# Nathaniel Sneyd

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**Nathaniel Sneyd** (c. 1767 – 31 July 1833) was an Irish politician, landowner and businessman. He was a Member of the [Parliament of Ireland](/source/Parliament_of_Ireland) representing the [Carrick](/source/Carrick_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)) constituency from 1794 to 1800 and was [High Sheriff of Cavan](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Cavan) in 1795.

He briefly represented the [County Cavan](/source/County_Cavan_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)) Parliament of Ireland constituency which was succeeded after the Union with Great Britain in 1801 by the Westminster constituency of [County Cavan](/source/County_Cavan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), which he represented from [1801](/source/First_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom) until 1826. In [general election of 1806](/source/1806_United_Kingdom_general_election) he contested two constituencies for [Parliament](/source/Members_of_the_3rd_UK_Parliament_from_Ireland), winning both and choosing to represent Cavan over [Enniskillen](/source/Enniskillen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).

In Cavan, Sneyd lived in [Ballyconnell](/source/Ballyconnell) and owned [plantation lands](/source/Plantation_of_Ulster) around [Bawnboy](/source/Bawnboy). From 1800, he was president of the Bawnboy Farming Society, the first founded in [County Cavan](/source/County_Cavan). In 1801 he was appointed [Custos Rotulorum of Cavan](/source/Custos_Rotulorum_of_Cavan).

On 29 July 1833, in [Westmoreland Street](/source/Westmoreland_Street), Dublin, Nathaniel Sneyd was shot in the head by a madman, John Mason, who had a grudge against the firm of wine merchants Sneyd, French and Barton, where Sneyd was senior partner. Sneyd died of his wounds two days later.[1] He had two memorials, one in [Cavan](/source/Cavan) and a life-size [neo-classical](/source/Neoclassicism#Sculpture) [recumbent effigy](/source/Tomb_effigy) in the crypt of [Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin](/source/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Dublin).[2] The sculptor [Thomas Kirk](/source/Thomas_Kirk_(sculptor))[3] represented Sneyd lying dead with a female figure weeping over him.[4]

## Family

Sneyd was married to Alice Montgomery, the daughter of [George Leslie Montgomery](/source/George_Leslie_Montgomery) MP, of [Ballyconnell](/source/Ballyconnell), County Cavan.

## References

1. *[The Manchester Guardian](/source/The_Manchester_Guardian)*, "Domestic", 3 August 1833.

1. Robert O'Byrne, *Tales from the crypt* [Irish Times](/source/Irish_Times) 12 October 2000

1. L. H. Cust, ‘Kirk, Thomas (1781–1845)’, rev. John Turpin, [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography), Oxford University Press, 2004

1. Potterton, Homan (1975). *Irish Church Monuments*. Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society.

- ["SNEYD, Nathaniel (c.1767-1833)"](http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/sneyd-nathaniel-1767-1833). History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

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