Sir James Power, 2nd Baronet (6 December 1800 – 30 September 1877)
was an
Irish Liberal and
Repeal Association
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The Association's aim was to revert Ireland to th ...
politician, barrister, and Governor of the
Bank of Ireland
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.
Family
Power was the son of John Power, a whiskey distiller and head of the
Powers
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Arts and media
* ''Powers'' (comics), a comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming
** ''Powers'' (American TV series), a 2015–2016 series based on the comics
* ''Powers'' (British TV series), a 200 ...
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
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People
* King James (disambiguat ...
;
Thomas
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; Mary Jane; Gwendoline Anna Eliza; and, Francis Mary Ursula.
Political career
Power was elected
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 th ...
Member of Parliament
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(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–March
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Ja ...
when he stood down.
Baronetcy
Power succeeded to the peerage in 1855 upon the death of his father. Upon his death, his son
John Talbot Power succeeded.
Other activities
Power was Governor of the Bank of Ireland, Chairman of the
Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway, and Commissioner for Charitable Bequests in Ireland. He was also a
Deputy Lieutenant. In 1859, he was
High Sheriff of Dublin City
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.
References
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1800 births
1877 deaths
Irish Liberal Party MPs
Irish Repeal Association MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wexford constituencies (1801–1922)
High Sheriffs of Dublin City
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
UK MPs 1835–1837
UK MPs 1837–1841
UK MPs 1841–1847
UK MPs 1865–1868