John Greene (died 16 June 1883) was an Irish landowner and politician from

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. At the 1847 general election, Greene was elected to the

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in Westminster as one of the two

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(MPs) for the County Kilkenny constituency. He was re-elected at the next three general elections, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1865 general election by

George Leopold Bryan George Leopold Bryan (1828 – 29 June 1880) was an Irish politician in the United Kingdom House of Commons. He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae ...

. He was first elected as

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candidate, and thereafter as a Liberal Independent (1852), a member of the

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in 1857, and as a

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in 1859 and at his defeat in 1865.

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* Year of birth missing 1883 deaths Politicians from County Kilkenny Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kilkenny constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Irish Liberal Party MPs Irish Repeal Association MPs 19th-century Irish landowners {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub