Henry Colley (died 1719) explained

Office:Member of Parliament for County Kildare
Term Start:1698
Term End:1699
Predecessor:Robert FitzGerald
George FitzGerald
Alongside:George FitzGerald
Successor:Thomas Keightley
Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt
Henry Colley
Residence:Carbury Castle
Nationality:Irish
Parents:Dudley Colley
Anne Warren
Children:Henry Colley (died 1723)
Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington
Anne Colley

Henry Colley (1648–1719) was an Irish Member of Parliament.

Early life

Henry Colley, born in 1648, was the son of Dudley Colley, MP for Philipstown, and the former Anne Warren, daughter of Henry Warren.[1]

His paternal grandparents were the former Anne Peyton (the daughter of Sir Christopher Peyton) and Sir Henry Colley, who acquired substantial lands in County Wexford.

Education

Colley was educated at Trinity College Dublin.[2]

Career

Colley represented County Kildare from 1698 to 1699.

Personal life

In 1705, Henry Colley erected a monument to his father Dudley which said that "Henry Colley, now living, son of Dudley Colley, married Mary Ussher, and had issue by her six sons and six daughters; whereof two sons, Henry and Richard, and six daughters, are now living. She was the only daughter of Sir William Ussher of Bridgefoot, Knt. by his Lady Ursula St. Barb, and lyeth here interred".[3] Sir William Ussher was MP for County Dublin, and Ursula St. Barbe was a daughter of Capt. George St. Barbe.[1] The children of Henry Colley and Mary Ussher included:

Colley, who lived at Carbury Castle, County Kildare, died in 1719.[6] His will was written on 18 June 1719 and proved on 27 July 1719.[7]

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  2. Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 164: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=4Wk3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA325 The Gentleman's Magazine
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  5. The Peerage
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  7. Betham, William. Genealogical abstracts of records of the Prerogative Court of Armagh Series 1, wills: v. 11 "C" 1700-1737.