Tuesday, 20 March 2018
1858 Sir James Dougherty
Constituency : Londonderry City 1914-18
Sir James took over at Londonderry after the death of David Hogg.
Sir James was a surgeon's son from Londonderry. He was educated at Queen's University, Belfast. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister and taught English and Logic at Magee College, Londonderry. He was Assistant Commissioner of the Educational Endowments Commission Of Ireland ( 1885-92 ), Commissioner of Education ( 1890-95) ,Assistant Under-Secretary for Ireland ( 1895-1908 ) and Under-Secretary for Ireland ( 1908-14 ). He was knighted in 1902.
James stood don in 1918 and no Liberal contested the seat which fell to Sin Fein.
He died in 1934 aged 89. He was the last Liberal to be elected for an Irish constituency.
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