See also:BARON See also:JOHN See also:FOSTER See also:ORIEL (1740-1828)
, Irish politician, was the son of See also:Anthony See also:Foster of See also:Louth, an Irish See also:judge
.
He was returned to the Irish See also:parliament in 1761, and made his See also:mark in See also:financial and commercial questions, being appointed See also:chancellor of the Irish See also:exchequer in 1784
.
His See also:law giving bounties on the exportation of See also:corn and imposing heavy taxes on its importation is noted by See also:Lecky as responsible for making
See also:Ireland an arable instead of a pasture See also:country
.
In 1785 he became See also:Speaker
.
He opposed the See also:Union, and ultimately refused to surrender the Speaker's See also:mace, which was kept by his See also:family
.
He was returned to the See also:united parliament, and in 1804 became chancellor of the Irish exchequer under See also:Pitt
.
In 1821 he was created a peer of the United See also:Kingdom as See also:Baron See also:Oriel of Ferrard in the See also:county of Louth, and died on the 23rd of See also:August 1828
.
His wife (d
.
1824) had in 1790 been created an Irish peeress, as Baroness Oriel, and in 1797 Viscountess Ferrard; and their son, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry (d
.
1843), who married Viscountess See also:Massereene (in her own right) and took the name of Sheffington, inherited all these titles; the later Viscounts Massereene being their descendants
.
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