John Thomas Devereux Explained

John Thomas Devereux
Office:Member of Parliament
for Wexford Borough
Term Start:4 August 1847
Term End:3 May 1859
Predecessor:Thomas Esmonde
Successor:John Edward Redmond
Death Date:31 December 1885
Nationality:Irish
Party:Whig
Otherparty:Independent Irish Party
Repeal Association

John Thomas Devereux (died 31 December 1885)[1] was an Irish Whig, Independent Irish Party and Repeal Association politician.

Devereux was elected as Repeal Association Member of Parliament (MP) for Wexford Borough at the 1847 general election and, becoming an Independent Irish Party MP in 1852 and then a Whig in 1857, held the seat until 1859 when he did not seek re-election.[2] His younger brother Richard Joseph Devereux was elected MP for Wexford Borough in 1865.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 14 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181014145500/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm . 14 October 2018 . usurped . 11 October 2018 .
  2. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 978-0901714121. 321.