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1721 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1721 in Ireland
.
←
1720
1719
1718
1717
1716
1721
in
Ireland
→
1722
1723
1724
1725
1726
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1700s
1710s
1720s
1730s
1740s
See also:
Other events of 1721
List of years in Ireland
Incumbent
edit
Monarch
:
George I
Events
edit
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
edit
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
edit
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
edit
^
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
.
^
Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990).
Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage
. New York: St Martin's Press.