Francis Macdonogh | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Sligo Borough |
Term Start: | 9 August 1860 |
Term End: | 15 July 1865 |
Predecessor: | Arthur John Wynne |
Successor: | Richard Armstrong |
Birth Date: | 1806 |
Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Conservative |
Otherparty: | Whig |
Francis Macdonogh (1806 – 18 April 1882)[1] was an Irish politician and barrister.[2]
Macdonogh was admitted to the bar in 1829, and made a member of the Queen's Counsel in 1842, later becoming counsel to Inland Revenue for Ireland for 1858 to 1859. He was also a Justice of the Peace for County Armagh, County Kilkenny and County Sligo.[1]
Macdonogh first stood for election as a Whig in Carrickfergus in 1857,[3] but was unsuccessful. He was later elected as th Member of Parliament (MP) for Sligo Borough at a by-election in 1860 – caused by Arthur John Wayne's resignation – and held the seat until 1868 when he was defeated.[4] [5]