Riggs Falkiner [SEP] noble title
Riggs Falkiner
Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet (c. 1712 – 24 April 1797) was an Irish baronet and politician.
He was the oldest son of Caleb Falkiner and his wife Ruth Riggs, daughter of Edward Riggs, and cousin of Daniel Falkiner. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Clonakilty from 1768 to 1776 and subsequently for Castlemartyr to 1783. On 24 August 1778, he was created a baronet, of Anne Mount, in the County of Cork.
On 5 January 1737, Falkiner married
Hospital in Dublin (d. 1759)
- Marcus Paterson, lawyer and politician (d. 1787)
- "approximate date"
- Riggs Falkiner, politician (d. 1797)
- Arthur Jones-Nevill, politician (d. 1771)
Deaths.
- January 5 – Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, politician (b. 1641)
- October – Robert Blennerhassett, lawyer (b. 1652)
- William Edmondson, founder of Quakerism in Ireland (b. 1627)