Richard Magenis (died 1831)

For his father who sat in Irish Parliament, see Richard Magenis (died 1807).

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 to 1797. 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, member 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]

  1. ^ The House of Commons. Boydell & Brewer. 1986. p. 521. ISBN 9780436521010. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  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.
  3. ^ Burke, Bernard (1899). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. Harrison & sons. p. 291. Retrieved 13 June 2019.