Sir John Esmonde | |
Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | February 1973 |
Term End: | June 1977 |
Constituency: | Wexford |
Party: | Fine Gael |
Birth Date: | 27 June 1928 |
Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Children: | 5 |
Spouse: | Pamela Mary Bourke |
Father: | Sir Anthony Esmonde |
Relatives: | Sir John Esmonde (uncle) |
Education: | Blackrock College |
Sir John Henry Grattan Esmonde, 16th Baronet, of the Esmonde baronets, (27 June 1928 – 16 May 1987) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. A Senior Counsel by profession, Esmonde was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency at the 1973 general election.[1] He lost his seat at the 1977 general election.[2] The outgoing Government appointed him as a judge of the Circuit Court. He was assigned to the Western Circuit, and served as the Circuit judge there until his death.
His uncle Sir John Esmonde, 14th Baronet, was a Fine Gael TD for Wexford from 1937 to 1951 and his father Sir Anthony Esmonde, 15th Baronet, was a Fine Gael TD for Wexford from 1951 to 1973.[3]