Background
The fifth son of John Hely-Hutchinson, he was born on 5 April 1767. His father"s influence helped in his profession. In 1795 Hely-Hutchinson succeeded his father in the representation of the borough of Taghmon, in County Wexford.
The fifth son of John Hely-Hutchinson, he was born on 5 April 1767. His father"s influence helped in his profession. In 1795 Hely-Hutchinson succeeded his father in the representation of the borough of Taghmon, in County Wexford.
Trinity College.
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and at the Temple, he was called to the Irish bar in 1792. He entered the Irish parliament during the vice-royalty of Earl Fitzwilliam, and was a supporter of his administration. He was strongly opposed to the government of Lord Camden, and becoming disgusted at the course of events he withdrew from parliament.
He saw action in the Battle of Ballinamuck, where he was instrumental in capturing the French generals Lafontaine and Sarrazin, and was commended for his bravery by Lord Cornwallis.
Hely-Hutchinson was strongly opposed to the Acts of Union 1800, and at a meeting of the Irish bar proposed to resist with the sword. After the passing of the measures, he left Ireland.
He held the seat for a decade, was displaced by Mountifort Longfield, and regained it six years later, retaining it to his death. On policy towards Ireland, Hely-Hutchinson followed the family line of favouring better treatment of the Irish Roman Catholics.
He criticised the refusal to fulfil the conditions of the Union.
And was vehement against Lord Castlereagh. He voted in favour of Sir Francis Burdett"s plan of parliamentary reform, and one of the last speeches he made was directed against emigration to Canada as a panacea for Irish distress. Hely-Hutchinson supported the continuation of the Napoleonic Wars.
In 1806 he accompanied Lord Hutchinson on a diplomatic mission to Saint St. Petersburg and Berlin.
In 1807 he took part in the Polish campaign, fighting in the Russian ranks. He was wounded in the battle of Eylau, and was also present at the Battle of Friedland.
After the Peace of Tilsit he visited Moscow, and on his return to England in the beginning of 1809 he opposed the ministry for their mismanagement of the war, and particularly for the Convention of Cintra. After 1815 Hely-Hutchinson took to visiting Paris with his family.
He fell out of favour with the Bourbon government there, however, for liberal associations, and his opposition to the legitimist intervention in Spain.
He died after a lingering illness at his residence, Ben Lomond House, Downshire Hill Road, Hampstead, on 26 August 1826.
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