Robert Henry Metge
Robert Henry Metge MP JP | |
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Member of Parliament for Meath | |
In office 31 March 1880 – 21 February 1884 Serving with Edward Sheil ( – ) Michael Davitt ( – ) Alexander Martin Sullivan ( – ) Charles Stewart Parnell (1880 – ) | |
Preceded by | Charles Stewart Parnell Nicholas Ennis |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 1850 Athlumney, Co Meath, Ireland |
Died | 19 September 1900 Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), Co Dublin, Ireland | (aged 49–50)
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Home Rule |
Spouse(s) | Lilian Margaret Grubb
(m. 1892)Frances Thomasina Virgina Lambart
(m. 1874) |
Children | 15 |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin[1] |
Robert Henry Metge JP (1850 – 19 September 1900)[2][3] was an Irish Home Rule League politician. He was born in Athlumney, Co Meath, the son of John Charles Metge and Eliza Ibbetson Cole of Navan, Co Meath.
A barrister, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Meath in 1880, but resigned the seat on 30 July 1883.[4]
His first marriage was in 1874 to Frances Thomasine Virginia Lambart, with whom he had thirteen children; his second wife Lillian Margaret Metge was a leading suffragette, with whom he had two daughters. After his premature death, she was arrested for causing an explosion, damaging the Cathedral in Lisburn.
Robert Metge died in Kingstown, Co Dublin on 19 September 1900.
References[]
- ^ "Metge Family". Navan & District Historical Society. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
- ^ "Captain Robert Henry Metge". The Peerage. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Metge
Categories:
- UK MPs 1880–1885
- 1850 births
- 1900 deaths
- Home Rule League MPs
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Meath constituencies (1801–1922)
- Irish suffragettes
- Irish (UK) MP stubs