Richard Smithwicke Explained

Richard Smithwicke
Office:Member of Parliament
for
Term Start:29 July 1846
Term End:18 August 1847
Predecessor:Pierce Butler
Pierce Somerset Butler
Successor:Pierce Somerset Butler
John Greene
Alongside:Pierce Somerset Butler
Birth Date:1804
Nationality:Irish
Party:Repeal Association

Richard Smithwicke (1804 – 20 November 1860)[1] was an Irish Repeal Association politician.

Smithwicke was first elected MP for at a by-election in 1846—caused by the death of Pierce Butler—and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "K" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 23 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180911195229/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Kcommons2.htm. 11 September 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
  2. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.