Patrick Fullam Explained

Patrick Fullam^[1] (1847 – 18 January 1924)^{[2] [3]} was an Irish nationalist politician who served briefly in the 1890s as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Meath, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Political career

At the 1892 general election, Fullam stood as an Anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation candidate in South Meath, and in a two-way contest with a Parnellite candidate he won the seat by the narrow margin of 2,212 votes to 2199.^[4] However, the result was voided after an electoral petition,^[5] and at the resulting by-election on 17 February 1893, Jeremiah Jordan was elected in his place.^[6]

He died, a farmer, in Donore, County Meath on 18 January 1924.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Referred to as "Patrick Fulham" by Walker (1978) and The Times. In his 1901 and 1911 census return and on his death cert, Fullham is used.
2. Web site: Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "M", part 2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231437/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Mcommons2.htm . 10 August 2009 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . usurped . 14 December 2009.
3. Headstone inscription from Donore Hill graveyard, listed by Slane History and Archaeological Society Web site: Donore Hill Graveyard . 2013-06-13 . dead . https://archive.today/20131005115629/http://www.slanehistoricalsociety.com/index.php/headstone-inscriptions/28-donore-hill . 5 October 2013 . dmy-all .
4. Book: Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922 . Brian M. Walker . Royal Irish Academy . Dublin . 1978 . 0-901714-12-7 . 131.
5. Walker, op. cit., page 148
6. Walker, op. cit., page 150
7. Web site: General Registrar's Office. IrishGenealogy.ie. 18 January 2017.