Robert Henry Metge (1850 – 19 September 1900) was an

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politician. He was born in Athlumney, Co Meath, the son of John Charles Metge and Eliza Ibbetson Cole of Navan, Co Meath. A barrister, he was elected as a

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(MP) for Meath in 1880, but resigned the seat on 30 July 1883. His first marriage was in 1874 to Frances Thomasine Virginia Lambart, with whom he had thirteen children; his second wife Lillian Margaret Metge was a leading suffragette, with whom he had two daughters. After his premature death, she was arrested for causing an explosion, damaging the

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in Lisburn. Robert Metge died in Kingstown, Co Dublin on 19 September 1900.

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* UK MPs 1880–1885 1850 births 1900 deaths Home Rule League MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Meath constituencies (1801–1922) Irish suffragettes {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub