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Robert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount Jocelyn

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22: 1526: 608: 302:), and his house steward Mr Wilde were frequently mistaken for him, as both had far more of the grand manner expected of a nobleman than Jocelyn did. He was happiest at home at Mount Merrion, rarely leaving it in his leisure time, his main recreation being walks in the surrounding countryside (now suburban, Merrion was then largely open country). 232:, who was indicted for the murder of his manservant Michael Walsh, but was "honourably acquitted", on the grounds that the two main witnesses against him had died before the trial, and their depositions could not be relied on as evidence. Surprisingly little is known about the details of the crime. 1595: 1590: 305:
Elrington Ball states that though in politics he remained an Englishman, his love for his adopted country, which he scarcely left in the last twenty years of his life, entitles him to be called an honorary Irishman.
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was put in commission during Jocelyn's absence from Ireland for the recovery of his health. He never returned, and, dying in London on 3 December 1756, aged 68, was buried at
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as "a man of great worth". He possessed an amiable character, and literary and antiquarian tastes. He served no fewer than nine times as one of the
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Jocelyn married, firstly, in 1720, Charlotte (died 23 Feb 1747), daughter and co-heiress of Charles Anderson of
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On 15 November 1754 Jocelyn married, secondly, Frances, daughter of Thomas Claxton of Dublin, and widow of
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He appears to have studied law for some time in the office of an attorney named Salkeld in Brooke Street,
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of Laughlin Murphy, a tavern porter. Santry was convicted and sentenced to death, but he was
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on 1 December 1771. The death of Charlotte, "the best of wives" caused him intense grief.
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As Lord Chancellor, he was one of those charged with designing measures to alleviate the
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Jocelyn was confirmed in his office, and on 22 October 1730 was promoted to the post of
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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Longford constituencies
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there is an interesting letter written by Jocelyn (dated Dublin 2 Nov 1754) to
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on 27 January 1719, and at a by-election in September 1725 was returned to the
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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Down constituencies
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on 28 March 1726, and at the general election in 1727 was elected for
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during Jocelyn's term as Lord Chancellor of Ireland) and afterwards
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at the opening of Parliament on 9 October 1739. He was created
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" 372: 42:politician and judge and member of the 569: 526: 510: 490: 478: 466: 441: 429: 404: 379: 1586:Peers of Ireland created by George II 542:London John Murray 1926 Vol. 2 p.142 282:in the city centre, and later leased 114:Jocelyn was admitted as a student of 100:Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 7: 286:House, to the south of Dublin, from 94:, where he made the acquaintance of 30:Robert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount Jocelyn 25:Robert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount Jocelyn 1581:Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland 345:. Robert and Charlotte's only son, 96:Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke 362:Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse 251:Character assessment and memorials 224:On 3 February 1744 he presided as 14: 1525: 1524: 1287:Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet 628:Dictionary of National Biography 606: 576:, WHundred of Braughing", p. 98. 353:of High Roding in the county of 540:The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921 73:Sir Robert Jocelyn, 1st Baronet 71:. 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A marble bust by 313:were in the possession of 265:Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 263:during the absence of the 1520: 917: 867: 857: 848: 843: 836: 826: 817: 809: 799: 790: 782: 772: 763: 755: 750: 736: 721:Member of Parliament for 719: 707: 693: 678:Member of Parliament for 676: 664: 657: 517:8th Rep. pt. i. p. 443 b. 154:On 4 May 1727, he became 1202:Joseph Devonsher Jackson 453:O'Rourke, Reverend John 416:O'Flanagan, J. Roderick 255:Jocelyn is described by 1412:Dodgson Hamilton Madden 300:Bishop of Cork and Ross 1297:Hedges Eyre Chatterton 574:Hist. of Hertfordshire 499:Life of Lord Hardwicke 194:On the resignation of 158:. On the accession of 124:Irish House of Commons 26: 1427:Charles Hare Hemphill 1362:William Moore Johnson 1212:Richard Wilson Greene 1152:Philip Cecil Crampton 715:Hon. William Ponsonby 659:Parliament of Ireland 273:the Duke of Newcastle 241:Great Seal of Ireland 210:, of Newport, in the 24: 1512:Thomas Watters Brown 1507:Daniel Martin Wilson 1322:Charles Robert Barry 1282:James Anthony Lawson 1137:Charles Kendal Bushe 1122:William Cusack-Smith 513:, p. 400 cites 493:, p. 400 cites 343:Archbishop of Cashel 288:Viscount FitzWilliam 204:Irish House of Lords 196:Thomas, Lord Wyndham 134:. He was appointed 85:Lord Mayor of London 1561:Irish MPs 1727–1760 1257:Henry George Hughes 1232:Henry George Hughes 1222:James Henry Monahan 1207:Thomas Cusack-Smith 1187:David Richard Pigot 1062:St George Caulfeild 538:Ball, F. Elrington 325:Church by his son. 280:St Stephen's Green 178:for the unprovoked 170:, lately appointed 1402:John George Gibson 1392:John George Gibson 1332:Christopher Palles 1252:Jonathan Christian 1197:Edward Pennefather 1162:Edward Pennefather 838:Peerage of Ireland 744:Hon. 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Index


PC (I)
SL
Anglo-Irish
Peerage of Ireland
Sawbridgeworth
Hertfordshire
Westminster
Sir Robert Jocelyn, 1st Baronet
High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
Ralph Josselyn
Lord Mayor of London
Holborn
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Lord Hardwicke
Gray's Inn
Irish Bar
Irish House of Commons
Granard
County Longford
Third Serjeant
Newtown
County Down
Solicitor-General
George II
Attorney-General
Thomas Marlay
Lord Chief Baron
Lord Santry

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