Lancelot Crosbie


Lancelot Crosbie was an Anglo-Irish politician.
He was the son of Maurice Crosbie of Ballykealy and Catherine Sandes. He lived at Tubrid House, Ardfert, County Kerry. He entered the Middle Temple in 1743.
Crosbie served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Kerry between 1759 and 1760. He then represented Ardfert from 1762 to 1776.
His first wife was Hon. Elizabeth
Crosbie, daughter of Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon and
Lady Elizabeth Fitzmaurice. They
had no children. By his second wife Mary Blennnerhassett, daughter of Colonel John Blennerhassett and Jane Denny, he was the father of three children, including John Gustavus Crosbie. John like his father was MP for Kerry. In 1794 he caused a scandal by killing the sitting MP, Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Baronet, in a duel.