Bartholomew Vanhomrigh
Bartholomew Vanhomrigh (* around 1665 , † December 29, 1703 ) was a Dutch merchant who made a considerable fortune in Ireland and, under William III. held various offices.
Vanhomrigh, who had already been a merchant in Amsterdam , moved to Ireland in the late 17th century. There he settled in Dublin. After he became Freeman of the City in Dublin in 1688 , he was naturalized in 1689. From 1697 to 1698 he held the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin .
From 1692 to 1693 and from 1695 to 1699 Vanhomrigh sat for the constituency of Londonderry in the Parliament of Ireland . He was also a fellow of the Dublin Philosophical Society and served as governor of King's Hospital in Oxmantown .
Bartholomew Vanhomrigh married Esther Stone in 1686. The couple had four children, two sons and two daughters. His eldest daughter Esther Vanhomrigh (1688-1723) was known to posterity primarily through her relationship with the Irish writer and satirist Jonathan Swift .
literature
- Bruce Arnold: "A Protestant Purchaser": Bartholomew Van Homrigh, Merchant Adventurer , published in 2000 in the Annual des Honorary Institute for Swift Studies
- Raymond Hylton: Ireland's Huguenots and their refuge, 1662-1745: An Unlikely Haven (2005)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of the Lord Mayors of Dublin (PDF; 42 kB)
- ↑ EM Johnston Liik: History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800: Commons constituencies and Statutes (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2007)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vanhomrigh, Bartholomew |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Van Homrigh, Bartholomew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch-Irish merchant and Lord Mayor of Dublin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1665 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1703 |