James Laurence Carew
James Laurence Carew | |
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Member of Parliament for North Kildare | |
In office 1885–1892 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Patrick Kennedy |
Personal details | |
Born | 1853 |
Died | 31 August 1903 St. Moritz, Switzerland | (aged 49–50)
Political party | Independent Nationalist |
Other political affiliations | Irish National League Irish Parliamentary Party |
Education | St Stanislaus College Clongowes Wood College |
Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
James Laurence Carew (1853 – 31 August 1903) was an
Early life
Youngest son of Laurence Carew of Kildangan, Kinnegad, (then County Meath), County Westmeath,[1] and Anne, older daughter of Garrett Robinson of Kilrainy, County Kildare.[2]
Carew was educated at the
Career
He was elected to Parliament for North Kildare in the Irish Parliamentary Party landslide in the
When the Irish Parliamentary Party split in December 1890 over the leadership of Charles Stewart Parnell, Carew supported the latter. He then acted as one of the whips of the Parnellite parliamentary party. In the subsequent bitter 1892 general election, he was defeated by an Anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation candidate by 56 to 44 percent. He contested North Kildare again in 1895 and was defeated by a slightly smaller margin of 53 to 47 percent. The following year the opportunity to return to the House of Commons arose when his fellow Parnellite Dr. J. E. Kenny resigned from the strongly Parnellite seat of Dublin College Green. Carew was selected and returned unopposed.
Later in this parliamentary term, Carew came under attack in the
At the subsequent National Convention of the
Personal life
In 1896, he married Helen (
He died suddenly on 31 August 1903, while on holiday at
Footnotes
- ^ Kinnegad is now in Co. Westmeath. But there have been boundary changes since 1853.
- ^ "Carew, James Laurence (1853–1903)". dib.cambridge.org. Dictionary of Irish Biography - Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ The Times, 27 November 1885, states July 1874 while the later Times 5 July 1892 mentions 1878. The former seems more likely.
- ^ "Irish Party Disorganized" (PDF). The New York Times. 7 October 1900. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 – 1916) Tuesday 27 October 1903". Kalgoorlie Western Argus (Wa : 1896 - 1916). Trove. 27 October 1903. p. 42. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ 1901 Census return for 54 Hans Place, Chelsea
Sources
- Freeman's Journal, 2 October 1886, 12 December 1900, 1 September 1903
- The Times (London), 27 November 1885, 22 February and 5 March 1889, 5 July 1892, 14 July and 4 October 1900
- Brian M. Walker (ed.), Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 1978
- Who Was Who, 1897–1916