Valentine Maher (17 May 1780 – January 1844) was an

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Whig politician. Maher was first elected Whig MP for at the 1841 general election and held the seat until his death in 1844, when his cousin

Nicholas Maher Nicholas Valentine Maher (died 18 October 1851) was an Irish Repeal Association politician. He was the son of Thomas Maher, a medical practitioner, and his wife Margaret. In 1845, he married Margaret Jane Herbert, the daughter of Walter Otway ...

took over the seat. He was a member of

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and a magistrate for

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* Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tipperary constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1841–1847 Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies 1780 births 1844 deaths {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub