Nicholas Maher | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for |
Term Start: | 10 February 1844 |
Term End: | 18 October 1851 |
Predecessor: | Robert Otway-Cave Valentine Maher |
Successor: | Francis Scully James Sadleir |
Alongside: | Robert Otway-Cave (1844–1845) Richard Albert Fitzgerald (1845–1847) Francis Scully (1847–1851) |
Death Date: | 18 October 1851 |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Repeal Association |
Nicholas Valentine Maher (died 18 October 1851)[1] was an Irish Repeal Association politician.[2] [3]
He was the son of Thomas Maher, a medical practitioner, and his wife Margaret. In 1845, he married Margaret Jane Herbert, the daughter of Walter Otway Herbert and Mary Miles.[2] [4]
Maher was first elected Repeal Association MP for at a by-election in 1844—caused by the death of his cousin, Valentine Maher—and held the seat until his own death in 1851.[2] [5]
He was also a member of the Reform Club.[2]