Valentine Maher Explained

Valentine Maher
Office:	Member of Parliament for
Term Start:	14 July 1841
Term End:	January 1844
Alongside:	Robert Otway-Cave
Predecessor:	Robert Otway-Cave Richard Lalor Sheil
Successor:	Robert Otway-Cave Nicholas Maher
Birth Date:	17 May 1780
Death Date:	January 1844
Nationality:	Irish
Party:	Whig

Valentine Maher (17 May 1780 – January 1844)^[1] was an Irish Whig politician.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Maher was first elected Whig MP for at the 1841 general election and held the seat until his death in 1844, when his cousin Nicholas Maher took over the seat.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

He was a member of Arthur's and a magistrate for County Tipperary.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "T" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 25 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180903033741/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Tcommons1.htm. 3 September 2018 . usurped . 7 September 2017 .
2. Web site: Valentine Maher . Members of Parliament after 1832 . History of Parliament . 25 August 2019.
3. Book: Burke, John . Burke, John Bernard . John Burke (genealogist) . Bernard Burke . A Genealogical and Heraldic of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland . 1847 . Henry Colburn . London . 820 . .
4. Book: Smith. Henry Stooks. The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections. 1842. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 240. Second. 11 October 2018 . .
5. Book: Edward. Churton. Edward Churton. The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. 1838. 51. . 25 August 2019.
6. News: Local Intelligence . 25 August 2019 . Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser . 17 July 1841 . 4–5 . . subscription.
7. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.