Sir Thomas Esmonde, 9th Baronet (10 December 1786 – 31 December 1868) was an

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Whig politician. Esmonde was the son of John EsmondeDr. John Esmonde
Dictionary of Irish Biography and Helen née O'Callan. He first married Mary Payne, daughter of E. Payne in 1812, and after her death in 1840, remarried to Sophia Maria Rowe, daughter of Ebenezer Radford Rowe, in 1856. Neither wife bore his children. He was elected Whig MP for at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election. He succeeded to the Baronetcy of Ballynastragh in 1803 upon the death of

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. Upon his own death in 1868, the title was inherited by

Sir John Esmonde, 10th Baronet Sir John Esmonde, 10th Baronet (16 May 1826 – 9 December 1876) was an Irish nationalist politician. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1852 until his death 25 years later. Early life and family Esmonde was the son o ...

. He was a member of the

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and was, at some point, appointed a

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* UK MPs 1841–1847 Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland 1786 births 1868 deaths Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Esmonde family {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub