Henry Colley (died 1723)

Henry Colley (circa 1685 – 1723^[1][2]/10 February 1724)^[3] was an Irish Member of Parliament.

Biography

Colley was the son of Henry Colley (died 1700) and Mary, daughter of Sir William Ussher.^{[4][lower-alpha 1]}

Colley represented Strabane in the Irish House of Commons^[1] from 1723 to his death.^[3]

Family

In 1719 Colley married Mary, daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn and Hon. Elizabeth Reading. They had a daughter:^[1]

• Mary^[1] (11 July 1723 – 7 April 1794), who married Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Viscount Harberton.

Notes

1. Colley's father and younger brother, Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington were also Irish MPs.^[3]

1. Lundy 2011, p. 10660 § 106598 cites Mosley 1999, p. 2971
2. "Henry Colley". genealogics.org.
3. Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons( ) cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
4. Lundy 2011b, p. 10660 § 106593 cites Mosley 1999, p. 2971

References

• Lundy, Darryl (22 January 2011), Henry Colley, The Peerage, p. 10660 § 106598 External link in |publisher= (help)
• Lundy, Darryl (22 January 2011b), Henry Colley, The Peerage, p. 10660 § 106593 External link in |publisher= (help)
• Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999), Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (106th, in 2 volumes ed.), Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage, p. 2971