Sir William St LegerPC (Ire) (1586–1642) was an Anglo-Irish landowner, administrator and soldier, who began his military career in the Eighty Years' War against Habsburg Spain. He settled in Ireland in 1624, where he was MP for County Cork in two Irish parliaments and Lord President of Munster. During the Irish Rebellion of 1641, he played a leading part in suppressing the rising in Munster before dying in 1642.
Viscount Doneraile is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, both times for members of the St Leger family.
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.
The St. Leger family is an old Anglo-Irish family with Norman roots. The surname is written and pronounced in several way including Sallinger or Sallenger. The oldest French and English records of the family use the Latin form Latin: de Sancto Leodegario.
Elizabeth Aldworth (1693/1695–1773/1775), born Elizabeth St Leger, was known in her time as "The Lady Freemason" and was the first recorded woman to be initiated into Regular Freemasonry.
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Cork.
Pascoe Grenfell was a British businessman and politician.
Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, KP, PC (Ire) was an Irish peer and politician.
Sir John St Leger, of Annery in Monkleigh, Devon, was an English landowner who served in local and national government.
Sir Warham St LegerPC (Ire) was an English soldier, administrator, and politician, who sat in the Irish House of Commons in the Parliament of 1585–1586.
John Hayes was an English Member of Parliament. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchelsea from 1698 to January 1701, and from November 1701 to 1702.
Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Arthur St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile, 2nd creation, was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer, made infamous by his conviction for assaulting a Catholic priest, and for challenging the prosecuting counsel, the barrister John Philpot Curran, to a duel.
Hayes St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Hayes St Leger, 4th Viscount Doneraile was a member of the Peerage of Ireland who was an Irish representative peer in the British House of Lords between 1855 and his death.
Arthur St Leger may refer to:
Sir John St Leger (1674–1743) was an Irish barrister, politician and judge. He belonged to a prominent aristocratic family from County Cork. He was not highly regarded for his legal ability, and it was believed by his contemporaries that he owed his professional success to his influential family connections. As a judge, he is mainly remembered for hearing, with two of his colleagues, the celebrated case of Sherlock v. Annesley, which caused a major Constitutional crisis, and led to the three judges being briefly imprisoned for contempt of Parliament.
Doneraile Court is a late-17th century country house near the town of Doneraile in County Cork, Ireland. It stands in 160 hectares of walled parkland known as Doneraile Park or Doneraile Estate. The house remained the seat of the St Leger family from the time of construction until the mid-20th century. The park, which is managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW), is open all year with free admission. As of 2023, Donerail Park was the most visited free tourist attraction in County Cork, and the fifth most visited OPW site in the country.
Thomas Alcock (1762–1856) was an English soldier who served in the Bengal Army and served as Treasurer of Ordnance between 1810 and 1818.
