Sir Walter Richard Nugent, 4th Baronet (12 December 1865 – 12 November 1955), was an Irish

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

, politician and

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(MP) in the

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of the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in the British Isles that existed between 1801 and 1922, when it included all of Ireland. It was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the Kingdom of Great B ...

from 1907 to 1918. Nugent was elected to the

as an

Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish national ...

MP for South Westmeath at a by-election in 1907, and held the seat through the January and December 1910 elections, until 1918. In 1896, he had succeeded to the baronetcy of Donore in

Multyfarnham Multyfarnham or Multyfarnam () is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland. History First founded in 1268, the Franciscan monastery at Multyfarnham is still home to a community of friars. During the English conquest of Ireland in the 17th cent ...

, County of Westmeath. He was a member of

Seanad Éireann Seanad Éireann (, ; "Senate of Ireland") is the upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (the lower house). It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its memb ...

of the

Irish Free State The Irish Free State ( ga, Saorstát Éireann, , ; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. The treaty ended the three-year Irish War of Independence between th ...

from 1928 to 1931. He was the last

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 ...

in 1922.

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* * * * 1865 births 1955 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High Sheriffs of County Westmeath Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Westmeath constituencies (1801–1922) Politicians from County Westmeath UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 Members of the 1925 Seanad Members of the 1928 Seanad Independent members of Seanad Éireann Nugent baronets {{Ireland-senator-stub