About Silver Oliver
Lived 1736 – 1798 (aged 61–62). Silver Oliver was a politician.
The Rt. Hon. Silver Oliver PC (1736 – 21 November 1798) was an Irish landowner and Privy Counsellor politician who owned Castle Oliver in County Limerick, Ireland.
Early life He was the son of Jane Katherine (née Silver) Oliver and Robert Oliver, who also sat in the Irish House of Commons for Kilmallock.
His paternal grandfather was Robert Oliver (son of Charles Oliver who lived at Clonodfoy, County Limerick) and was also an Irish MP for Kilmallock and County Limerick.
Personal life On 4 February 1759, Oliver was married to Isabella Sarah Newman (d. 1777), a daughter of Richard Newman. Together, they lived at Castle Oliver in County Limerick, Ireland. They were the parents of: Charles Silver Oliver (1763–1817), who married Maria Elizabeth Morris, daughter of banker Abraham Morris, in 1805. son of John Thomas Waller. Elizabeth Oliver (b. ), who died unmarried. Robert Oliver (–1834), who married Sarah Shepley (née Barker) Sotheran, widow of William Sotheran and daughter of Edmund Barker, in 1809.
Oliver died on 21 November 1798.
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Who was Silver Oliver?
Irish politician (d. 1799)
When was Silver Oliver born?
Silver Oliver was born in 1736.
When did Silver Oliver die?
Silver Oliver died on 21 November 1798.
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Silver Oliver was a politician.
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Silver Oliver's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Ireland.
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· DBpedia: Silver Oliver (died 1798)
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