Note 64 — PREFACE.
Reading edition
Connolly died Speaker of the House in 1730, lamented by all who loved Ireland; Sir R. Walpole gave him the name of “King of the Irish Commons,” from his astonishing influence over the Lower House.
Reading edition
Connolly died Speaker of the House in 1730, lamented by all who loved Ireland; Sir R. Walpole gave him the name of “King of the Irish Commons,” from his astonishing influence over the Lower House.