John Thomas Devereux
John Thomas Devereux | |
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Member of Parliament for Wexford Borough | |
In office 4 August 1847 – 3 May 1859 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Esmonde |
Succeeded by | John Edward Redmond |
Personal details | |
Died | 31 December 1885 |
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Whig |
Other political affiliations | Independent Irish Party Repeal Association |
John Thomas Devereux (died 31 December 1885)[1] was an Irish Whig, Independent Irish Party and Repeal Association politician.[2]
Devereux was elected as Repeal Association Member of Parliament (MP) for Wexford Borough at the 1847 general election and, becoming an Independent Irish Party MP in 1852 and then a Whig in 1857, held the seat until 1859 when he did not seek re-election.[2] His younger brother Richard Joseph Devereux was elected MP for Wexford Borough in 1865.
References[]
- ^ Rayment, Leigh (11 October 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 321. ISBN 978-0901714121.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr John Devereux
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- UK MPs 1847–1852
- UK MPs 1852–1857
- UK MPs 1857–1859
- Irish Repeal Association MPs
- Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies
- Irish Nationalist politicians
- 1885 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wexford constituencies (1801–1922)
- Irish (UK) MP stubs