611 John James Ennis

Constituency : Athlone 1868-74, 1880-84

John  took  over  from  Dennis  Rearden  in  his  father's  old  seat.

John  was  educated  at  Oxford.

John  resisted  the  pressure  to  stand  as  a  Home  Rule  candidate  in  1874  and  in  the  election  was  tied  after  the  first  count  with  his  Home  Rule  opponent. He  lost  by  5  votes  after  a  scrutiny  of  the  papers. He  won  the  seat  back  in  1880.

John  succeeded  to  the  baronetcy  in  1878.

He  died  in  1884  aged  42.