John Brady (1812–1887) was an Irish medical doctor,
landlord, and nationalist politician from
County Leitrim.
Born in County Cavan, Brady was the son of Tobias and Margaret Brady.
He was a member of both the
Royal College of Physicians and the
Royal College of Surgeons.
He had addresses in London, Cambridgeshire and
Rugby, Warwickshire. He owned over 2,000 acres of land in County Leitrim by the 1870s, mostly within that part of the Poor Law Union of
Bawnboy which was in county Leitrim, but also in
Cloone
Cloone () is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland. The village is located in the south of the county, just off the R201 regional road; its nearest town is Mohill. Its name is an anglicised version of the Irish-language word ''cluain'', meani ...
, near
Mohill.
In 1847, he married Sarah Rayner of
Ely, Cambridgeshire
Ely ( ) is a cathedral city in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about north-northeast of Cambridge and from London.
Ely is built on a Kimmeridge Clay island which, at , is the highest land in the Fens. It was d ...
. They had two daughters.
At the
1852 general election he was elected as a Tenant Right candidate to be one of the two
Members of Parliament (MPs) for
Leitrim. He was re-elected at the next five general elections, serving as MP for Leitrim for 27 years until he retired in 1879 due to ill-health.
Brady died in late March 1887, at his home near Rugby.
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1812 births
1887 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Leitrim constituencies (1801–1922)
Politicians from County Cavan
Politicians from County Leitrim
People from Rugby, Warwickshire
19th-century Irish medical doctors
UK MPs 1852–1857
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1859–1865
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874
UK MPs 1874–1880
Irish Liberal Party MPs
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19th-century Irish landowners
Scientists from County Leitrim
Medical doctors from County Leitrim
People from Cloone
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