John Eccles (mayor)

Sir John Eccles (c.1664 – 1727) was an Anglo-Irish merchant and landowner.

Sir John Eccles, from the portrait collection at Castle Ward

Eccles was the son of John Eccles of Malone, Belfast and Elizabeth Best of Hornby Castle, Lancashire. His father, a Protestant settler born in Scotland, had given shelter to William III of England during a storm prior to the Battle of the Boyne.^[1][2]

He was a merchant based in Dublin, and owned an extensive estate called "Mount Eccles" in the area that is now North Great George's Street.^[3] In 1710, he was appointed Lord Mayor of Dublin.^[4] On 16 November 1714 he was knighted at St James's Palace, London. Between 1725 and his death he was a justice of the peace for the city. He was patron of the Old Church of St George, Hill Street Dublin.

Eccles Street in Dublin was named in his honour.

References

1. Graham, D. C. (1910). "King William's Jug (Cranmore)". Ulster Journal of Archaeology. 16 (1/2): 43–45. JSTOR 20566384. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
2. Carleton, Trevor (1976). "Aspects of Local History in Malone, Belfast". Ulster Journal of Archaeology. 39: 63. JSTOR 20567771. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
3. Fraser, A. M. (1941). "Joseph Damer: A Banker of Old Dublin". Dublin Historical Record. 3 (3): 41–53, 79. JSTOR 30080034. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
4. Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665 – 2020. Dublin City Council. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

Civic offices
Preceded by Charles Forrest	Lord Mayor of Dublin 1710–1711	Succeeded by Ralph Gore