Researching Richard Ireland
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6952 people with the Ireland surname? In that year Ireland was ranked number 588 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Ireland on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Ireland and the Ireland Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 8687 people with the Ireland surname in the UK? Ireland is now ranked number 679 for popularity in the UK. |
Ireland Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Ireland surname in the USA? Ireland is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Richard Ireland
Richard Davies Ireland
Richard Davies Ireland (1816 – 11 January 1877) was an Australian politician, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Attorney-General.
Ireland was born in Galway, educated at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A., 1837) and was called to the Irish bar in 1838.
Ireland emigrated to Victoria in 1852, and was called to the local bar in the following year. His brilliant and gratuitous defence of the Ballarat rioters brought him enormous popularity, and he was elected to represent Castlemaine Boroughs in the Assembly in 1857, and was appointed Solicitor-General in March 1858 in the John O'Shanassy Ministry, retiring with his colleagues in October 1859, when he was returned for Maryborough. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1863.
Ireland joined the Richard Heales Administration as Attorney-General in November 1860, but resigned in July 1861, four months before the fall of the Ministry. When the O'Shanassy Ministry, which succeeded, came in November, Ireland again became Attorney-General, retiring with his colleagues in June 1863, he did not again hold office. Ireland represented Villiers and Heytesbury from August 1861 until resigning in April 1864, he then represented Kilmore from February 1866 to December 1867.
Ireland died in South Yarra, Melbourne on 11 January 1877; his wife Sophia Mary, née Carr predeceased him. Sophia's sister, Selina, was married to Henry Samuel Chapman. Ireland's daughter Harriet married John F. M. Fraser (son of the Hon. Thomas Fraser), who was appointed Q.C. in New Zealand in 1910.
Source: Richard Davies Ireland, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Ireland
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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