John Bysse

John Bysse (c.1602–1680) was a member of the Parliament of Ireland during the 1630s and 1640s. He was excluded from office during the Interregnum, but became one of the most senior Irish judges after the Restoration of Charles II.

Bysse was born around 1602, to Christopher Bysse (who was dead by 1615), an official of the Exchequer (as was John's grandfather), and Margaret Forster, daughter of John Forster, an alderman of Dublin.

Bysse was admitted a member of the King's Inns in 1632. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as member for Charlemont in 1634 and became Recorder of Dublin in the same year. He was re-elected to the Commons in 1640.

At the outbreak of Irish Rebellion of 1641 John Bysse, along with his younger brother Robert (who was Recorder of Drogheda) were among the leaders of the royalist and Protestant faction in Parliament. This faction opposed the royalist Catholic faction, but were allied with it from 1649 to oppose the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.

During the Commonwealth he remained Recorder of Dublin, he was twice recommended for appointment to the High Court Bench and was elected to Parliament, but excluded. At the Restoration he was appointed Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer and held the office until his death. In addition to serving on the Bench, he attended regularly at the Irish House of Lords, acting as a legal adviser to the peers. He is buried in St. Audoen's Church, Dublin.

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