Samuel Morris (1846 – 1 August 1920) was an Irish

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

politician and

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(MP) in the

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of the

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. He was elected unopposed as an

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(Anti-Parnellite) MP for the South Kilkenny constituency at the 1894 by-election, following the resignation of the incumbent MP

Patrick Chance Patrick Alexander Chance (1857–1919) was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was elected as an Irish Parliamentary Party MP for the South K ...

. He was re-elected unopposed at the 1895 general election, but did not contest the 1900 general election.

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* 1846 births 1920 deaths Anti-Parnellite MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kilkenny constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub