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Sir Edward Tierney, 2nd Baronet

Irish attorney and baronet

Sir Edward Tierney, 2nd Baronet (June 1780 – 11 May 1856) was an Irish lawyer and landowner.

Early life

Tierney was born in Limerick City, Ireland in June 1780. He was the third son of John Tierney of Ballyscandlend and Mary (née Gleeson) Tierney. His eldest brother, Matthew John Tierney, married Harriet Mary Jones (a daughter of Henry Jones, Esq.), and his second brother, Thomas Tierney, served as paymaster to the 43rd Regiment of Foot. His two surviving sisters were Frances Tierney (wife of Matthew McMahon of Limerick) and Sarah Tierney (wife of Henry Bowles of Limerick).[1]

His maternal grandfather was James Gleeson of Rathkennan, County Limerick.[1]

Career

Tierney apprenticed with a solicitor in Limerick before being admitted to King's Inns in 1798 and being called to the bar in c. 1806. Eventually he served as one of the Crown Solicitor for Ireland for the North-West Circuit, and served as agent and legal adviser to Henry Perceval, 5th Earl of Egmont.[2]

Sir Edward Tierney

Profile & Legacies Summary

1780 - 1856

Claimant or beneficiary


Biography

Of Dublin, counterclaimed on two estates in St Kitts with his wife Anna Maria (nee Jones) and with his brother (and brother-in-law) Sir Matthew John Tierney and Dame Harriet Mary Tierney (nee Jones). The compensation was paid into a suit in Chancery.

  1. Will of Sir Edward Tierney of Dublin proved 21/07/1856.

Sources

T71/1224 CC by Sir Matthew John Tierney of Bruton St., Doctor of medicine, Dame Harriet Mary his wife, formerly Harriet Mary Jones, spinster and Edward Tierney of City of Dublin, and Anna Maria his wife, formerly Anna Maria Jones spinster, as creditors, seeking to have the money paid into Chancery; St Kitts nos. 207 and 208.

  1. PROB 11/2236/396

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Name in compensation records

Edward Tierney

Spouse

Anna Maria Jones

Occupation

Lawyer


Associated Claims (2)


Relationships (2)


Addresses (1)

Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland

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    Obituary - Edward J. Tierney,State Journal (Frankfort)

      The Mass of the Resurrection for Edward Joseph Tierney, 67, 1115 Louisville Road, will be offered Saturday, 9 a.m., in the Church of the Good Shepherd.

      Tierney died Thursday at 4:40 a.m. in King's Daughters Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.

      Born in Ashland, Tierney was project engineer for the state, retiring in 1978. He belonged to the Good Shepherd Church, K-Men Club, University of Kentucky Alumni Association, Kentucky Society for Professional Engineers and was a Kentucky Colonel.

      Survivors include three sons, Dennis Joseph Tierney, Long Island, N.Y., Michael Edward Tierney, Hawaii, Bryan Ashley Tierney, Vero Beach, Fla., and seven grandchildren.

      He was the son of the late John Joseph and Katherine Frances Sweeney Tie

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