Francis Andrews

The Right Honourable
Francis Andrews
The Right Honourable Francis Andrews
20th Provost of Trinity College Dublin
	In office; 1 November 1758 – 18 June 1774
Preceded by	Richard Baldwin
Succeeded by	John Hely-Hutchinson
Member of Parliament; for Londonderry City
	In office; 1 May 1761 – 18 June 1774
Preceded by	William Hamilton
Succeeded by	James Alexander
Member of Parliament; for Midelton
	In office; 11 June 1759 – 1 May 1761
Preceded by	William Annesley
Succeeded by	Thomas Brodrick
Personal details
Born	6 August 1718; Derry, Ireland
Died	18 June 1774 (aged 55); Westminster, London, England
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin

Francis Andrews (6 August 1718 – 18 June 1774) was an Anglo-Irish politician and academic who served as the 20th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1758 to 1774. He was also a member of the Irish House of Commons from 1759 to 1774.

Biography

Andrews was born in Derry in 1718, the son and heir of Alexander Andrews of County Antrim. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, which he entered in 1733, and he became a Fellow of the university in 1740.^[1]^[2]

In 1758, he was appointed Provost of Trinity College Dublin, and in 1759 was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Midleton. From 1761, until his death, he sat for the City of Londonderry. He was appointed to the Irish Privy Council on 6 April 1761.

In 1766–7 he travelled extensively in Italy, meeting academics from the University of Padua and sitting for a portrait by Anton von Maron. He brought back a large collection of paintings, scultupres and busts, many of which were subsequently donated to Trinity College and form part of the collection at the Provost's House, Trinity College Dublin, which Andrews had built in 1759.^[2]

On his death in London in 1774 he left £3,000 to found the Andrews chair of astronomy at Trinity College and the Dunsink Observatory.

References

^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p13: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
^ ^a ^b Ingamells, John (1997). A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy, 1701-1800. Yale University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-300-07165-8. Retrieved 28 April 2025.

Academic offices
Preceded by Richard Baldwin	Provost of Trinity College Dublin 1758–1774	Succeeded by John Hely-Hutchinson

[1] "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p13: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935

[Ingamells-2] Ingamells, John (1997). A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy, 1701-1800. Yale University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-300-07165-8. Retrieved 28 April 2025.

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