Sir Richard Nagle, 2nd Baronet (12 August 1800 – 10 November 1850) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Nagle lived at Jamestown House, in

County Westmeath "Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Sovereign state, Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces o ...

. He was a magistrate, but was dismissed for presiding over a meeting that was held in opposition to

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s for the Anglican church. At the

1832 UK general election The 1832 United Kingdom general election, the first after the Reform Act 1832, Reform Act, saw the Whigs (British political party), Whigs win a large majority, with the Tories winning less than 30% of the vote. Political situation The Charles ...

, he stood in

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 ...

, and was elected. He held his seat until the

1841 UK general election In the 1841 United Kingdom general election, there was a big swing as Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel's Conservatives took control of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. Melbourne's Whigs had seen their support in the C ...

, when he stood down. Nagle served a term as

High Sheriff of Westmeath The High Sheriff of Westmeath was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Westmeath, Ireland from its creation under The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and ...

, and was also a deputy-lieutenant of the county.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagle, Richard 1800 births 1850 deaths Irish Repeal Association MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Westmeath constituencies (1801–1922) People from County Westmeath UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841