Francis Macnamara Calcutt Explained

Francis Macnamara Calcultt
Office:Member of Parliament
for Clare
Term Start:13 April 1860
Term End:16 July 1863
Predecessor:Luke White
Crofton Moore Vandeleur
Alongside:Crofton Moore Vandeleur
Successor:Colman O'Loghlen
Crofton Moore Vandeleur
Term Start2:16 April 1857
Term End2:13 May 1859
Predecessor2:Cornelius O'Brien
John Forster FitzGerald
Alongside2:Lord Francis Conyngham
Successor2:Luke White
Crofton Moore Vandeleur
Birth Date:1819
Birth Place:Limrick, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Liberal
Otherparty:Independent Irish (until 1859)

Francis Macnamara Calcutt (1819 – 16 July 1863) was an Irish Liberal and Independent Irish Party politician.

The son of William Calcutt and Dora Macnamara, he was elected as an Independent Irish Member of Parliament (MP) for Clare in 1857 but was defeated at the next election in 1859. He regained the seat as a Liberal MP in a by-election in 1860, and remained in post until his death in 1863.[1] He had married Georgina Martyn in 1842.[2]

He was High Sheriff of Clare in 1857.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.
  2. Book: Walford . Edward . The County Families of the United Kingdom Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland ... . 1869 . R. Hardwicke . 163 . en.