Constituency : Monaghan 1865-8
Vesey took Monaghan from the Tories.
Vesey was the son of Baron Dartrey, a Liberal whip in the Lords. He was educated at Eton and became a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards.
In 1866 Baron Dartrey was made an earl.
Vesey lost in 1868 in to the Tory Sewallis Shirley who promised to maintain the Protestant constitution.
Vesey switched to the Liberal Unionists in 1886.
Vesey succeeded to the earldom in 1897
He died in 1920 aged 78.
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