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b. 10 July 1614, 1st s. of Francis Annesley†, 1st Baron Mountnorris [I] and 1st Visct. Valentia [I], and 1st wife, Dorothy, da. of Sir John Philipps†, 1st bt. of Picton, Pemb. educ. Hadley School, Mdx. (Mr John Vade);D. Greene, ‘Arthur Annesley, first earl of Anglesey 1614-1686’ (Chicago Univ. PhD thesis, 1972), 6. Magdalen, Oxf., 1630-at least June 1632;C108/188, part 1, ‘Correspondence 2’, unfol. L. Inn 22 Oct. 1633;LI Admiss. Bk 6, f. 80. travelled abroad, c.1635-6 (Geneva, May 1636).SO3/10, unfol.; C108/188, part 1, ‘Correspondence 2’, unfol. m. 24 Apr. 1638, Elizabeth (d. 1698), da. of Sir James Altham† of Oxhey, Herts., 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (3 d.v.p.); suc. fa. as 2nd Visct. Valentia, 22 Nov. 1660; cr. earl of Anglesey, 20 Apr. 1661. d. 6 Apr. 1686.CP.
Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 18 Nov. 1640;LI Black Bks. ii. 356. bencher, 22 Nov. 1659.LI Black Bks. ii. 356, 431.

Irish: commr. to Ulster, 3 May, 23 Sept. 1645;A. and O.; LJ vii. 596b. to treat with Ormond, 1 Mar.-Aug. 1647.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 734. Commr. assessment, co. and city of Dublin, co. Armagh 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655; co. Wexford 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657; city of Dublin 24 June 1657.A. and O.; An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). J.p. co. Wexford 1655–?.Barnard, Cromwellian Ireland, 290. V.-treas. Aug. 1660–7.CP.

Local: commr. assessment, Carm., Rad. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Pemb. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; militia, Carm., Rad., Pemb. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Hants 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Rad. Mar. 1660–82; Oxon. 1670–82. Commr. poll tax, Mdx., Carm., Rad. 1660;SR. oyer and terminer, Wales 8 Nov. 1661.C181/7, p. 119. Dep. lt., Carm., Rad., Pemb. 1661–?74.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Arthur Annesley’. Commr. sewers, Bedord Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 147 Yorks. (E. Riding) 1 July 1667.C181/7, p. 406. Bailiff, Bedford Gt. Level 1665 – 66, 1669 – d.; conservator, 1667–9.S. Wells, Drainage of the Bedford Level, i. 457–64. Steward of crown manors, Rad. ?1675–82.Trans. Rad. Soc. xli. 75.

Central: member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 Sept. 1647;CJ v. 287b; LJ ix. 414b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Oct. 1647;CJ v. 326b. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 Nov. 1647.CJ v. 347b; LJ ix. 506a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. PC, 1 June 1660.Bodl. Carte 165, f. 1. Commr. for trade, Nov. 1660–72; plantations, Dec. 1660–70;HP Commons 1660–1690. prizes, 1666–?.CSP Dom. 1666–7, p. 304. Treas. of navy, 1667–8.CP. Asst. Royal Adventurers into Africa, 1668–70.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. Union, Scotland, 14 Sept. 1670.Cromwellian Union, ed. Terry, 189. Ld. privy seal, 22 Apr. 1673–9 Aug. 1682.CP. Commr. for Tangier, 1673–84.HEHL, Ellesmere MSS EL 8456; CTB vii. 1252–3.

Military: capt. of horse [I], 1661-aft. 1664.Dalton, Irish Army Lists, 1661–85, 3, 52.

Academic: FRS, 1668–85.Hunter, Royal Soc. and its Fellows, 1660–1700, 206–7.

Civic: freeman, Oxford 1681.Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. ii. 142.

: co. Armagh and Westminster., Drury Lane.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, aft. J.M. Wright, c.1676;NPG. oil on canvas, aft. J.M. Wright;Emmanuel Coll. Camb. line engraving, unknown, 1783.BM; NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ANNESLEY, Arthur (1614-86), of Mountnorris, co. Armagh, and Drury Lane, Westminster.

Will
23 Feb. 1685, pr. 18 June 1686.PROB11/383, f. 186.
Estates
on m. had settled on him £1,400 p.a. of Irish land, and £600 p.a. in England; Irish lands estimated at 144,546 Irish acres in 1675;K. McKenny, ‘The Restoration Land Settlement in Ireland’, in Restoration Ireland, ed. C. Dennehy, 47-8. by d. owned lands at Farnborough, Hants, Bletchington, Oxon., and Totteridge and Barnet, Herts. and a ‘dwelling house’ in Drury Lane, Westminster.PROB11/383, f. 186.
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