John Eccles (mayor)

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

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.

[4] On 16 November 1714 he was knighted at St James's Palace, London.

He was patron of the Old Church of St George, Hill Street Dublin.

Sir John Eccles, from the portrait collection at Castle Ward