Sneyd
Nathaniel Sneyd (c. 1767-1833), wine merchant, was the son of Edward Sneyd of Dublin. The family originated in Staffordshire. Nathaniel, married firstly a daughter of George Montgomery of Ballyconnell, county Cavan and he held an estate in that county in the parishes of Templeport and Drumlane for which a rent roll survives. Nathaniel was an MP for Cavan, before and after the Union of 1800 and was High Sheriff of county Cavan in 1795. He was assassinated in Dublin in 1833 and left no children. There are letters in a number of collections in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland both to and from Nathaniel Sneyd mainly relating to elections.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Lisnamandra | Lisnamandra | Kilmore | Cavan | Crossdoney | Upper Loughtee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H378018
OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 34 |
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| Bawnboy House | Bawnboy | Templeport | Bawnboy | Bawnboy | Tullyhaw | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H213196
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 27A |
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Archival sources
- Rent roll of the estate of Nathaniel Sneyd, in the parishes of Templeport and Drumlane, Co Cavan, Nov 1824. D270/36; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Testator: Nathaniel Sneyd, Dublin. Executor: Hugh Barton, Sackville, Street, Dublin. Court Ref.: Cant. C. Chester 2/486. 1837. EDOL/1522; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Papers in the trial of John Mason for the murder of Nathaniel Sneyd, Aug. 1833. M. 5669 (1-6); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 62 (Bawnboy House)