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PARNELL, Sir John, 1744-1801, 2nd Baronet, Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 COLL MISC 0038

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: PARNELL, Sir John, 1744-1801, 2nd Baronet, Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer

Date(s): 1769-1783

Level of description: collection

Extent: Four volumes

Name of creator(s): Parnell, Sir John, 1744-1801, 2nd Baronet, Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer

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Administrative/Biographical history:

Sir John Parnell (1744-1801), Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, was a student of Lincoln's Inn 1766, and a bencher at King's Inns, Dublin, 1786. From 1761 to 1768 he was MP for Bangor in the Irish Parliament, and for Inistioge 1776-1783. He became Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer in 1785. He opposed the liberal policy of the English government, and in consequence of his opposition to the Union was removed from his post in 1799. In 1801 he entered the first parliament of the United Kingdom as MP for Queen's County.

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Three volumes constituting a journal of a tour through Wales and England. Parnell visited country seats and commented on design, making notes and drawings. The fourth volume is an account book detailing personal expenses, expenses of building his house in Ireland plus an account of the building progress.

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Language/scripts of material: English

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002

Date(s) of descriptions: 8 May 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Building design | Construction engineering
Financial administration | Finance
Horticulture | Agronomy
Architecture
Travel

Personal names
Parnell | Sir | John | 1744-1801 | 2nd Baronet | Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer

Corporate names

Places
Ireland | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Wales | UK | Western Europe | Europe