Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal, of Dunsandle in the County of Galway, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

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. It was created on 6 June 1845 for James Daly

James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal

James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal was an Irish politician.-Background:Daly was the eldest son of Denis Daly and Lady Henrietta, daughter of Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. The Right Reverend Robert Daly was his younger brother.-Political career:Daly was elected Member of...

, who had earlier represented Galway Borough

Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Galway County

Galway County (UK Parliament constituency)

The UK Parliament constituency of County Galway was an historic Irish constituency, comprised the whole of County Galway, except for the Borough of Galway. It replaced the pre-Act of Union Parliament of Ireland constituency...

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He sat in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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 as an Irish Representative Peer

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. He had no legitimate male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Robert Daly, youngest son of the first Baron. Lord Dunsandle and Clanconal was Assistant Private Secretary to Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli between 1874 and 1880. He never married and the title became extinct on his death on 25 November 1911.

The first Baron was the son of Denis Daly, the grandson of James Daly

James Daly (died 1769)

James Daly was an Irish Member of Parliament.In 1741 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Athenry, and then in 1768 for the borough of Galway....

 and the great-great-grandson of Denis Daly

Denis Daly (judge)

Denis Daly, Irish Judge and Privy Councillor, c.1638-1721.-Early life:Daly was a son of James Daly of Carrownakelly and Anastase Darcy of Kiltullagh. Darcy was a niece of Patrick D'Arcy, with whom Daly began his career as D'Arcy's clerk....

. The soldier and polo-player Denis St. George Daly

Denis St. George Daly

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 was an illegitimate son of the second Baron. William Daly, another illegitimate son of the second Baron, was High Sheriff of County Galway in 1901. The Right Reverend Robert Daly, brother of the first Baron, was Bishop of Cashel and Waterford

Bishop of Cashel and Waterford

The Bishop of Cashel and Waterford was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel and Waterford; comprising all of County Waterford, the southern part of County Tipperary and a small part of County Limerick, Ireland.-History:In the Church of Ireland, although not in the Roman Catholic...

. St George Daly, uncle of the first Baron, was a Judge of the Court of the King's Bench in Ireland.

Barons Dunsandle and Clanconal (1845)

• James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal
  James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal
  James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal was an Irish politician.-Background:Daly was the eldest son of Denis Daly and Lady Henrietta, daughter of Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. The Right Reverend Robert Daly was his younger brother.-Political career:Daly was elected Member of...
  
   (1782–1847)
• Denis St George Daly, 2nd Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal (1810–1893)
• Skeffington James Daly, 3rd Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal (1811–1894)
• James Frederick Daly, 4th Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal (1849–1911)