| 词条 | Sir Henry Hartstonge, 3rd Baronet |
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Sir Henry Hartstonge, 3rd Baronet (c. 1725 – 1797) was an Irish politician and landowner who sat in the Irish House of Commons as member for Limerick County. He was a close political associate of his influential brother-in-law Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery. He gave his name to Hartstonge Street, Limerick. FamilyHe was born at Bruff, County Limerick, only son of Price Hartstonge, MP for Charleville, and Alice Widenham, daughter and co-heiresss of Henry Widenham of Kildimo.[1] Price was the eldest surviving son of Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Baronet but died before his father, so that Henry inherited the title on his grandfather's death in 1751. [2] The Hartstonges, who were originally from Norfolk, inherited Bruff from the Standish family[3] and over the course of the next century they became substantial landowners in Limerick, Cork and Tipperary. Henry was educated at Trinity College, Dublin of which he was later a benefactor. Marriage and careerHenry married Lucy Pery, daughter of the Rev. Stackpole Pery and Jane Twigge, and sister of Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery and of William Pery, 1st Baron Glentworth. Viscount Pery, who was Speaker of the Irish House of Commons 1771–1785, was one of the most influential politicians in Ireland of his day and Henry was always closely associated with the Pery interest. He sat in the House of Commons as member for Limerick 1776–1790.[4] PersonalityHe has been described as a popular and convivial character, who resembled the celebrated Irish "character" Sir Boyle Roche in his personality. He was accused of being an absentee landlord who spent most of his time in England and neglected his estates in Ireland. This however may be an unfair judgment since there is evidence that he worked closely with the Perys in the development of Limerick City, particularly the laying out of Newtown Pery and the building of the new Bishop's Palace.[5] His wife Lucy was renowned for her charitable work in Limerick. The couple gave their name to Hartstonge Street. He was said to be incapable of making a speech in public, so that his brother-in-law Edmund, who was Speaker of the Irish House of Commons for many years, would simply ignore his demands to address the House, despite his regular cry "Damn it, Edmund, I will speak!".[6] InheritanceHenry had no children and the baronetcy died with him. The bulk of the Hartstonge estates passed at his death to his niece Mary Alice Ormsby, daughter of his only sister Mary. Mary Alice married Lucy Hartstonge's nephew Edmund, 2nd Baron Glentworth who as his reward for supporting the Act of Union was created Earl of Limerick in 1803. References1. ^Cokayne, George Edward Complete Baronetage Reprinted Gloucester 1983 Vol. IV p.214 2. ^Cokayne p.214 3. ^Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921 John Murray London 1926 4. ^National Library of Ireland Collection List No. 121 Papers of the Pery Family, Earls of Limerick 5. ^Papers of the Pery family 6. ^Burke, John Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies Scott Webster and Geary London 1841 p.608 5 : 1720s births|1797 deaths|Politicians from County Limerick|Irish landowners|Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies |
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