William Meeke

William Meeke (3 January 1758 – 15 July 1830) was a Member of Parliament for Callan in the Irish Parliament from 1790 to 1797^[1] and for Penryn, Cornwall, firstly in the House of Commons of Great Britain (1796–1800) and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (1801–1802).^[2]

The son of Joseph Easton Meeke of Rotherhithe by his wife Suffina, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was a Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge from 1800 to 1807, when he married Mary Kelly. His sister Elizabeth married the MP Samuel Farmer.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
^ "Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
^ "Meeke, William (MK776W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Meeke, William (1758–1830), of Beddington, Surr., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 21 May 2015.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir Francis Basset Richard Glover	Member of Parliament for Penryn 1796–1800 With: Thomas Wallace	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Penryn 1801–1802 With: Thomas Wallace	Succeeded by Sir Stephen Lushington Sir John Nicholl

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