Francis Macnamara (1802 – 27 June 1873) was an Irish politician. Born in London, Macnamara was the son of

William Nugent Macnamara William Nugent Macnamara or M'Namara (c. 1776 – 11 November 1856) was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Irish MP Francis Macnamara of Doolin and was educated at a Dublin seminary. He entered the local milit ...

, a landowner and the Member of Parliament for Clare. He was educated in Brussels, and then studied from 1820 until 1824 at

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...

, without graduating. Macnamara served as a lieutenant in the

8th Hussars The 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1693. It saw service for three centuries including the First and Second World Wars. The regiment survived the immediate post-war reduction in force ...

before standing in

Ennis Ennis () is the county town of County Clare, in the mid-west of Ireland. The town lies on the River Fergus, north of where the river widens and enters the Shannon Estuary. Ennis is the largest town in County Clare, with a population of 25,27 ...

at the 1832 UK general election. He was elected for the

Repeal Association The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell in 1830 to campaign for a repeal of the Acts of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland. The Association's aim was to revert Ireland to th ...

, but stood down at the 1835 UK general election. He also served as Sheriff of County Clare, and as one of the county's deputy-lieutenants. From 1854 until 1871, Macnmara served as Lieutenant-Colonel of the

Clare Militia The Clare Militia was a British militia regiment from 1798 to 1909. It was based in County Clare (now in the Republic of Ireland). At first an infantry unit, it was converted to artillery in 1882, making it the last artillery militia unit raised i ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macnamara, Francis 1802 births 1873 deaths Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Irish Repeal Association MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Clare constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1832–1835