Richard Joseph Devereux

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Richard Joseph Devereux
Member of Parliament
for Wexford Borough
In office
17 July 1865 – 26 April 1872
Preceded byJohn Edward Redmond
Succeeded byWilliam Archer Redmond
Personal details
Born1829
Died1883 (aged 53–54)
NationalityIrish
Political partyLiberal
RelativesJohn Thomas Devereux (brother)

Richard Joseph Devereux (1829–1883)[1] was an Irish Liberal politician.

Devereux was elected MP as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wexford Borough—a seat his brother John Thomas Devereux held between 1847 and 1859—in the 1865 general election and held the seat until he resigned in 1872.[2][3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
  2. ^ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  3. ^ Lane, Fintan, ed. (2009). Politics, Society and the Middle Class in Modern Ireland (Illustrated ed.). Springer Publishing. p. 163. ISBN 9780230273917.
  4. ^ Comerford, Patrick (1 November 2016). "Finding the relics of saints in churches, but who was the boy in Wexford Friary?". Patrick Comerford. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wexford Borough
1865 – 1872
Succeeded by