Life elected MP for Limerick, from 1847; participated in ejecting of Lord John Russell and the Whigs, 1851; took the Chiltern Hundreds after censure by his constituency; opposed Tenant League; MP Clonmel, 1853; accepted sinecure post in Hanaper Office, Dublin Castle; undistinguished as a speaker; wrote propaganda for the Association, viz., Argument for Ireland (1844); Repeal Dictionary (1845); compiled The Life and Speeches of Daniel OConnell (1846), and a rambling Recollections (1846); died 24 June; an 11-page obituary appeared in the Irish Quarterly Review. ODNB PI DIB DIH References Ulster Libraries: Belfast Linen Hall Library holds The Repeal Dictionary (1845). Belfast Public Library holds Recollections and Experiences (1849). [ top ] |