Researching Lancelot Crosbie
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The name Lancelot means "Land" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Lancelot Crosbie on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lancelot Crosbie and the Crosbie Family Tree
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 2338 people with the Crosbie surname in the UK? Crosbie is now ranked number 2137 for popularity in the UK. |
Crosbie Family History Databases
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Lancelot Crosbie. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Lancelot Crosbie
Lancelot Crosbie (1723 – August 1780) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
He was the son of Maurice Crosbie of Ballykealy and Catherine Sandes. He lived at Tubrid House, Ardfert, County Kerry. He entered the Middle Temple in 1743.
Crosbie served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Kerry between 1759 and 1760. He then represented Ardfert from 1762 to 1776, with the backing of his first wife's family, the Crosbies.
His first wife was Hon. Elizabeth Crosbie, daughter of Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon and Lady Elizabeth Fitzmaurice. The couple were distant cousins They had no children. By his second wife Mary Blennnerhassett, daughter of Colonel John Blennerhassett and Jane Denny, he was the father of three children, including John Gustavus Crosbie. John like his father was MP for Kerry. In 1794 he caused a scandal by killing the sitting MP, Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Baronet, in a duel. His own sudden death three years later was widely rumoured to be a revenge killing by the Dennys.
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