Family and Education
b. Feb. 1754, 1st s. of Robert Martin of Dangan by 1st w. Hon. Bridget Barnewall, da. of John, 11th Baron Trimleston [I]. educ. Harrow 1769-71; by Rev. Joseph Gunning of Sutton, Suff.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1773; travelled in Europe, Jamaica, America; L. Inn 1776, called [I] 1781. m. (1) 1 Feb. 1777, Elizabeth (d. c.1795), da. of George Vesey of Lucan, co. Dublin, 2s. 1da. surv.; (2) 5 June 1796, Harriet, da. of Hugh Evans, army surgeon, wid. of Capt. Robert Hesketh, RN, 1s. surv. 3da. suc. fa. 1794.
Offices Held
MP [I] 1776 – 83, 1798–1800.
Commr. of accts. [I] Aug. 1800–2.
Sheriff, co. Galway 1782 – 83; col. Galway vols. 1779; capt. Ballynahinch yeomanry.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Dangan, [I]; Ballynahinch, co. Galway, [I].
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
MARTIN, Richard (1754-1834)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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