William Meeke | |
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Member of Parliament for Penryn | |
In office 1796-1800 1801–1802 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1758-01-03)3 January 1758 |
Died | 15 July 1830(1830-07-15) (aged 72) |
Spouse |
Mary Kelly (m. 1807) |
Education | Emmanuel College, Cambridge Downing College, Cambridge |
William Meeke (3 January 1758 – 15 July 1830) was a Member of Parliament for Callan in the Irish Parliament from 1790 to 1797 and for Penryn, Cornwall, firstly in the House of Commons of Great Britain (1796–1800) and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (1801–1802).
The son of Joseph Easton Meeke of Rotherhithe by his wife Suffina, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was a Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge from 1800 to 1807, when he married Mary Kelly. His sister Elizabeth married the MP Samuel Farmer.
References
- "Irish House of Commons 1692–1800". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- "Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs. Archived from the original on 28 September 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- "Meeke, William (MK776W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- "Meeke, William (1758–1830), of Beddington, Surr., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 21 May 2015.
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Preceded bySir Francis Basset Richard Glover |
Member of Parliament for Penryn 1796–1800 With: Thomas Wallace |
Succeeded byParliament of the United Kingdom |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded byParliament of Great Britain | Member of Parliament for Penryn 1801–1802 With: Thomas Wallace |
Succeeded bySir Stephen Lushington Sir John Nicholl |
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