Background
He was the second son of Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley, an Irish peer and Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland.
He was the second son of Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley, an Irish peer and Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland.
Trinity College.
Francis entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1795. After serving for Doneraile in the Parliament of Ireland in 1800, he was elected Member of Parliament in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Carlow Borough shortly after the Acting of Union, but resigned after three months to take the Escheator of Munster. He was then elected for Tipperary, sitting from 1806 to 1818 and 1819 to 1831.
He was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Tipperary in 1807, a sinecure normally held for life.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Tipperary for 1838-1839. He died in 1853 aged 73.
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