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Benjamin Chetwood

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complained that Chetwood had refused absolutely to repay debts owing to the college, citing a number of technical legal grounds. In 1719 his late wife's widowed stepmother and her half-sister, both named Clothilde Eustace, petitioned the Commons complaining that he had refused to pay one her widow's
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of the estate he was obliged to sell off much of the property, as the estate was encumbered by heavy debts. Chetwood himself was said to have made a handsome profit out of management of the estate. He had the reputation for being a shrewd and grasping businessman, and two petitions were presented to
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and his first wife Anne Colville, by whom he had at least seven children, including Chetwood, the eldest son and heir. She died in 1713.
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He inherited Harristown, and large properties in Dublin city, from his father-in-law. As
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complaining about his mismanagement of the Eustace estate. In 1715 the Provost of
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MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800
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He was the fourth son of Valentine Chetwood of Chetwood,
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Irish House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Harristown
Buckinghamshire
Upton, Leicestershire
Knightly Chetwood
Dean of Gloucester
Maurice Eustace
Harristown
County Kildare
Dublin
trustee
Irish House of Commons
Trinity College Dublin
jointure
marriage portion
MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800





Parliament of Ireland
Richard FitzPatrick
Robert Dixon
Member of Parliament
Harristown
Alexander Gradon
Robert Johnson
Alexander Gradon

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