Family and Education
b. 1600, 1st s. of Sir William Temple†, provost of Trinity Coll., Dublin and Martha, da. of Robert Harrison of London.F.E. Ball, The Judges in Ire. 1221-1921 (New York, 1927), 338. educ. Trinity Coll., Dublin, BA 1617, MA 1620;Al. Dubl. L. Inn, 22 June 1620.L. Inn Admiss. m. 1627, Mary (d. Nov. 1638), da. of Dr John Hammond of Chertsey, Surr., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da.Ball, Judges in Ireland, 339. suc. fa. 1627. Kntd. 16 July 1633.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 201. d. 12 Nov. 1677.Oxford DNB.
Offices Held

Irish: fell. Trinity Coll. Dublin 27 Oct. 1618–27. 31 Jan. 1641 – 1 Aug. 1643Al. Dubl. Master of the rolls,, 23 May 1655–d.HMC de L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 391n; Al. Dubl.; HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 306; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 722–3. PC, 27 Aug. 1641–1 Aug. 1643, 4 Jan. – Apr. 1647, 1661–d.HMC de L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 411; CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 257; HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 306; CJ v. 40b-41a. MP, co. Meath 1642–7; co. Carlow, 1661–6.Ball, Judges in Ire. 339; CJI, i. 588. Commr. gt. seal 1648–9. J.p. co. Dublin 15 Sept. 1653.TCD, MS 844, f. 139v. Commr. delinquents estates, 21 Nov. 1653; assessment, cos. Carlow, Dublin, Kildare 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655; Dublin 24 June 1657.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). Member, cttee. for approbation of ministers, 4 Apr. 1656.Barnard, Cromwellian Ireland, 147n. Commr. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Treas. King’s Inn 1656Ball, Judges in Ire. 339. Commr. for government, June-Sept. 1660;CTB, v. 130. survey, 1666; valuation of clergy, 1670. V.-treas. 1673–4.Ball, Judges in Ire. 339; HP Commons 1660–90, iii. 535.

Central: gent. pensioner by July 1633–?Ball, Judges in Ire. 339; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 201. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 7 May 1646;CJ iv. 532a; LJ viii. 305a. Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 12 Oct. 1646, 7 Apr. 1647;CJ iv. 690b, 693b; LJ ix. 127b. cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

: co. Carlow.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, C. Johnson.Berkeley Castle, Glos.

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Commons 1640-1660
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TEMPLE, Sir John (1600-77), of Ballyrath, co. Carlow

Will
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Estates
bef. 1641 held lands in 51 townlands in Ravilly and Carlow baronies, co. Carlow and 1 townland in Kilkenny Liberties, co. Kilkenny.Down Survey website. Mortgagee of 12th earl of Ormond’s lands at Kilderry, Ravilly and Hacketstown, co. Carlow, 1639.HMC Ormonde, n.s. i. 44-5; D. Edwards, Ormond Lordship in Co. Kilkenny (Dublin, 2003), 135. Acquired leases of Moyle, Castletown, co. Carlow, and barony of Balrothery West, co. Dublin, 13 June 1658; 40-year lease of Blandesby Park, Yorks, from queen mother, May 1661; also granted lands and rights over part of Phoenix Park and Chapelizod, co. Dublin, 1672-5.Oxford DNB. By 1670 held lands in cos. Carlow (53 townlands), Queen’s (20), Dublin (18), Kilkenny (4) and Meath (1).Down Survey website.
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