Richard Magenis (died 1831)

Lt.-Col. Richard Magenis (c. 1763 – 6 March 1831) was an Anglo-Irish Unionist politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons and British House of Commons for Enniskillen.[1]

Magenis represented Enniskillen in the Irish Parliament from 1790–97. Following the Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801, he represented Enniskillen as a Tory from 26 October 1812 to 29 January 1828.[2]

He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Fermanagh Militia.

Magenis, whose surname is also spelt Magennis or Maginnis, was Anglo-Irish gentry, members of Magenis of Finvoy Lodge. He was the eldest son of Richard Magenis and his second wife, Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Col. William Berkeley and sister of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne. He was the elder brother of the Very Rev. William Magenis, Dean of Kilmore.[3]

Marriage and issue

Magenis married firstly, 1788, Lady Elizabeth Anne Cole (died 26 May 1807), daughter of William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen and niece of Hon. Arthur Cole-Hamilton, with whom he represented Enniskillen. They had five sons and four daughters.[3]

Richard William Magenis, his heir
William John Cole Magenis
Lieut.-Col. Henry Arthur Magenis (July 1795 – 11 June 1828) of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers
John Balfour Magenis (died 1862), married Frances Margaretta Moore, daughter of Judge Arthur Moore
Sir Arthur Magenis (c. 1801–1867), British diplomat
Anne Louise Magenis (died 1855), married in 1821 David Albemarle Bertie Dewar
Elizabeth Anne Magenis (died 1882), married James Wilmot Williams, of Heringston, Dorset
Florence Sarah Magenis, died unmarried
Florence Catherine Magenis (died 1837), married in 1821 John Ashley Warre

Magenis married secondly, Elizabeth Callander, widow of Col. George Dashwood, and daughter of James Callander Campbell, of Craigforth, a claimant of the Campbell baronetcy. With her he had a sixth son:

Frederick Richard Magenis (1816–1866), died unmarried

References

The House of Commons. Boydell & Brewer. 1986. p. 521. ISBN 9780436521010. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
"MAGENIS, Richard (c.1763-1831), of Chanter Hill, nr. Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh". History of Parliament Online. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
Burke, Bernard (1899). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. Harrison & sons. p. 291. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by James Stewart John McClintock	Member of Parliament for Enniskillen 1790–1797 With: Arthur Cole-Hamilton	Succeeded by Arthur Cole-Hamilton Hon. Lowry Cole
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Pochin	Member of Parliament for Enniskillen 1812–1828	Succeeded by Arthur Henry Cole

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[commons-1] The House of Commons. Boydell & Brewer. 1986. p. 521. ISBN 9780436521010. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[hop-2] "MAGENIS, Richard (c.1763-1831), of Chanter Hill, nr. Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh". History of Parliament Online. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

[burke1899-3] Burke, Bernard (1899). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. Harrison & sons. p. 291. Retrieved 13 June 2019.