Gervase Parker Bushe
| Gervase Parker Bushe | |
|---|---|
| Member of parliament for Granard | |
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In office 1767–1776 | |
| Preceded by | Edmond Malone |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Maunsell |
| High Sheriff of County Kilkenny | |
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In office 1767–1776 | |
| Preceded by | John Greene of Greeneville |
| Member of Parliament for Kilkenny City | |
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In office 1778–1783 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Agar |
| Succeeded by | William Cuffe |
| Member of Parliament for Fore | |
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In office 1778–1783 | |
| Preceded by | James FitzGerald |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Francis William Fremantle |
| Member of Parliament for Lanesborough | |
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In office 1790–1793 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Dillon |
| Succeeded by | Edmond Stanley |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
bapt. 22 December 1744 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died |
12 August 1793 (aged 48) Kilfane, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Gervase Parker Bushe (1744 – 13 August 1793) was an Irish landowner and MP.
He was the son of Amyas Bushe of Dublin and his wife Elizabeth Parker. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford (where he matriculated in 1763)[1] and at Dublin University (where he graduated BA, LLB and LLD). He became a lawyer and lived at Kilfane in County Kilkenny.[2]
He served as an MP in the Parliament of Ireland for Granard from 1767 to 1776, for Kilkenny City from 1778 to 1783, for Fore from 1783 to 1790 and for Lanesborough from 1790 to 1793.[3] He was appointed High Sheriff of County Kilkenny for 1768-69.[4]
He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy. In a paper presented to the Academy in 1789 he calculated the population of Ireland as approximately 4 million.[5]
He died in August 1793 at Kilfane. He had married Mary Grattan, the daughter of James Grattan, the Recorder and MP for Dublin City and the sister of Henry Grattan, the anti-union MP. They had 10 children.
References
- ↑ "Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, vol.1".
- ↑ "The Poets of Ireland". Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ↑ "Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ↑ A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke
- ↑ "An Essay towards Ascertaining the Population of Ireland". JSTOR. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Edmond Malone Robert Sibthorpe |
Member of Parliament for Granard 1767–1776 With: Robert Sibthorpe 1761–1768 Anthony Malone 1768–1769 Richard Malone 1769–1776 |
Succeeded by Thomas Maunsell John Kilpatrick |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Arthur Webb |
High Sheriff of County Kilkenny 1768–1769 |
Succeeded by Edward Deane |
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Charles Agar Sir Haydocke Morres |
Member of Parliament for Kilkenny City 1778–1783 With: Eland Mossom 1777–1783 |
Succeeded by William Cuffe John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde |
| Preceded by James FitzGerald Cornelius O'Keefe |
Member of Parliament for Fore 1783–1790 With: George Nugent 1780–1792 |
Succeeded by Stephen Francis William Fremantle John Macartney |
| Preceded by Robert Dillon Cornelius Bolton |
Member of Parliament for Lanesborough 1790–1793 With: Stephen Moore 1790–1798 |
Succeeded by Edmond Stanley John La Touche |