Edward Tighe (1740-1801) was an Irish lawyer, writer and politician, who represented a number of constituencies in the Irish House of Commons. The son of William Tighe, MP for Wexford then for Wicklow, and Mary Bligh, he was educated at Eton College, and St. John's College, Cambridge, and called to the English bar in 1759 and the Irish bar in 1776.
- Occupation
- barrister, politician, writer, playwright
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland, Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland, Member of the Parliament of Ireland 1776–1783, Member of the Parliament of Ireland 1783–1790
