Background
He was born the youngest son of Timothy Harty (d 1799) of Kilkenny and Mary, the daughter of John Lockington.
He was born the youngest son of Timothy Harty (d 1799) of Kilkenny and Mary, the daughter of John Lockington.
Harty was appointed High Sheriff of Dublin City for 1811-1812 and was the Lord Mayor of Dublin when elected to Parliament. He was created 1st Baronet (Harty of Prospect House, Dublin) in 1831. The formal creation, according to Leigh Rayment, was 30 September 1831, but it must have been known about earlier as The Times (of London) in its edition of 23 May 1831 reporting the result of the Dublin election, referred to Harty as a Baronet.
In the United Kingdom General Election of 1831 Harty was, on 19 May 1831, declared elected to one of the two seats for Dublin City.
The Whig MPs were unseated in August and a new election ordered. Harty was never again to stand for election to Parliament.
The Haighs were a fabulously wealthy family who had made their fortune in the industrial revolution (as mill owners, merchants and bankers) and were busy transforming themselves into the upper ranks of the landed gentry. Apart from owning huge estates in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire they also owned a large country house in Merionethshire called "Aber Iâ".
This property was later made famous as Portmeirion by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis.
Their eldest son was George Henry Caton Haigh (1860–1941).
10th United Kingdom Parliament.