William Henry Magan Explained

William Henry Magan
Office:Member of Parliament
for Westmeath
Term Start:10 August 1847
Term End:10 May 1859
Predecessor:Hugh Morgan Tuite
Benjamin Chapman
Successor:William Pollard-Urquhart
Richard Levinge
Alongside:Richard Levinge (18571859)
William Pollard-Urquhart (18521857)
Percy Nugent (18471852)
Birth Date:1820
Nationality:Irish
Party:Whig
Otherparty:Independent Irish Party
Repeal Association

William Henry Magan (1820 –)[1] was an Irish Whig, Independent Irish Party and Repeal Association politician.[2] [3]

Magan was elected a Repeal Association Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmeath at the 1847 general election and, becoming an Independent Irish Party MP in 1852 and then a Whig again in 1857, held the seat until 1859 when he did not seek re-election.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 14 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181014145500/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm. 14 October 2018 . usurped . 11 October 2018 .
  2. News: The New Parliament . 14 October 2018 . Lincolnshire Gazette . 20 August 1847 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. News: Dublin Weekly Nation . 14 October 2018 . 21 March 1857 . 5 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  4. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 978-0901714121. 320.