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County Wexford (UK Parliament Constituency)
County Wexford was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the United Kingdom House of Commons. Boundaries This constituency comprised the whole of County Wexford, except for the parliamentary boroughs of New Ross New Ross (, formerly ) is a town in southwest County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, on the River Barrow on the border with County Kilkenny, northeast of Waterford. In 2022, it had a population of 8,610, making it the fourth-largest t ... and Wexford Borough. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1830s Chichester was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Templemore and causing a by-election. Carew was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Carew and causing a by-election. Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1850s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
County Wexford
County Wexford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory of Uí Ceinnselaig, Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinnsealaigh''), whose capital was Ferns, County Wexford, Ferns. Wexford County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county. The population of the county was 163,527 at the 2022 census. History The county is rich in evidence of early human habitation.Stout, Geraldine. "Essay 1: Wexford in Prehistory 5000 B.C. to 300 AD" in ''Wexford: History and Society'', pp 1 – 39. ''Portal tombs'' (sometimes called dolmens) exist at Ballybrittas (on Bree Hill) and at Newbawn – and date from the Neolithic period or earlier. Remains from the Bronze Age period are far more widespread. Early Irish tribes formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert Shapland Carew
Robert Shapland Carew (1752–1829) was an Irish politician.Jupp, P. J. (1986). "CAREW, Robert Shapland I (1752-1829), of Castleborough, co. Wexford." In Thorne, R. J. (ed.). ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820.'' Woodbridge, Surrey: Boydell & Brewer. p. 407. Carew was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Carew represented Waterford City from 1776 to 1800 and, after the Acts of Union, County Wexford in the British House of Commons The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 memb ... from 1806 to 1807. His son was the 1st Baron Carew. References People from Wexford, County Wexford Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
James Fagan (MP)
James Fagan (1800 – 1863) was an Irish Repeal Association politician and timber merchant. Developer of the Grand Hotel in Malahide, Fagan was elected Repeal Association MP for County Wexford at the 1847 general election and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election. He was a member of the Reform Club The Reform Club is a private members' club, owned and controlled by its members, on the south side of Pall Mall, London, Pall Mall in central London, England. As with all of London's original gentlemen's clubs, it had an all-male membership for .... References External links * UK MPs 1847–1852 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wexford constituencies (1801–1922) Irish Repeal Association MPs 1800 births 1863 deaths {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Villiers Francis Hatton
Villiers Francis Hatton (20 August 1787 – 8 February 1859) was an Irish Whig politician. Hatton was the son of George Hatton MP (died 1831) of Clonard, co. Wexford, and his wife Lady Isabella Seymour-Conway, daughter of the Marquess of Hertford. He first served in the Royal Navy but retired as a captain in 1812 after being wounded. He was elected Whig MP for County Wexford at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election. Later made a Vice Admiral, he was a member of the United Service Club The United Service Club was a London gentlemen's club founded in 1815 for the use of senior officers in the British Army and Royal Navy – those above the rank of Major or Commander – and the club was accordingly known to its members as "The .... He married Cecilia La Touche, daughter of David La Touche MP (1769-1816) and Lady Cecilia Leeson, daughter of Lord Milltown, and had by her a son and two daughters. References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sir James Power, 2nd Baronet
Sir James Power, 2nd Baronet (6 December 1800 – 30 September 1877) was an Irish Liberal and Repeal Association politician, barrister, and Governor of the Bank of Ireland. Family Power was the son of John Power, a whiskey distiller and head of the Powers company, and Mary (née Brennan). He married Jane Ann Eliza Talbot, daughter of John Hyacinth Talbot in 1843 and together they had six children: John; James; Thomas; Mary Jane; Gwendoline Anna Eliza; and, Francis Mary Ursula. Political career Power was elected Repeal Association Member of Parliament (MP) for County Wexford in the 1835 general election and held the seat until 1847 when he stood down. He was later elected MP as a Liberal candidate for the same constituency in the 1865 general election and held the seat until 1868 Events January * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Maher (MP)
John Maher (died 28 May 1860) was an Irish politician. Maher was educated at Clongowes Wood College. He inherited large estates in County Wexford from his father. He became a deputy lieutenant of Queen's County, and a steward of the Turf Club. At the 1835 UK general election, he stood in County Wexford for the Repeal Association. He won the seat, and held it at the 1837 UK general election, standing down in 1841 Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom and Qishan of the Qing dynasty agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the .... References Year of birth missing 1860 deaths Irish Repeal Association MPs UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 People educated at Clongowes Wood College {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Repeal Association
The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell in 1830 to campaign for a repeal of the Acts of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland. The Association's aim was to revert Ireland to the fully devolved government briefly achieved by Henry Grattan and his patriots in the 1780s—that is, complete legislative independence for the Parliament of Ireland under the British Crown—but this time with Catholic voting rights that were now possible following the Act of Emancipation in 1829, supported by the electorate approved under the Irish Reform Act 1832. On its failure by the late 1840s the Young Ireland movement developed. Repealer candidates contested the 1832 United Kingdom general election The 1832 United Kingdom general election was held on 8 December 1832 to 8 January 1833. The first election to be held in the newly-reformed House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, the Whigs (British polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cadwallader Waddy
Cadwallader Waddy (15 February 1783 – 7 February 1843) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician who sat for six months as Member of the UK Parliament for County Wexford, Ireland, in 1834. Biography Cadwallader Waddy was born on 15 February 1783 to Richard Waddy of Kilmacoe, County Wexford, and Penelope, heiress of Nicholas Hatchell (d. 1788). The Waddy family of Clougheast Castle in the south-east of County Wexford traced their lineage back to Edmond Waddy (d. June 1684), a cornet in the New Model Army who took part in the 1649–1653 Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, and who received a grant of Clougheast and other Wexford lands. He entered the army by purchasing a commission as an ensign in the 60th Regiment of Foot in 1800, later serving as a lieutenant in the 46th, a captain in the 15th, then transferring to the 69th and the 89th in 1804. He sold his commission and retired from the Army in December 1806. He first stood as a Repeal Association candidate for the Wexfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Henry Lambert (MP)
Henry Lambert (1 September 1786 – 20 October 1861) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Living at Carnagh, in County Wexford, Lambert stood for the Whigs in County Wexford at the 1831 UK general election, winning the seat. He argued that Parliamentary representation of Ireland should be on the same basis as in England, and that the UK Parliament should meet in Dublin every third year. Lambert held his seat at the 1832 UK general election, then stood down in 1835. He later became a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of Wexford. He stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative Party candidate in New Ross New Ross (, formerly ) is a town in southwest County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, on the River Barrow on the border with County Kilkenny, northeast of Waterford. In 2022, it had a population of 8,610, making it the fourth-largest t ... at the 1852 UK general election. He was the author of a book, ''A Memoir of Ireland in 1850 by an ex M.P.''. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
George Annesley, Viscount Valentia
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Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore
Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore (8 January 1797 – 26 September 1837), was a British soldier, politician and courtier. Early life Chichester was born in Westminster, London, the eldest, and only surviving, son of Lord Spencer Chichester of Dunbrody Park (himself the third son of the 1st Marquess of Donegall) and Lady Anne Harriet Stewart (a daughter of the 7th Earl of Galloway).Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1160. He was educated in England at Harrow School from 1808 to 1813 before matriculating at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1815. Career He entered the British Army, serving with the 2nd Life Guards and eventually attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1827. In 1826 Chichester was elected Whig Member of Parliament for Milborne Port, a seat he held for four years before becoming representative for County Wex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
James Stopford, 4th Earl Of Courtown
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