Laurence Waldron (1811 – 3 April 1875) was an

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and Whig politician. He sat in the

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from 1857 to 1865 as one of the two

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(MPs) for

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. Waldron married Anne White, daughter of Francis White. He had at least one son,

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, who was an

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MP for Dublin St Stephen's Green from 1904 to 1910. Waldron first stood for Parliament as a Whig at a

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, caused by the expulsion of

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from the House of Commons. Unsuccessful on this occasion, he was elected as a Whig for the same seat just a month later at the 1857 general election, holding the seat — standing as a Liberal in 1859 — until he stood down in 1865. Upon the death of

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in 1866, he stood for the seat again, this time as an Independent Liberal, but was unsuccessful. He was also at some point a Deputy Lieutenant.

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