Friday, 8 February 2013
48 Francis Beamish
Constituency : Cork City 1837-41 ( Repeal Associaton ), 1853-65
Like his fellow MP William Fagan, Francis was a former Mayor of Cork who'd originally stood for the Repeal Association although when he was first elected in 1837 there was an electoral pact with the Whigs in operation. He didn't seek re-election in 1841 but returned to Parliament in a by-election in 1853. He and Fagan were unopposed in 1857 then won the seat in a fairly close contest in 1859.
Francis was a brewer.
He did not contest the seat in 1865.
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