868 Edward Litton

Constituency : Tyrone  1880-81

Edward  took  one  of  the  Tyrone  seats  from  the Tories.

Edward  was an  Irish  barrister. He  was  educated  at  Trinity  College  Dublin.

Edward  was  active  in  the  debates  on  the  Irish  Land  Bill.

Edward  resigned  his  seat  in  1881  to  become  a  land  commissioner. The  Liberal  victory  in  the by-election  gave  Gladstone  false  hope  that  he  was  cracking  the  Irish  problem.

He  became  a  judge  in  1890   but  died  that  same  year   aged  63 after  catching  a  chill  while  supervising  buildng  work  on  his  home.