Pál Sennyey Explained

Pál Sennyey
Order:Speaker of the House of Magnates
Term Start:9 December 1865
Term End:22 March 1867
Predecessor:György Apponyi
Successor:György Majláth Jr.
Term Start2:16 December 1884
Term End2:3 January 1888
Predecessor2:László Szőgyény-Marich
Successor2:Miklós Vay
Birth Date:24 April 1822
Birth Place:Buda, Kingdom of Hungary
Death Date:3 January 1888 (aged 65)
Death Place:Battyán, Austria-Hungary
Profession:politician
Party:Conservative Party, Deák Party, Right-wing Opposition

Baron Pál Sennyey de Kissennye (24 April 1822  - 3 January 1888) was a Hungarian conservative politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Magnates twice; between 1865 and 1867 and from 1884 to 1888, his death. He also functioned as chairman of the Royal Council of Governor (1865 - 1867), Master of the Treasury (1865 - 1867) and Lord Chief Justice (1884 - 1888).

Sennyey strongly opposed the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He participated in development of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise after 1862. He was the leader of the conservative landowners' Right-wing Opposition which left the governing Liberal Party in 1875.

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