John Patrick Prendergast was an Irish land agent and historian.
Background
Born on 7 March 1808, at 37 Dawson Street, Dublin, he was eldest son of Francis Prendergast (1768–1846), registrar of the court of chancery of Ireland, by Esther (1774–1846), eldest daughter of John Patrick, of 27 Palace Row, Dublin. In 1836 Prendergast succeeded his father and grandfather in the agency of Lord Clifden"s estates, which he administered for many years.
Education
Educated in England at Reading grammar school under Richard Valpy, he graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1825, and was called to the Irish bar in 1830.
Career
His experiences made him an advocate of tenant right and a supporter of the early land reformers in Ireland. Prendergast died in Dublin on 6 February 1893. Prendergast"s manuscript collections were bequeathed to the King"s Inn, Dublin.
Prendergast married, on 1 September 1838, Caroline, second daughter of George Ensor of Ardress House, County Armagh, and left one son, Francis, who settled in California and became a naturalised American.