Richard Magenis (died 1807)

Magenis, whose surname is also spelt Magennis or Maginnis, was Anglo-Irish gentry. He was the eldest son of Richard Magenis of Dublin and Alicia Caddell, daughter of William Caddell of Downpatrick, County Down. He was the elder brother of Very Rev. William Magenis, Dean of Kilmore.{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Bernard |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland |date=1899 |publisher=Harrison & sons |pages=291 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ha0EAAAAIAAJ&q=Richard+Magenis&pg=PA291 |accessdate=13 June 2019 |language=en}}

He represented Bangor from 1783–90, Fore (1794–98), and then Carlingford from 1798 until 31 December 1800, when it was dissolved upon the Union of Great Britain and Ireland.{{cite book |last1=Johnston-Liik |first1=E. M. |title=History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800: Commons, Constituencies and Statutes |date=2007 |publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation |isbn=9781903688717 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yuyIAAAAMAAJ&q=Richard+Magenis |accessdate=14 June 2019 |language=en}}

He also served as High Sheriff of Antrim in 1760, High Sheriff of Armagh in 1762, and High Sheriff of Down in 1764. He died in 1807, aged 96.{{cite book |last1=Atkinson |first1=Edward Dupré |title=An Ulster Parish: Being a History of Donaghcloney (Waringstown) |date=1898 |publisher=Hodges, Figgis |pages=86–87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=azpFAQAAMAAJ&q=Richard+Magenis&pg=PA86 |accessdate=14 June 2019 |language=en}}

Richard Magenis married firstly, 5 December 1760, to a Miss Wray, who died shortly after. On 31 December 1767, he married secondly, Elizabeth Berkeley (died 5 April 1831), daughter of Col. William Berkeley and sister of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne. They had two sons and five daughters:

• Richard Magenis ({{circa|1767}}–1831), MP for Enniskillen
• Very Rev. William Magenis ({{circa|1770}}–1825), Dean of Kilmore
• Ellen, married Col. Charles Albert Leslie, of Tandragee{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=John |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland|date=1838 |publisher=H. Colburn |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6AtBAQAAMAAJ&q=Leslie,+married+Ellen,+daughter+Richard+Magenis&pg=PA86 |accessdate=15 June 2019 |language=en}}
• Louisa, married William Richardson, M.P. for Armagh
• Emily, married Very Rev. John French, Dean of Elphin
• Alice
• Harriette

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