Michael MacNamara
| Michael MacNamara | |
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| Mayor of Annapolis | |
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In office 1746–1747 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Gordon |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Tasker, Sr. |
| Mayor of Annapolis | |
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In office 1753–1754 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Tasker, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Tasker, Jr. |
| Mayor of Annapolis | |
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In office 1760–1761 |
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| Preceded by | George Hume Steuart |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Bordley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown Annapolis, Province of Maryland |
| Died | November 4, 1767 Annapolis, Province of Maryland |
| Occupation | planter, politician |
Michael MacNamara (? – November 4, 1767) was an Irish-American lawyer and politician in Colonial Maryland, who served three terms as Mayor of Annapolis. He was a Loyalist, his interests aligned with those of the ruling Calvert family, the Barons Baltimore, whose rule was overthrown following the American Revolution.
MacNamara was born in Annapolis, Province of Maryland, the son of Thomas MacNamara, who emigrated from County Galway, Kingdom of Ireland. His mother was born Margaret Carroll.
A clerk and a lawyer, MacNamara was admitted to the Provincial Court of Maryland in May 1726. He held a number of Proprietary appointments in colonial Maryland. He was clerk of the Maryland Lower House of Assembly on three occasions (1728–44, 1746–60, and 1763–66). He was also clerk of the Paper Currency Office (1734–c. 39) and clerk of the Prerogative Office (1752–60). He was Mayor of Annapolis on three occasions, from 1746–1747, 1753–1754, and 1760–1761.
Politically, was a Loyalist. Maryland politics could evidently be rancorous. Court records show that MacNamara and his predecessor as Annapolis mayor, the physician George Steuart (1700–1784), were both required "to post a bond to keep the peace...especially with each other".
Contemporary records show that in 1754, MacNamara was the Deputy Commissioner of Anne Arundel County, hearing a claim by Henrietta Maria Dulany seeking to overturn the will of her late husband, the planter and politician Daniel Dulany the Elder (1685–1753).
MacNamara's loyalty to England and the Calverts was not repaid. He died in debtors' prison in 1767, owing His Lordship's Patronage.
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