Person Lane; Sir; George (1620 - 1683); Viscount Lanesborough; political administrator and politician Lane George Sir political administrator and politician 1620 - 1683 British Male 25 December 1620 16201225 Lanesborough, Ireland, Europe 11 December 1683 16831211 Burial: Lanesborough, Ireland, Europe

Tulske, Co Roscommon

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) 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) 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. Fellow 19/02/1662 Sir William Petty Sources: GEC; Hunter; ODNB Notes: Date given as election date is date he was admitted. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 17/02/2022 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5712 21/11/2001 Andyg Gudrun 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 76639906-2f36-48f8-9da4-dc2dceda8be3