John Phillips (1839 or 1840 – 2 April 1917)Census of Ireland 1911
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'', 4 April 1017 was an Irish politician. He was the

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Member of Parliament for South Longford. Phillips was born in

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, and was a farmer there. As a young man he was a leader of the

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in Longford, but later devoted his energies to the constitutional

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. He was co-opted to

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on its establishment in 1899, and was its chairman from 1902 until his death. He was elected as MP for South Longford in 1907. He died at his home in

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after a long illness on 2 April 1917, aged 77.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, John 1917 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Longford constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Year of birth uncertain Politicians from County Longford