Sir Barry DENNY 1st Bt of Castle Moyle co Kerry [32394]
- Born: 1744, Tralee Castle co Kerry IRL
- Marriage (1): Jane DENNY [32395]
- Died: Apr 1794, Tralee Castle co Kerry IRL aged 50
General Notes:
Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1771-1812 Deaths Denny Sir Barry Bt M.P. for Kerry, collaterally descended from Sir Anthony, one of Henry VIII executors, at Tralee Castle, Co Kerry May 1794
Sir Barry Denny, 1st Baronet (c. 1744 \endash April 1794) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Denny was the son of Reverend Barry Denny and Jane O'Connor. He served in the Tralee Corps of the Irish Volunteers, becoming a colonel. He later gained the rank of Major in the service of the Kerry Militia. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for County Kerry, representing the seat between 1769 and 1776, and again between 1783 and 1794. In 1774, he held the office of High Sheriff of Kerry. He was created a baronet, of Castle Moyle in the Baronetage of Ireland on 12 January 1782.[1]
Denny married a cousin, Jane, the daughter of Sir Thomas Denny and Agnes Blennerhassett, in 1767.[2] Together they had eight children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Barry_Denny,_1st_Baronet
He and his wife are both buried in the Denny vault, St.John's church, Tralee [Denny, 1908],
Barry married Jane DENNY [32395] [MRIN: 11558], daughter of Sir Thomas DENNY 2nd Bart [33005] and Agnes BLENNERHAUS [33007]. (Jane DENNY [32395] was born on 28 Aug 1748 in Killeen Tralee IRL and died on 30 Oct 1811 in Tralee Castle co Kerry IRL.)
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