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Anglo-Irish politician
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Male
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Birth:
1660
Death:
1711
The details
Biography
Francis Spring (circa 1660 – 1711) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Spring was the great-grandson of Thomas Spring of Castlemaine. In 1699 he was a Commissioner for the collection of taxation in County Kildare. He represented Naas as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons between 1703 and his death in 1711.He served as High Sheriff of Kildare in 1709.
On 18 November 1703 he presented a petition to the Commons alongside other Kildare MPs to complain about the practices of John and Francis Annesley, Justices of the Peace in the county.