Richard Joseph Devereux Explained

Richard Joseph Devereux
Office:	Member of Parliament for Wexford Borough
Term Start:	17 July 1865
Term End:	26 April 1872
Predecessor:	John Edward Redmond
Successor:	William Archer Redmond
Birth Date:	1829
Nationality:	Irish
Party:	Liberal
Relatives:	John Thomas Devereux (brother)

Richard Joseph Devereux (1829–1883) was an Irish Liberal politician.

Devereux was elected MP as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wexford Borough—a seat his brother John Thomas Devereux held between 1847 and 1859—in the 1865 general election and held the seat until he resigned in 1872.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.
2. Book: Lane. Fintan. Politics, Society and the Middle Class in Modern Ireland. 2009. Springer Publishing. 9780230273917. 163. Illustrated.
3. Web site: Comerford. Patrick. Finding the relics of saints in churches, but who was the boy in Wexford Friary?. Patrick Comerford. 22 March 2018. 1 November 2016.