Francis Spring (Irish MP)
Francis Spring (circa 1660 – 1711) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Spring was the great-grandson of Thomas Spring of Castlemaine. In 1699 he was a Commissioner for the collection of taxation in County Kildare.[1] He represented Naas as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons between 1703 and his death in 1711.[2][3] He served as High Sheriff of Kildare in 1709.[citation needed]
On 18 November 1703 he presented a petition to the Commons alongside other Kildare MPs to complain about the practices of John and Francis Annesley, Justices of the Peace in the county.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ County Kildare online, Leixlip Chronology, 1650 – 1699 (Retrieved 21 February 2016).
- ^ Leigh Rayment, Irish House of Commons, 1692-1800[usurped] (Retrieved 21 February 2016).
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.124 (Retrieved 29 February 2016).