1352 Charles Hemphill

Constituency  : North  Tyrone  1895 -1906

Amid  the  devastation  in  1895,  the  Liberals  managed to  regain  a  toehold  in  Ireland  when Charles  took  South  Tyrone from  the  Conservatives.

Charles  was  born  in  County  Tyrone. He  became  a  barrister.  He  was  originally  a  Conservative  and  contested  Cashel  for  them  in  1857 . He   was  Solicitor-General  for Ireland  from  1892  to  1895  despite  being  in  his  seventies  and  not  having  a  seat  in Parliament. He  became  infamous  in  1894  for  arguing  that  Dublin  Corporation  had  the  right  to  charge  a lavish  picnic  they  had  enjoyed  to  the  rates.

Charles  was  a  firm  Home  Ruler.

In  1906  Charles  was  created  Baron  Hemphill.

He  died  in  1908  aged  85.