He adopted the surname Conolly by Royal Licence on 27 August 1821, following the death of his great-aunt Lady Louisa Conolly.
Castletown House
He lived at Castletown House in County Kildare, which he inherited from his great-aunt Louisa, and 'Cliff House' in County Donegal. He represented Donegal in Parliament from the general election in 1831 until his death, and was a lieutenant-colonel in the Donegal Militia. The Conolly residence 'Cliff House' on the banks of the River Erne between Belleek, County Fermanagh and Ballyshannon, County Donegal was demolished as part of the Erne Hydroelectric scheme, which constructed the Cliff and Cathaleen's Fall hydroelectric power stations. Cliff hydroelectric power station was constructed on the site of 'Cliff House' and was commissioned in 1950.
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edward, michael, conolly, august, 1786, january, 1849, irish, member, parliament, born, edward, michael, pakenham, admiral, thomas, pakenham, wife, louisa, daughter, john, staples, niece, thomas, conolly, castletown, father, fourth, baron, longford, wife, eliz. Edward Michael Conolly 23 August 1786 4 January 1849 was an Irish Member of Parliament He was born Edward Michael Pakenham son of Admiral Sir Thomas Pakenham by his wife Louisa daughter of John Staples and niece of Thomas Conolly of Castletown His father was the fourth son of 1st Baron Longford and his wife Elizabeth Baroness Longford Catherine Pakenham later Duchess of Wellington was his first cousin He adopted the surname Conolly by Royal Licence on 27 August 1821 following the death of his great aunt Lady Louisa Conolly Castletown House He lived at Castletown House in County Kildare which he inherited from his great aunt Louisa and Cliff House in County Donegal He represented Donegal in Parliament from the general election in 1831 until his death and was a lieutenant colonel in the Donegal Militia The Conolly residence Cliff House on the banks of the River Erne between Belleek County Fermanagh and Ballyshannon County Donegal was demolished as part of the Erne Hydroelectric scheme which constructed the Cliff and Cathaleen s Fall hydroelectric power stations Cliff hydroelectric power station was constructed on the site of Cliff House and was commissioned in 1950 He married on 20 May 1819 Catherine Jane daughter of Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby Barker They had six sons and four daughters including an eldest son Chambre Brabazon who died in 1835 Thomas who succeeded his father as MP for Donegal Arthur Wellesley who died at the Battle of Inkerman while serving as a captain in the 30th Regiment of Foot John Augustus who also served in the Crimean War and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Sebastopol as a lieutenant in the 49th Regiment of Foot Richard who served as Secretary of Legation at the British embassy in China Louisa Augusta who married Clotworthy Rowley 3rd Baron Langford and died of drowning in 1853 and Mary Margaret who married Henry Bruen References edithttps web archive org web 20171011182617 http www leighrayment com commons Dcommons2 htm http www turtlebunbury com history history family hist family conolly html Hansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Colonel Edward ConollyExternal links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Edward Michael Conolly Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byGeorge Vaughan HartFrancis Earl of Mount Charles Member of Parliament for Donegal1831 1849 With Sir Edmund Hayes Bt Succeeded bySir Edmund Hayes BtThomas Conolly nbsp This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for a constituency in Ireland between 1801 and 1922 is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Michael Conolly amp oldid 1204992583, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
