| Authorised form of name | Lane; Sir; George (1620 - 1683); Viscount Lanesborough; political administrator and politician |
| Dates | 1620 - 1683 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 25 December 1620 |
| Place of death | Lanesborough, Ireland, Europe |
| Date of death | 11 December 1683 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Lanesborough, Ireland, Europe |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Dublin (admitted 1638)
Career:
Secretary to Charles II (1656); Clerk to the Privy Council (1656-1664); Clerk of the Parliaments (Ireland) (1656-1669); MP for Co Roscommon (1662-1666); Protonotary and Clerk of the Crown (Ireland) (1659-1671); Joint Secretary of State for Ireland (1672-1683)
Honours:
Kt (1657), Viscount Lanesborough (1676)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/02/1662 |
| Proposer | Sir William Petty |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir Richard Lane and Mabel Fitzgerald; succeeded his father (1668)
Married: 1) Dorcas Brabazon; 2) Susan Nicholas; 3) Frances Sackville
Additional relatives: father-in-law Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (FRS 1665) |
| OtherInfo | He was inactive in the Society's day-to-day work and activities and was not re-elected into the Society after the Second Charter in April 1663. The Lane family's land in Ireland was initially granted to the Viscount's grandfather under Elizabeth I's reign and was subsequently expanded. He followed the Duke of Ormond, the King's lord lieutenant in Ireland, into exile in 1650 and he is mentioned in Samuel Pepys' diaries as having considerable covert influence at Court after the Restoration as well. With his appointment to the Irish privy council, he also received a land settlement specifically provided for him. He obstructed the reinstatement of expropriated property and land to the dispossessed, largely Irish Catholics, in the 1660s. |
| Source | Sources:
GEC; Hunter; ODNB
Notes:
Date given as election date is date he was admitted. |
| Code | NA5712 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CLP/24/71 | Notes, On admissions to the Royal Society by Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society | 17th century |