James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal
James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal (1 April 1782 – 7 August 1847) was an Irish politician.
Background
Daly was the eldest son of Denis Daly and Lady Henrietta, daughter of Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. The Right Reverend Robert Daly was his younger brother.[1]
Political career
Daly was elected Member of Parliament for Galway Borough in 1805, a seat he held until 1811. In 1812 he was returned for County Galway, a constituency he represented until 1830 and again from 1832 to 1835.[2] He saw the waning of Daly influence in the political representation of both the borough and county of Galway, at national level. A Tory, he represented the county until 1833 when he lost his seat to Catholic representatives. For his long years of Tory support in 1845 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal, of Dunsandle in the County of Galway.[1]
Land-holding
James Daly owned at least three estates in Co Galway by the second decade of the 19th century, known as the Dunsandle, Lismore and Kilconnell estates. Various annuities were charged on the Lismore and Kilconnell estates to repay loans [3] In 1831 he borrowed £42,000 from the Alliance Co to pay off some of his siblings’ younger children portions, created by the terms of his parents’ marriage settlement 1780. [4] However the charges on the Daly estates were still very large in 1841, amounting to a total of £94,539 <ref. Galway: James Hardiman Library: LE13/20, [5] and in 1846 James Daly, by then Baron Dunsandle, borrowed a further £120,000 from the Globe Insurance Co. James Lord Dunsandle died of typhus in 1847.
Family
Lord Dunsandle and Clanconal married Maria Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Baronet, in 1808. They had several children. He died in August 1847, aged 65, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, Denis. Lady Dunsandle and Clanconal died in November 1866.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 thepeerage.com James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal
- ↑ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Gainsborough to Goole
- ↑ Galway: James Hardiman Library Archives: LE13/5-7, /10 & /14.
- ↑ Galway: James Hardiman Library Archives: LE13/9
- ↑ http://www.calmhosting01.com/NUIG/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=LE13%2f1%2f11
- Family History. http://www.araltas.com/features/daly/
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Daly
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Denis Bowes Daly |
Member of Parliament for Galway Borough 1805–1811 |
Succeeded by Frederick Ponsonby |
| Preceded by Richard Le Poer Trench Denis Bowes Daly |
Member of Parliament for County Galway 1812–1830 With: Denis Bowes Daly to 1881 Richard Martin 1818–27 James Staunton Lambert from 1827 |
Succeeded by John Burke James Staunton Lambert |
| Preceded by John Burke James Staunton Lambert |
Member of Parliament for County Galway 1832–1835 With: Thomas Barnwall Martin |
Succeeded by John James Bodkin Thomas Barnwall Martin |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| New creation | Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal 1845–1847 |
Succeeded by Denis St George Daly |