1895 Dublin University by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election March 2023 March 2023 The 1895 Dublin University by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 2–6 December 1895.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 292 The constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The seat had become vacant when the Unionist Member of Parliament, David Plunket was elevated to the peerage as Baron Rathmore on 14 November 1895.26680 15 November 1895 6182 Plunket had been a Member of Parliament for the constituency since an 1870 by-election. Candidates W. E. H. Lecky stood as a Liberal Unionist candidate. He was an essayist and historian. He was the author of History of England in the XVIIIth Century among other works.Stenton Michael Lees Stephen 1978 Who's Who of British Members of Parliament 2 https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofbritish0002unse Brighton The Harvester Press Limited 213 0-85527-315-1 Lecky was an honorary LL.D. of Dublin, St Andrew's, and Cambridge Universities, and an honorary D.C.L. of the University of Oxford. 14 December 1895 General News https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4594153/4594156 The Wrexham Advertiser 3 16 March 2023 George Wright stood as a Unionist candidate. He was a barrister. He had been called to the Irish Bar in 1871 and Queen's Counsel in 1884.MacDowel Cosgrave E. Ephraim MacDowel Cosgrave Pike W. T. 1908 Dublin and Co. Dublin in the Twentieth Century. Contemporary Biographies. https://books.google.com/books?id=9UtEAQAAMAAJ Brighton W. T. Pike & Co. 146 He would go on to be Solicitor-General for Ireland from 1900 to 1901, and then a Justice of the High Court of Justice in Ireland.McCarthy Michael J. F. Michael McCarthy (Irish lawyer) 1903 Five Years in Ireland 1895-1900 10th https://archive.org/details/cu31924028168874/ Dublin Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd. 118–120 26 October 1901 Mr George Wright, KC, New Judge of the High Court in Ireland https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/U336716/Mr-George-Wright-KC-New-Judge-of-the-High-Court-in-Ireland The Illustrated London News 16 March 2023 Campaign Lecky's religious opinions, as expressed in History Of The Rise And Influence Of The Spirit Of Rationalism In Europe (1865), were criticised as being atheistic. 3 December 1895 British Politics https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53670078 The South Australian Register 5 Adelaide 16 March 2023 4 December 1895 The Dublin University Election https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PATM18951204.2.19 The Patea County Press 3 16 March 2023 http://sandfordfamily.org.uk/tuam/john-beech.htm John Beech's Branch Sandford Michael 26 May 2007 Sandford Family Genealogy 16 March 2023 McDowell R. B. 1992 Trinity College Dublin and Politics https://www.jstor.org/stable/23046517 Hermathena Quatercentenary Papers 115–143 23046517 16 March 2023 It was suggested that the Fellows and Professors of the university supported Lecky, while the students and out-voters supported Wright. Result 1895 Dublin University by-electionWalker Brian Mercer Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 Dublin 1978 Royal Irish Academy 157 0-901714-12-7 1908 The Liberal Year Book for 1908 https://archive.org/details/liberalyearbook01unkngoog/ London The Liberal Publication Department 248–249 1919 The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ London National Unionist Association 340 1906 The Popular Guide to the House of Commons 1906 https://archive.org/details/popularguidetoh00unkngoog/ London The Pall Mall Press 73 Liberal Unionist Party W. E. H. Lecky 1,757 63.5 N/A Irish Unionist Alliance George Wright 1,011 36.5 N/A 746 27.0 N/A 2,768 61.4 N/A 4,506 Liberal Unionist Party Irish Unionist Alliance N/A References Category:1895 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1895 elections in Ireland Category:19th century in Dublin (city) Category:December 1895 in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Dublin University