Edmund Dease Explained

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:
  • Teresa Mary
  • Mary
  • Charlotte
  • Edmund James
  • Louis George

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 978-0-901714-12-1.
  2. Web site: Edmund Gerald Dease. The Peerage. 18 January 2018.