Margaret Alicia Waring (14 November 1887 – 9 May 1968) was an

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. The daughter of Joseph Charlton Parr of Grappallhen Heyes,

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, she married Major Holt Waring of

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, County Down in 1914. He was killed in action at

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, 18 April 1918. The couple had no children. She lived at her late husband's estate, Waringstown. She was elected as the MP for

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, but stood down at the next election, in 1933. The Waringstown estate was inherited by her nephew, Michael Harnett, Esq., who still resides there.

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1887 births 1968 deaths Women members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1929–1933 Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Down constituencies {{Parliament-of-Northern-Ireland-member-stub