Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia

The Viscount Valentia
Personal details
Born
Francis Annesley

1 February c. 1585
Dublin, Ireland
Died22 November 1660
Thorganby, Yorkshire, England
Resting placeThorganby, Yorkshire, England
OccupationEnglish and Irish politician

Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia, PC (Ire) (1 February c. 1585 – 22 November 1660) was an English statesman during the colonisation of Ireland in the seventeenth century. He was a Member of Parliament for both the English and Irish houses, was elevated to the Irish peerage as Baron Mountnorris, and later gain the additional title Viscount Valentia. He is best remembered for his clash with the Lord Lieutenant, Thomas Wentworth, who in order to render Annesley powerless had him sentenced to death on a spurious charge of mutiny, although it was clearly understood that the sentence would not be carried out.