John Rawdon Explained

John Rawdon
Office:Member of Parliament
for
Term Start:22 May 1840
Term End:9 July 1852
Predecessor:William Curry
Successor:Ross Stephenson Moore
Birth Date:1804
Nationality:Irish
Party:Whig

John Dawson Rawdon (1804 – 5 May 1866)[1] was an Irish Whig politician and army officer.[2] [3] [4] [5]

He was elected Whig MP for at a by-election in 1840—caused by the resignation of William Curry—and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election.[4] [5] [6]

Rawdon also attained the army ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel and, in 1828, married Lady Dowager Cremorne.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "A" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 18 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180804122909/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Gcommons1.htm. 4 August 2018 . usurped . 23 June 2018 .
  2. News: The Elections . 15 September 2018 . Dublin Weekly Nation . 7 August 1847 . 8–9 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. News: Irish Members Returned . 15 September 2018 . Sligo Journal . 13 August 1847 . 4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  4. Book: Smith. Henry Stooks. The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections. 1842. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 215. Second. 15 September 2018 . .
  5. Web site: John Rawdon . Members of Parliament after 1832 . 18 August 2019.
  6. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.

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