| Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
| Thomas Esmonde | |
| Term Start: | 11 December 1922 |
| Term End: | 12 December 1934 |
| Term Start1: | October 1900 |
| Term End1: | December 1918 |
| Term Start2: | July 1892 |
| Term End2: | October 1900 |
| Term Start3: | December 1885 |
| Term End3: | July 1892 |
| Predecessor3: | New constituency |
| Birth Date: | 21 September 1862 |
| Birth Place: | County Wexford, Ireland |
| Death Place: | County Wexford, Ireland |
| Father: | John Esmonde |
Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Baronet, (21 September 1862 – 15 September 1935) was an Irish Home Rule nationalist politician and author.[1]
Esmonde represented the Irish Parliamentary Party as an MP for the constituencies of South Dublin from 1885 to 1892; West Kerry from 1892 to 1900; and North Wexford from 1900 to 1918. He also sat as an independent Senator in the Oireachtas from 1922 to 1934.[2] [3] He was High Sheriff of County Waterford in 1887.[1]
He was the son of Sir John Esmonde, 10th Baronet and his wife Louisa, daughter of the younger Henry Grattan (making him a great-grandson of the pre-Union Irish statesman Henry Grattan).[4]
In July 1891, he married Alice Donovan of Tralee.[5] Alice and Esmonde had five children:
Alice died in December 1922, and in September 1924 Esmonde married Anna Frances Levins.[5]
Esmonde's home, Ballynastragh House, located near Gorey, County Wexford, and dating from the 17th century, was burned down on 9 March 1923 by members of the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army. The house was rebuilt on a much smaller scale in 1937.[6]
Esmonde was a frequent traveller and author of articles on Irish folklore and antiquities, as well as a memoir, Hunting Memories of Many Lands (1920).[1] He died in Dublin, six days before his 73rd birthday.[1]
| Shield: | Ermine on a chief Gules three mullets Argent. |
| Crest: | Out of a mural crown Gules a head in profile wearing a helmet all Proper. |
| Motto: | Malo Mori Quam Foedari (Had Rather Die Than Be Dishonoured)[7] |
In 1902 he founded the Enniscorthy Echo in co-operation with William Sears.[8]
Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.[9]