. 1798)
  • Robert Murray, merchant (d. 1786)
  • Peter Parker, Admiral of the Fleet (d. 1811)
  • John Ruxton, landowner and politician (d. 1785)
  • Approximate date
    • Richard Houston, mezzotint engraver (d. 1775)
    • Alexander Montgomery, soldier and politician (d. 1785)

Deaths[]

Thomas Dogget
  • July 21 (hanged) – Walter Kennedy, pirate (b. c.1695)
  • September 20 – Thomas Doggett, actor and benefactor (b. c.1670)
  • Autumn – Godfrey Boate, judge (b. 1673)
  • Denis Daly, judge (b. c.1638)
  • Sir John Kirwan, merchant (b. 1650)

References[]

  1. ^ Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
  2. ^ Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.
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