Irish Estate Research Articles

Sir William Petty: his Irish estates and Irish population.

Sir William Petty: his Irish estates and Irish population.

The house of lords and Ireland in the age of Peel, 1832–50

Before considering the manner in which the house of lords handled Irish questions in the age of Peel a brief examination of the ties between the United Kingdom upper house and Ireland is necessary A striking fact that requires emphasis is the growth between 1783 and 1832 of the ‘Irish interest’ in the lords. In the eighteenth century, when the British house of lords was a relatively small body of little over 200 members, the number of peers with a stake in Irish land was only about one eighth of the whole body. Several of these, too, owned wide lands in England and their main interests lay there. But by the time the first reformed parliament was opened on 29 January 1833 the Irish interest’ in the lords had become a formidable body In a house that had doubled in numbers since 1783 virtually one peer out of every four had a stake in Ireland through the ownership of land, and the majority of these were men whose economic interests were exclusively centred on their Irish estates. Moreover this ‘Irish interest’ maintained its strength in the lords right down to the formation of Gladstone's first ministry as the table below makes clear.

An Irish Estate: The Burke or Bourke Family

An Irish Estate: The Burke or Bourke Family

Irish estates

Irish estates

Irish estates

Irish estates

The Irish estates

Journal Article The Irish estates Get access G. Offor G. Offor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s2-VI, Issue 143, 25 September 1858, Pages 256–257, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s2-VI.143.256g Published: 25 September 1858

Irish estates

Irish estates Get access B. S. B. S. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s2-VI, Issue 141, 11 September 1858, Page 207, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s2-VI.141.207g Published: 11 September 1858

London companies' Irish Estates

London companies' Irish Estates

London companies' irish estates

Journal Article London companies' irish estates Get access Anon Anon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s2-V, Issue 113, 27 February 1858, Page 170, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s2-V.113.170c Published: 27 February 1858