Francis Spring (Irish MP)

Francis Spring (circa 1660 – 1711) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Spring was the great-grandson of Thomas Spring of Castlemaine. In 1699 he was a Commissioner for the collection of taxation in County Kildare.[1] He represented Naas as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons between 1703 and his death in 1711.[2][3] He served as High Sheriff of Kildare in 1709.

On 18 November 1703 he presented a petition to the Commons alongside other Kildare MPs to complain about the practices of John and Francis Annesley, Justices of the Peace in the county.

References

  1. County Kildare online, Leixlip Chronology, 1650 – 1699 (Retrieved 21 February 2016).
  2. Leigh Rayment, Irish House of Commons, 1692-1800 (Retrieved 21 February 2016).
  3. E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.124 (Retrieved 29 February 2016).
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Richard Nevill
James Barry
Member of Parliament for Naas
with Alexander Gradon

1703–1711
Succeeded by
Alexander Gradon
James Barry
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