Robert Henry Metge Explained

Robert Henry Metge
Office:Member of Parliament
for Meath
Term Start:31 March 1880
Term End:21 February 1884
Predecessor:Charles Stewart Parnell
Nicholas Ennis
Alongside:Edward Sheil (April 1882 – 1884)
Michael Davitt (February 1882 – April 1882)
Alexander Martin Sullivan (May 1880 – February 1882)
Charles Stewart Parnell (1880 – May 1880)
Successor:Constituency abolished
Birth Date:1850
Birth Place:Athlumney, Co Meath, Ireland
Death Place:Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), Co Dublin, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Home Rule
Spouse:
Children:15
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Dublin[1]

Robert Henry Metge (1850 – 19 September 1900)[2] was an Irish Home Rule League politician. He was born in Athlumney, Co Meath, the son of John Charles Metge and Eliza Ibbetson Cole of Navan, Co Meath.

A barrister, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Meath in 1880, but resigned the seat on 30 July 1883.[3]

His first marriage was in 1874 to Frances Thomasine Virginia Lambart, with whom he had thirteen children; his second wife Lillian Margaret Metge was a leading suffragette, with whom he had two daughters. After his premature death, she was arrested for causing an explosion, damaging the Cathedral in Lisburn.

Robert Metge died in Kingstown, Co Dublin on 19 September 1900.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metge Family. Navan & District Historical Society. 6 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Captain Robert Henry Metge. The Peerage. 6 January 2018.
  3. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.