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he enjoyed a considerable reputation as a statesman. He 

 erected at Palmerston the fine mansion which is now in- 

 corporated in the buildings of the Stewart Institute. 

 Hutchinson's wife was created Baroness Donoughmore, 

 with remainder to their eldest son, who was afterwards 

 created an Earl. Hutchinson's appointment to the provost- 

 ship created bitter hostility, and he was attacked in Pran- 

 ceriana^ a series of scurrilous letters and verses. Hutchinson 

 was tyrannical in his methods, and was frequently in dispute 

 with other members of the College, who resented his high- 

 handed proceedings. He successfully managed the College 

 estates, and built the Examination Hall, one of the finest 

 to be found in any College. The Provost died in 1 794. 



4. The Lady Arabella Denny 2 was born in 1707, the 

 second daughter of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry, 

 by Anne, only daughter of Sir William Petty. At the age 

 of twenty she married Arthur Denny, m.p. for Kerry, and 

 was left a widow in 1 742, from which time she devoted 

 herself to works of benevolence and charity, making Dublin 

 and its neighbourhood her residence. Though limited in 

 means, Lady Arabella took charge of infants in workhouses, 

 of sick nurses, &c, and looked after many institutions. She 

 devoted much time and energy to checking the abuses of 

 the Foundling Hospital ; but the Magdalen Asylum in 

 Leeson street, which was opened in 1767 in a house belong- 

 ing to Sir William Cooper, was the object of her unceasing 

 and special care. Lady Arabella helped the Dublin Society 

 in every way in her power, and was often mentioned in the 

 minutes. She lived for years at Peafield cliff, now known 

 as Lisaniskea, Blackrock, and died there on the 18th of 

 March 1792. Her name is frequently mentioned in the Life 

 of Lady Huntingdon and in Mrs. Delany's Correspondence. 



In March 1768, Richard Woodward, dean of 

 Clogher, was specially thanked for his public-spirited 



1 " Prancero" was a nickname bestowed on the Provost, in allusion 

 to a riding school which he projected in Trinity College, Dublin. 



2 Account of the Magdaleti Chapel ', Dublin, its Foundress, &>c, 

 by A. Peter, 1907. 



