Denis Caulfield Brady JP DL (1804 – 30 November 1886) was a Whig Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom who represented the constituency of Newry. He was a native of Newry, the son of Thomas Brady and Rose Caulfield, and educated at Trinity College Dublin.[1] He was a reformer, in favour of the emancipation of Catholics and the abolition of tithes, and he was elected through the support of the poor Catholics of Newry. As a result of Brady's victory over Sir Thomas Staples in 1835, the Earl of Kilmorey evicted more than 80 families from his lands for their votes.[2] Brady became Chairman of the Newry Navigation Company and was also a Magistrate and Lord Lieutenant for County Down.[3] He remained a devoted member of the Liberal Party, into which the Whigs merged in 1859, but toward the end of his life he increasingly supported the Unionist cause. He died in Newry, aged 82.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Walford, Edward (1869). The County Families of the United Kingdom. R. Hardwicke. p. 120. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Earl Kilmorey's Tenantry". Newry Examiner. 14 March 1835. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Stenton, Michael (1976). Who's who of British members of Parliament. The Harvester Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780855272197. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
- ^ "Death of Denis Caulfield Brady". Freeman's Journal. 1 December 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
External links
edit- Denis Caulfield Brady at Find a Grave
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Denis Caulfield Brady
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