Friday, 12 September 2014

616 William St Lawrence


Constituency : Galway  Borough 1868-74 

William  took  back  the  seat  lost  by  Michael  Morris's  defection  to  the  Tories.

William  was  a  Viscount  until  becoming  Earl  of  Howth  in  1874. He  spoke  in  favour  of  land  reformin  Ireland  in  1870.

He  died  in  1909  aged  81.

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