John Eccles (mayor)

Sir John Eccles, from the portrait collection at Castle Ward

Sir John Eccles (c.1664 – 1727) was an Anglo-Irish merchant and landowner.

Eccles was the son of John Eccles of Malone, Belfast and Elizabeth Best of Hornby Castle, Lancashire. His father, a Protestant settler born in Scotland, had given shelter to William III of England during a storm prior to the Battle of the Boyne.[1][2]

He was a merchant based in Dublin, and owned an extensive estate called "Mount Eccles" in the area that is now North Great George's Street.[3] In 1710, he was appointed Lord Mayor of Dublin.[4] On 16 November 1714 he was knighted at St James's Palace, London. Between 1725 and his death he was a justice of the peace for the city. He was patron of the Old Church of St George, Hill Street Dublin.

Eccles Street in Dublin was named in his honour.

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  4. ^ Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665 – 2020. Dublin City Council. Retrieved 6 March 2023.