Charles Skeffington Clements

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Charles Skeffington Clements
Member of Parliament
for Leitrim
In office
12 August 1847 – 26 July 1852
Serving with Edward King-Tenison
Preceded bySamuel White
William Clements
Succeeded byHugh Lyons-Montgomery
John Brady
Personal details
Born1807
Died (aged 70)
NationalityIrish
Political partyWhig
Parent(s)Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim
Mary Bermingham

Charles Skeffington Clements (1807 – 29 September 1877)[1][2][3] was an Irish Whig politician.[4][5]

Clements was the third son of Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim—one of the first two MPs to sit for Leitrim after the Acts of Union 1801—and Mary Bermingham, daughter of William Bermingham and Mary née Ruttledge.[2] A captain in the army, he died unmarried in 1877.[3]

Clements was elected Whig MP for Leitrim at the 1847 general election and held the seat until 1852 when he was unseated, finishing third and bottom in the poll.[2][3][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (4 September 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Leitrim, Earl of (I, 1795 – 1952)". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl (10 May 2011). "Hon. Charles Skeffington Clements". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Leitrim". Dublin Weekly Nation. 21 August 1847. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Leitrim (Country)". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 14 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 291. ISBN 978-0901714121.

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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Leitrim
18471852
With: Edward King-Tenison
Succeeded by