TEMPLE, Sir John (c.1601-77), of Ballycrath, co. Carlow.

Family and Education

b. c.1601, 1st s. of Sir William Temple, provost of Trinity College, Dublin 1609-27, by Martha, da. of Robert Harrison of London. educ. Trinity Coll. Dublin 1617-20, BA 1617, MA 1620; L. Inn 1620; travelled abroad. m. 1627, Mary (d. Nov. 1638), da. of John Hammond, MD, of Chertsey, Surr., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1627. Kntd. 16 July 1633.Her. and Gen. iii. 397; N. and Q. cli. 237.

Offices Held

Fellow of Trinity Coll. Dublin 1618 – 27; gent. pens. by 1633; master of the rolls [I] 1640 – 43, 1655 – d.; PC [I] 1641 – 43, 1661 – d.; member, committee of Both Houses 1646 – 49; commr. for sale of bishops’ lands 1646, great seal [I] 1648 – 49, delinquents’ estates [I] 1653 – 54, security [I] 1656, adventurers’ lands [I] 1656, Councillor of State 25 Feb. – 31 May 1660; commr. for govt. [I] June – Sept. 1660, survey [I] 1666, valuation of the clergy [I] 1670; v.-treas. [I] 1673–4.CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 257; 1660–2, p. 525; 1669–70, p. 243; HMC Ormonde, n.s. iii. 403; Cal. Treas. Bks. v. 130.

MP [I] 1642 – 48, 1661–6.

Parlimentarian

TEMPLE, Sir John (c.1601-77), of Ballycrath, co. Carlow.

Main residence: Ballycrath, co. Carlow, [I].

Author

M.W.H.

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

TEMPLE, Sir John (c.1601-77)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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