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Sir James Cuffe (died 1678) was an Irish politician.
Biography
The son of Thomas Cuffe of Somerset, he moved to Ireland with his father and brother in 1641.
He served as Member of Parliament for County Mayo in 1661, as Master-General of the Ordnance in Ireland, and was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in August 1676.
He married Alice, daughter of Ambrose Aungier and his wife Griselda (Grizzell) Bulkeley, granddaughter of Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier and Lancelot Bulkeley, Archbishop of Dublin, and sister of the first and second Earls of Longford. Their children included Francis Cuffe, ancestor of the Pakenham Earls of Longford; Gerald Cuffe, ancestor of Lord Tyrawley; Jane Cuffe, who married Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet; Alice Cuffe, who married James Macartney, and Lettice Cuffe, who married Francis Folliott.
Cuffe Street, Dublin, is named in his honour.
References
leighrayment.com[usurped]
http://www.thepeerage.com/p1933.htm#i19328
http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/cc4rz/cuffe2.htm
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- Francis Cuffe (died 1694)
- Gerald Cuffe
- James Macartney (1692–1770)
- List of Privy Counsellors of Ireland
- Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos
- Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom
- Sir Francis Warre, 1st Baronet
