About James Humphrys
Born 1805. James Humphrys was an Irish politician.
James ("The Squire") Humphrys (1805–1899) was a poor law guardian and farmer in Glenstal and Boher, County Limerick.
Life
Born in 1805 in Glenstal, he was educated in a hedge school and became a tenant farmer in Glenstal, County Limerick leasing from Sir Matthew Barrington, 2nd Baronet of the Barrington baronets of Limerick. He married Margaret Ryan in 1841. He was father-in-law to the Irish revolutionary activist Nell Humphreys through his son, David. In 1883, he sued Sir Croker Barrington for having allowed sheep to trespass on his lands at Glenstal. He won the case, and Sir Croker was fined.
Humphrys died on 24 July 1899, and Margaret Humphrys in 1909. On her death there was a vote of sympathy at meeting of Limerick Guardians. There is a stained glass window in honour of James and Margaret Humphrys in Murroe Church, erected by one of their children, Rev. James Humphreys.
Through his son, Timothy, he was the grandfather of the hurler Jimmy Humphreys.
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Irish politician (1805–1899)
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