Gilbert Ireland

Sir Gilbert Ireland (1624 – 30 April 1675) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1675.

Ireland was the son of John Ireland of Hutt and Hale and his wife Elizabeth Hays, daughter of Sir Thomas Hays, alderman of London.[1] He was a grandson of Sir Gilbert Ireland who brought the giant John Middleton to court. He inherited the house at Hutte and Hale Hall on the death of his father in 1633.[2] In 1645, he was one of committee appointed by parliament to assess taxes in Lancashire. He was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1648.[3]

In 1654, Ireland was elected Member of Parliament for Lancashire in the First Protectorate Parliament, and was re-elected in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. In 1659, he was elected MP for Liverpool in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[3] Ireland was re-elected MP for Liverpool in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament.[3] He was knighted at the Restoration on 16 June 1660.[1] In 1661 he was re-elected MP for Liverpool for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1675.[3]

Ireland was Mayor of Liverpool in 1674.[3] In 1674 he moved into Hale Hall after completing alterations to the house. He hid the gables on the north front of the Jacobean building behind a brick parapet which was ornamented with stone medallions and other features and arched over the recesses between the bays. On the tower he placed a stone tablet inscribed "Built by Sir Gilbert Ireland, Knt, and Dame Margt, Ao dI 1674".[4]

Ireland married Margaret Ireland, daughter of Thomas Ireland of Beausey, Lancashire,[1] but died without issue.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Le Neves Pedigrees of the Knights
  2. ↑ Old TIme Hale - Old Hutt in Halewood
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ireland, Gilbert (1624-75), of Hale Hall, Childwall, Lancs.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
  4. ↑ Visit Hale Village
Parliament of England
Preceded by
William West
John Sawry
Robert Cunliffe		 Member of Parliament for Lancashire
1654-1656
With: Richard Holland 1654-1656
Richard Standish 1654-1656
William Ashurst 1654
Sir Richard Hoghton, 3rd Baronet 1656		 Succeeded by
Sir George Booth Bt
Alexander Rigby
Preceded by
Thomas Birch		 Member of Parliament for Liverpool
1659
With: Alderman Blackmore		 Succeeded by
Not represented in Restored Rump
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.