Edmund Dease | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Queen's County |
Alongside: | Kenelm Thomas Digby |
Birth Date: | 6 September 1829 |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Home Rule |
Otherparty: | Liberal (until 1874) |
Alma Mater: | Queen's University of Ireland |
Residence: | Rath House, Ballybrittas, Laois |
Children: |
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Edmund Gerald Dease (6 September 1829 – 17 July 1904) was an Irish Home Rule League and Liberal politician.
He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Queen's County at a by-election in 1870 as a Liberal candidate, and won the seat again in 1874 as a Home Rule candidate. He then held the seat until he stood down in 1880.[1]
Dease was educated at Queen's University of Ireland where he achieved a Master of Arts. Throughout his life, he was also a Deputy Lieutenant, Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of National Education, and member of the senate at Royal University of Ireland. His daughter was the Irish language prayer collector Charlotte Dease.[2]