About William Meeke
Lived 1758 – 1830 (aged 72). William Meeke was a British politician.
William Meeke (3 January 1758 – 15 July 1830) was a Member of Parliament for Callan in the Irish Parliament from 1790 to 1797 and for Penryn, Cornwall, firstly in the House of Commons of Great Britain (1796–1800) and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (1801–1802).
The son of Joseph Easton Meeke of Rotherhithe by his wife Suffina, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was a Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge from 1800 to 1807, when he married Mary Kelly. His sister Elizabeth married the MP Samuel Farmer.
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British politician (1758-1830)
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William Meeke was born on 3 January 1758.
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William Meeke died on 15 July 1830.
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William Meeke was a politician.
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