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Francis Saunderson

Francis Saunderson

Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament (1754–1827)

Francis Saunderson (1754–1827) was an Anglo-Irish M.P. in both the Parliament of Ireland and the post-Acts of Union UK Parliament. He was a member of the Saunderson family seated at Castle Saunderson.

Quick Facts Esq., MP, Member of Parliament for County Cavan in Irish House of Commons ...

Saunderson attend Eton College.[2] He was High Sheriff of Cavan from 1781 to 1782.

A Whig, he was a member of the Irish House of Commons from 1790 to 1797, and again from 1798 to its dissolution in 1801 (which he had voted against). He was then co-opted onto the first UK parliament for the Cavan constituency, and then elected in the 1802 general election.[2]

Saunderson married Anne Bassett White of Miskin, Wales in August 1778[5] or 1779.[1] Their son, Alexander, and grandson, Edward, also became MPs.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "SAUNDERSON, Francis (1754–1827), of Castle Saunderson, Co. Cavan". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "The Late Francis Saunderson Esq. M.P. of Castle Saunderson". The Morning Chronicle. London. 30 January 1828. p. 4.
  3. [3]
    "Died". The Morning Post. 1 December 1845. p. 8.
  4. [4]
    "MARRIED". Jackson's Oxford Journal. 12 April 1817. p. 4. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  5. [5]
    Courtney, William Prideaux (1910). Eight Friends of the Great. p. 153. Retrieved 20 June 2021 – via archive.org.


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