Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet

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Sir Osmond Thomas Grattan Esmonde, 12 Bt. (4 April 189622nd July 1936) was an Irish diplomat and Cumann na nGaedhael Party politician.

Esmomde was first elected to the 4th Dáil in the 1923 general election as Cumann na nGaedhael TD for the Wexford constituency. He did not conest the June 1927 general election, but was returned to the 6th Dáil in the September 1927 general election. He was re-elected at the 1932 election, and again at the 1933 general election.

After his death on 22nd July 1936, the by-election for his seat in Dáil Éireann was held on 17th August, and won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Denis Allen

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Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by:
Thomas Esmonde
Baronet
of Clonegall
1935–1936
Succeeded by:
Laurence Esmonde

This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database