Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Preface viii
5. Editorial Note ix
6. List of Principal Abbreviations x
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 The Rise of the House of Conolly, 1662–1729 11
9. 2 From Lawyer to Politician, 1685–1703 25
10. 3 ‘A Cunning Intriguing Spark’: Conolly and the Williamite Confiscation, 1690–1703 43
11. 4 The Making of ‘A Very Great Fortune’: The Accumulation and Management of the Conolly Patrimony, 1690–1729 61
12. 5 A Lover of Business: Conolly in Parliament, 1703–14 83
13. 6 The ‘Great Man of the North’: Conolly’s Electoral Interest in North-West Ulster 103
14. 7 ‘The only man of application among our commissioners’: Conolly at the Revenue Board, 1709–29 125
15. 8 ‘The Chief of Our Friends’: Parliamentary Management and the Rise of the Undertakers, 1715–29 153
16. 9 ‘An Ornament to the Country’: Castletown, Patriotism and the Making of the Ascendancy, 1722–9 181
17. Bibliography 200
18. Index 221