Nathaniel Sneyd (c. 1767 – 31 July 1833) was an Irish politician, landowner and businessman

He was a Member of the Parliament of Ireland representing the Carrick constituency from 1794 to 1800 and was High Sheriff of Cavan in 1795.

He briefly represented the County Cavan Parliament of Ireland constituency which was succeeded after the Union with Great Britain in 1801 by the Westminster constituency of County Cavan, which he represented from 1801 until 1826. In general election of 1806 he contested two constituencies for Parliament, winning both and choosing to represent Cavan over Enniskillen.

In Cavan, Sneyd lived in Ballyconnell and owned plantation lands around Bawnboy. From 1800, he was president of the Bawnboy Farming Society, the first founded in County Cavan. In 1801 he was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Cavan.

On 29 July 1833, in Westmoreland Street, Dublin, Nathaniel Sneyd was shot in the head by a madman, John Mason, who had a grudge against the firm of wine merchants Sneyd, French and Barton, where Sneyd was senior partner. Sneyd died of his wounds two days later.[1] He had two memorials, one in Cavan and a life-size neo-classical recumbent effigy in the crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.[2] The sculptor Thomas Kirk[3] represented Sneyd lying dead with a female figure weeping over him.[4]

Family

Sneyd was married to Alice Montgomery, the daughter of George Leslie Montgomery MP, of Ballyconnell, County Cavan.

References

  1. ^ The Manchester Guardian, "Domestic", 3 August 1833.
  2. ^ Robert O'Byrne, Tales from the crypt Irish Times 12 October 2000
  3. ^ L. H. Cust, ‘Kirk, Thomas (1781–1845)’, rev. John Turpin, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  4. ^ Potterton, Homan (1975). Irish Church Monuments. Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society.
Parliament of Ireland Preceded byEdward KingHon. Nathaniel Clements Member of Parliament for Carrick 1794–1800 With: Hon. Nathaniel Clements 1794–1798William Gore 1798–1800 Succeeded byWilliam GoreRobert Tighe Preceded byFrancis SaundersonViscount Maxwell Member of Parliament for County Cavan 1800–1801 With: Francis Saunderson Succeeded byParliament of the United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byParliament of Ireland Member of Parliament for Cavan 1801–1826 With: Francis Saunderson 1801–1806John Maxwell-Barry 1806–1824Henry Maxwell 1824–1826 Succeeded byHenry MaxwellAlexander Saunderson Preceded byWilliam Fremantle Member of Parliament for Enniskillen 1806–1807 Succeeded byRichard Henry Alexander Bennet Honorary titles Preceded byThomas Fleming High Sheriff of Cavan 1795 Succeeded byJohn Enery
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