Daniel Falkiner Explained

Daniel Falkiner should not be confused with Daniel Falconer.

Daniel Falkiner (1683 – 20 January 1759) was an Irish politician.

He was the second son of Daniel Falkiner and his wife Rebecca Blackwell, widow of Henry Hamilton of Baileborough. His cousin was Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet.^[1] He represented Baltinglass in the Irish House of Commons from 1727 until his death in 1759.^[2] In 1739, Falkiner was appointed Lord Mayor of Dublin.^[3]

He married Sarah Spence, daughter of George Spence. They had a daughter and a son. Sir Frederick Falkiner, 1st Baronet was his great-grandson.

Notes and References

1. Book: Burke, John . John Bernhard Burke . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland . Scott, Webster, and Geary . London . 2nd . 1841 . 191 .
2. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800 . 6 May 2009 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm . 1 June 2009 .
3. Book: Haydn, Joseph . The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire . Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's . London . 1851 . 462 .