Sir James Power, 2nd Baronet explained

Sir James Power
Honorific-Suffix:Bt
Office:Member of Parliament
for County Wexford
Term Start:24 July 1865
Term End:24 November 1868
Predecessor:Patrick McMahon
John George
Alongside:Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh (1866–1868)
John George (1865–1866)
Successor:John Talbot Power
Matthew Peter D'Arcy
Term Start2:27 January 1835
Term End2:10 August 1847
Predecessor2:Cadwallader Waddy
Henry Lambert
Alongside2:Villiers Francis Hatton (18411847)
John Maher (18351841)
Successor2:James Fagan
Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan
Birth Date:6 December 1800
Nationality:Irish
Party:Liberal
Otherparty:Repeal Association
Children:Six, including John Talbot Power, James Talbot Power and Thomas Talbot Power
Parents:John Power
Mary Brennan
Residence:Edermine House, County Wexford, Ireland

Sir James Power, 2nd Baronet (6 December 1800 – 30 September 1877) was an Irish Liberal and Repeal Association politician, barrister, and Governor of the Bank of Ireland.[1]

Family

Power was the son of John Power, a whiskey distiller and head of the Powers company, and Mary (née Brennan). He married Jane Ann Eliza Talbot, daughter of John Hyacinth Talbot in 1843 and together they had six children: John; James; Thomas; Mary Jane; Gwendoline Anna Eliza; and, Francis Mary Ursula.[2]

Political career

Power was elected Repeal Association Member of Parliament (MP) for County Wexford in the 1835 general election and held the seat until 1847 when he stood down. He was later elected MP as a Liberal candidate for the same constituency in the 1865 general election and held the seat until 1868 when he stood down.[3]

Baronetcy

Power succeeded to the baronetcy in 1855 upon the death of his father. Upon his death, his son John Talbot Power succeeded.

Other activities

Power was Governor of the Bank of Ireland, Chairman of the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway, and Commissioner for Charitable Bequests in Ireland. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant. In 1859, he was High Sheriff of Dublin City.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: O'Neill. Ciaran. Catholics of Consequence: Transnational Education, Social Mobility, and the Irish Catholic Elite 1850-1900. 2014. Oxford University Press. 9780191017469. 144. 22 March 2018.
  2. Book: Foster. Joseph. Joseph Foster (genealogist). The baronetage and knightage. 1881. Nichols and Sons. 510.
  3. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.