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 House of Commons from 1907 to 1918. Nugent was elected unopposed to the House of Commons as an Irish Parliamentary Party MP for South Westmeath at a by-election in 1907, and held the seat through the January and December 1910 elections, until 1918. At the 1918 general election, he ran as an independent nationalist candidate in the Westmeath constituency but was defeated by

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's Laurence Ginnell. 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 ...

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. He was a member of Seanad Éireann of the

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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 re ...

in 1922.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nugent, Walter Richard, 4th Baronet 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