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He was born on December 17, 1769 in [[Ardress, County Armagh]], [[Ireland]] |
He was born on December 17, 1769 in [[Ardress, County Armagh]], [[Ireland]] |
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Educated at the [[Royal School of Armagh]] and [[Trinity College Dublin]]. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1792. He married Esther Weld (sister of famous Irish explorer, author and painter [[Isaac Weld]]) on 7th January 1804. His father, George Ensor, and uncle, [[John Ensor]], were architects who designed much of [[Merrion Square]], [[Parnell Square]] the Rotunda of the [[Rotunda Hospital]] now the [[Ambassador Theatre (Dublin)]] the [[Hotel Saint George]][http://www.thecastlehotelgroup.com/hotel-st-george-page27956.html] and the [[Castle Hotel]][http://www.thecastlehotelgroup.com/the-castle-hotel-page28771.html] - all in [[Dublin]]. They originated from [[Coventry]] and [[Wilnecote]], [[England]]. George (Senior) was the first of the 'Irish' Ensors and John the first of the [[Rollesby Hall]]/[[New Zealand]] Ensors. |
Educated at the [[Royal School of Armagh]] and [[Trinity College Dublin]]. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1792. He married Esther Weld (sister of famous Irish explorer, author and painter [[Isaac Weld]]) on 7th January 1804. His father, George Ensor, and uncle, [[John Ensor]], were architects who designed much of [[Merrion Square]], [[Parnell Square]], the Rotunda of the [[Rotunda Hospital]] now the [[Ambassador Theatre (Dublin)]] the [[Hotel Saint George]][http://www.thecastlehotelgroup.com/hotel-st-george-page27956.html] and the [[Castle Hotel]][http://www.thecastlehotelgroup.com/the-castle-hotel-page28771.html] - all in [[Dublin]]. They originated from [[Coventry]] and [[Wilnecote]], [[England]]. George (Senior) was the first of the 'Irish' Ensors and John the first of the [[Rollesby Hall]]/[[New Zealand]] Ensors. |
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He was a well-known political writer and patriot, author of at least twenty books of educational and Irish interest, and the father-in-law of [[J. P. Prendergast]] the historian. He was a friend of [[Daniel O'Connell]], [[Jeremy Bentham]] and [[James Mill]]. He accompanied [[John Stuart Mill]] (aged 14) to France in 1820. Was a grand juror of [[County Armagh]] and died in [[Ardress House]] [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-ardresshouse/]in 1843. |
He was a well-known political writer and patriot, author of at least twenty books of educational and Irish interest, and the father-in-law of [[J. P. Prendergast]] the historian. He was a friend of [[Daniel O'Connell]], [[Jeremy Bentham]] and [[James Mill]]. He accompanied [[John Stuart Mill]] (aged 14) to France in 1820. Was a grand juror of [[County Armagh]] and died in [[Ardress House]] [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-ardresshouse/]in 1843. |
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George Ensor (1769-1843) was an eminent Irish Author and Lawyer.
He was born on December 17, 1769 in Ardress, County Armagh, Ireland Educated at the Royal School of Armagh and Trinity College Dublin. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1792. He married Esther Weld (sister of famous Irish explorer, author and painter Isaac Weld) on 7th January 1804. His father, George Ensor, and uncle, John Ensor, were architects who designed much of Merrion Square, Parnell Square, the Rotunda of the Rotunda Hospital now the Ambassador Theatre (Dublin) the Hotel Saint George[1] and the Castle Hotel[2] - all in Dublin. They originated from Coventry and Wilnecote, England. George (Senior) was the first of the 'Irish' Ensors and John the first of the Rollesby Hall/New Zealand Ensors.
He was a well-known political writer and patriot, author of at least twenty books of educational and Irish interest, and the father-in-law of J. P. Prendergast the historian. He was a friend of Daniel O'Connell, Jeremy Bentham and James Mill. He accompanied John Stuart Mill (aged 14) to France in 1820. Was a grand juror of County Armagh and died in Ardress House [3]in 1843.
Books Written and Published
The Independent Man (1806)
On National Government (2 vols., 1810)
National Education (1811)
An Enquiry Concerning the Population of Nations containing a Refutation of Mr. Malthus's Essay on Population (1818)
Address to the People of Ireland on the Degradation and Misery of their Country (1823)
A Defence of the Irish and the Means of their Redemption (1825)
Irish Affairs at the Close of 1825-26 (1827)
Anti-Union, Ireland as She Ought to Be (1831)
Before and After the Reform Bill (1842)
A Defence of the Irish (1825) DNB DIW DIH DUB
References
Oxford Biography Index entry George Ensor
Ensor, George (1769-1843), political writer Oxford Biography Index Number 101008822