Edward Spring (1732 - 1791)

Biography

According to The Peerage website, Edward Spring was born on 19 April 1732, the son of Catherine Spring and Francis Spring.^[1]

Wikipedia states that Edward was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.^[2]

According to Wikipedia, he was a lawyer and a politician, and was the Member of Parliament for Askeaton in the Irish House of Commons from 1768 to 1776.^[2] Wikipedia states that he was created Baron Askeaton in the Peerage of Ireland on 18 March 1776.^[2]

The Peerage website states that Edward was married to Mary Tracy,^[1] and their children were:^[1]

• Elizabeth Spring
• George Spring
• Matilda Spring (1775–1779)
• Edward Spring (1769–1792)

The Peerage website states that Edward died on 18 November 1791 at his home in Foynes, Ireland.^[1] According to Wikipedia, his death was due to influenza.^[2]

Research notes

Is the Wikipedia article incorrect? Did Edward even exist?

• Edward is not noted as a son of Francis Spring and Catherine Mason in "The Spring family of Suffolk and County Kerry, and branches in Australia, New Zealand and the USA."^[3] Why was he excluded? Did the researchers simply not know about him?
• The Wikipedia article is sourced from Lodge and Archdall's work. This does not mention Edward Spring:
  • https://archive.org/details/peerageirelando00archgoog/page/n30
• Trinity College records do not mention this Edward Spring
  • https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/home/index.php?DRIS_ID=LCN10378529_0003 Page 772
• The Blennerhassett Pedigree includes his supposed siblings but not him
  • https://archive.org/stream/selectionsfromol00hick#page/n109/mode/2up
• He is not in the Inner Temple database
  • http://www.innertemplearchives.org.uk/search.asp#name

….and he wasn't MP for Askeaton, that was John Tunnadine who was elected in Aug 1768 - http://web.archive.org/web/20180825073908/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Lundy, Daryl (compiler). "Edward Spring, 1st Baron Askeaton." The Peerage. Retrieved by Clare Spring on 24 February 2018 from http://www.thepeerage.com/p63858.htm#i638575.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Wikipedia contributors. (28 May 2018). "Edward Spring, 1st Baron Askeaton." In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 July 2018 by Clare Spring from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Spring,_1st_Baron_Askeaton&oldid=843318562.
3. ↑ William Anthony Spring and Jane Vivien Spring [researchers and compilers]. 2000. "The Spring family of Suffolk and County Kerry, and branches in Australia, New Zealand and the USA," p. 7. Accessed 3 March 2018 at the National Library of Australia by Clare Spring. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21876001.