ANNESLEY, Hon. Arthur (c.1678-1737), of Farnborough, Hants; Bletchingdon, Oxon., and Knockgrenan, nr. Camolin, co. Wexford

Family and Education

b. c. 1678, 3rd s. of James Annesley†, 2nd Earl of Anglesey, by Lady Elizabeth Manners, da. of John Manners†, 8th Earl of Rutland. educ. Eton c.1693–7; Magdalene, Camb. matric. 1698, MA 1699, fellow 1700. m. lic. 6 Jan. 1702, his cos. Mary (d. 1719), da. of Sir John Thompson, 1st Bt.*, 1st Baron Haversham, sis. of Maurice Thompson*, s.p. suc. bro. as 7th Earl of Anglesey and Visct. Valentia [I] 18 Sept. 1710. Reg. of Deeds: Abstracts of Wills (Irish Mss Commn.), i. 242; Eton Coll. Reg. ed. Sterry, 8.

Offices Held

Gent. of privy chamber 1689–1702; jt. vice-treasurer and paymaster-gen. [I] Oct. 1710–16; PC 19 Oct. 1710; PC [I] 1711–d.; ld. justice Aug.–Sept. 1714. Info. from Prof. R. O. Bucholz; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxv. 294; xxx. 105; Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 635, 644.

MP [I] 1703–10.

FRS 1704.

Commr. building 50 new churches 1711–15. E. G. W. Bill, Q. Anne Churches, p. xxiii; Recs. R. Soc. (1940), p. 389.

Freeman, Drogheda 1712; high steward, Camb. Univ. 1722–d.; gov. co. Wexford 1727–d. Drogheda Corp. Council Bk. ed. Gogarty, i. 315.

Parlimentarian

ANNESLEY, Hon. Arthur (c.1678-1737), of Farnborough, Hants; Bletchingdon, Oxon., and Knockgrenan, nr. Camolin, co. Wexford

Main residences: Farnborough, Hants.; Bletchingdon, Oxon; Knockgrenan, nr. Camolin, co. Wexford.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

ANNESLEY, Hon. Arthur (c.1678-1737)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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