Robert Meredyth

Irish politician and lawyer

Sir Robert Meredyth (1597 – 17 October 1668) was an Irish politician and lawyer who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland.[1]

## Family[edit]

Meredyth was the son of Bishop Richard Meredith and Sarah Bathow. In 1618 he married Anne, daughter of Sir William Ussher, clerk of the council in Ireland.[2] His eldest son, William, was created a baronet in 1660 and his third son was Sir Charles Meredyth. After Meredyth's father's death, his mother married Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus. Meredyth's daughter, Alice, married Charles Coote, 2nd Earl of Mountrath.[3]

## Career[edit]

Meredyth was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1611. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for several constituencies, including Boyle, Augher and Athy.[4] In 1625 Meredyth was secretary to Loftus as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. In 1634, Meredyth was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. On 6 September 1635 he was knighted by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. In July 1643 he was arrested alongside Loftus, Sir John Temple and Sir William Parsons for supporting Parliament during the civil war; he was released in 1645. Meredyth retained the position of Chancellor throughout the British Interregnum and following the Stuart Restoration until his death in 1668.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kenny, Colum (2015). "Meredith (Meredyth), Robert". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
2. ^ William Ball Wright, The Ussher Memoirs, Or, Genealogical Memoirs of the Ussher Families in Ireland (Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1889), p.135.
3. ^ a b Burke, Bernard (1865). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 256–157.
4. ^ John O'Hart, The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell Came to Ireland (J. Duffey ; M. H. Gill & son, 1892), p.46.

Political offices

Preceded by

Henry Holcroft

|  Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland
1634-1688  | Succeeded by

Richard Jones

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Chancellors of the Exchequer of Ireland

* Walter de Thornbury
* John de Hotham
* Nicholas de Balscote
* Adam de Harvington
* Thomas de Montpellier
* Thomas de Brayles
* Robert le Poer
* William de Bromley
* Robert de Emeldon
* John de Pembroke
* Thomas Bache
* William Fitzwilliam
* John de Troye
* Robert Preston, 1st Baron Gormanston
* Hugh Banent
* Robert Dyke
* Sampson d"Artois
* James Blakeney
* Robert Norreys
* Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth
* Walter Ivers
* Edward Barnewall
* Patrick Bermingham
* Richard Delahide
* John Alan
* Thomas Cusack
* Henry Draycott
* Robert Dillon
* John Bathe
* Sir Edward Waterhouse
* George Clive
* Thomas Molyneux
* Sir Richard Cooke
* Dudley Norton
* Henry Holcroft
* Thomas Hibbotts
* Henry Holcroft
* Sir Robert Meredyth
* Richard Jones
* Sir Charles Meredyth
* Bruno Talbot
* Philip Savage
* Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet
* Henry Boyle
* Marmaduke Coghill
* Henry Boyle
* Arthur Hill
* Henry Boyle
* Anthony Malone
* Sir William Yorke, 1st Baronet
* William Gerard Hamilton
* John Foster
* Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet
* Isaac Corry
* John Foster
* Sir John Newport, 1st Baronet
* John Foster
* William Wellesley-Pole
* William Vesey-FitzGerald
* Nicholas Vansittart

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