Henry Colley (died 1700)

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Henry Colley
Member of Parliament for County Kildare
In office
1698–1699
Serving with
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt
Personal details
Born1648
Died1700
NationalityIrish
Spouse(s)
Mary Ussher
​
(m. 1694)​
Parent(s)Dudley Colley
Anne Warren
ResidenceCarbury Castle

Henry Colley (1648–1700) was an Irish Member of Parliament.[a]

Early life[]

Henry Colley, born in 1648, was the son of Dudley Colley, MP for Philipstown, and the former Anne Warren, daughter of Henry Warren.[1]

His paternal grandparents were the former Anne Peyton (the daughter of Sir Christopher Peyton) and Sir Henry Colley, who acquired substantial lands in County Wexford.[2]

Education[]

Colley was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3]

Career[]

Colley represented County Kildare from 1698 to 1699.[4]

Personal life[]

In August 1694, Henry Colley married Mary Ussher, daughter of Sir William Ussher, MP for Dublin County, and Ursula St. Barbe (a daughter of Capt. George St. Barbe).[1] Together, they had six sons and six daughters, including:[5]

  • Henry Colley (c. 1685–1723), who married Lady Mary Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn.[1]
  • Richard Colley (c. 1690–1758), who became Baron Mornington;[6] he adopted the name Wesley (Wellesley) upon inheritance of the estates of his cousin Garret Wesley (d. 1728); he also took the name in right of his wife Elizabeth Sale (d. 1738) as the Wellesley heiress through her grandmother, Catherine Wellesley Cusack (d. 1598), daughter of Thomas Cusack, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, who was the son of Alison de Wellesley. Richard and Elizabeth Wellesley were the parents of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, who was in turn the father of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington.[7]
  • Anne Colley,[1] who married a William Pole, a son of Periam Pole and Sarah Blount; their son William married Lady Sarah Moore (a daughter of Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda) and upon his death, he left his estate to his kinsman, William Wellesley, 3rd Earl of Mornington, who took the surname Wellesley-Pole.[2]

Colley, who lived at Carbury Castle, County Kildare, died in 1700.[8]

References[]

Notes
  1. ^ Henry Colley' was also known as Henry Cowley.[1]
Sources
  1. ^ a b c d e Lundy 2011, p. 10660 cites Mosley 1999, p. 2971
  2. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999), Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (106th, in 2 volumes ed.), Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage, p. 2971
  3. ^ Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 164: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
  5. ^ Cokayne, G.E. (2000), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, vol. IX (new, reprint in 6 volumes ed.), Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, p. 235
  6. ^ Lundy 2011, p. 10645 § 106449 cites Cokayne 2000, p. 235.
  7. ^ The Peerage
  8. ^ Lundy, Darryl (22 January 2011), Henry Colley, The Peerage, p. 10660 § 106593.
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 Member of Parliament for Kildare County
1698–1699
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