Beverley Ussher (MP)

Beverley Ussher (c. 1700 – September 1757) was an Irish Member of Parliament.

Biography

He was the son of Beverley Ussher of Kilmeadan in County Waterford. He was High Sheriff of County Waterford in 1733 and then represented the county in the Irish House of Commons from 1735 until his death. He also served as Mayor of Waterford in 1744. Two of his daughters married MPs: Mary married John Congreve in 1758 and Elizabeth married Henry Alcock in 1766.[1]

gollark: If you're going to say "you technically can do whatever you want with your own body, but we're going to practically ban large classes of things" then that can absolutely generalize to abortion or anything else.
gollark: I assumed you meant "bodily autonomy", i.e. you own your body and get to decide what happens to it, based on you saying something about thinking the average person should support ownership of their own body.
gollark: "Ownership of your body ≠ Ownership of abortion drugs or the right to have a doctor do abortions."
gollark: That could equally apply to abortions though!
gollark: Generally, you punish the actual harm directly.

References
  1. E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. VI, p. 457.
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