726 Henry Munster

Constituency : Mallow  1870

Henry  succeeded  Edward  Sullivan  at  Mallow  when  he  became  Irish  Master  of  the  Rolls.

Henry  was  born  in  London . He  was  educated  at  King's  College  School  and  Cambridge. In  1845  he  was  cox  when  Cambridge  won  the  Boat  Race. He  was  also  a  keen  cricketer. He  became  a  barrister.

Henry  had  stood  at  Cashel  in  1868  and  bought  the  allegiance  of  25  of  the  town's  butchers  at  £30  a  head. The  borough  was  disenfranchised  soon  afterwards.

Henry  did  not  learn  the  lesson  and  his  election  was  voided  soon  afterwards  for  bribery.

In  1884  Henry  was  involved  in  a  libel  case  against  the  Brightonian   magazine.

He  died  in  1894  aged  70.