James Shaen ( c1629 - 1695 )

Birth: c.1629 Death: 13 December 1695 Career: Sheriff of the counties of Longford and Westmeath (1655); Cessor, Collector and Receiver General of the Provinces of Leinster (1660); Register of the Court of Claims (Ireland) (1661); MP (Ireland) for Clonmel (1661-1666), Baltinglas (1692-1693, 1695); Surveyor-General of Ireland (1667); Farmer of the Revenue and Commissioner of Excise for Ireland (1692) Honours: Kt 1660; Bt 1663; Honorary LLD at Trinity College Dublin (1709) Memberships: Dublin Philosophical Society Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Proposers: Sir Robert Moray (10 September 1662) Date of ejection/withdrawal: 22 July 1685 (due to non-payment of subscriptions) Council: On Council (1674-1675) Committee appointments include: Mechanical Committee (1664) Other RSActivity: Acted as correspondent with philosophical society in Ireland, in particular regarding fauna and agriculture (1663).