866 John Givan

Constituency : Monaghan  1880-83

John  was  one  of  two  Liberals  victorious  in  Monaghan  against  the  Tories.

John  was  the  son  of  a  linen  manufacturer. He  was  privately  educated  and  became  a  solicitor.

John  was  very  active  in  the  debates  around  the  Irish  Land  Act. He  was  credited  by  Gladstone  with  helping  to  secure  the  Liberal  victory  in  the  Tyrone  by-election  of  1881. In  January  1883  there  were  rumours  that  John  had  been  appointed  Under-Secretary  for  Ireland  which  turned  out  to  be  unfounded.

John  resigned  his  seat  in  1883  to  become  Crown  Solicitor  for  Meath, Louth  and  Drogheda.

He  died  in  1895  aged 57.