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Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Baronet, (21 September 1862 – 15 September 1935) was an Irish
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politician and author.


Politics

Esmonde represented the
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as an MP for the constituencies of
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from 1885 to 1892; West Kerry from 1892 to 1900; and North Wexford from 1900 to 1918. He also sat as an
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in the
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from 1922 to 1934. He was
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in 1887.


Personal life

He was the son of Sir John Esmonde, 10th Baronet and his wife Louisa, daughter of the younger
Henry Grattan Henry Grattan (3 July 1746 – 4 June 1820) was an Irish politician and lawyer who campaigned for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century from Britain. He was a Member of the Irish Parliament (MP) from 1775 to 18 ...
(making him a great-grandson of the pre- Union Irish statesman
Henry Grattan Henry Grattan (3 July 1746 – 4 June 1820) was an Irish politician and lawyer who campaigned for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century from Britain. He was a Member of the Irish Parliament (MP) from 1775 to 18 ...
). In July 1891, he married Alice Donovan of
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. Alice and Esmonde had five children: *Alngelda Barbara Mary Grattan Esmonde *Eithne Moira Grattan Esmonde; married her second cousin Sir Anthony Esmonde, 15th Baronet *Patricia Alison Louisa Grattan Esmonde *
Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet Sir Osmond Thomas Grattan Esmonde, 12th Baronet (4 April 1896 – 22 July 1936) was an Irish diplomat and Cumann na nGaedheal (and later Fine Gael) politician. Early life He was born in Ballynastragh, Gorey, County Wexford in 1896, the eldest ...
(1896–1936) *John Henry Grattan Esmonde (1899–1916); killed in the
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Alice died in December 1922, and in September 1924 Esmonde married Anna Frances Levins. Esmonde's home, Ballynastragh House, located near
Gorey Gorey () is a market town in north County Wexford, Ireland. It is bypassed by the main N11 road (Ireland), M11 Dublin to Wexford road. The town is also connected to the Gorey railway station, railway network along the same route. Local newspape ...
,
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, and dating from the 17th century, was burned down on 9 March 1923 by members of the
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. The house was rebuilt on a much smaller scale in 1937. Esmonde was a frequent traveller and author of articles on Irish folklore and antiquities, as well as a memoir, ''Hunting Memories of Many Lands'' (1920). He died in Dublin, six days before his 73rd birthday. In 1902 he founded the Enniscorthy Echo in co-operation with William Sears.


Honours

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of the
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.Notable Irish Members (Historic): Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde
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See also

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Esmonde Family Tree
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Esmonde, Thomas Henry 1862 births 1935 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Dublin constituencies (1801–1922) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kerry constituencies (1801–1922) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wexford constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 Members of the 1922 Seanad Members of the 1925 Seanad Members of the 1928 Seanad Members of the 1931 Seanad Politicians from County Wexford
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High sheriffs of County Waterford Members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre Independent members of Seanad Éireann People from Gorey Anti-Parnellite MPs