1826 in Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 2.1 Full date unknown 3 Deaths 3.1 Full date unknown 4 References

[edit] Events

• In the General Election four counties elected supporters of Catholic Emancipation^[1].
• The Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1826 is passed.

[edit] Births

• March - James P. Boyd, businessman and politician in Ontario (d.1890).
• March - John Farrell, soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade (d.1865).
• 5 July - William Ford, businessman in America, father of Henry Ford (d.1905).
• 2 November - Henry John Stephen Smith, mathematician (d.1883).
• 14 November - Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, jurist, politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (d.1901).

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• Robert Cain, brewer and businessman (d.1907).
• Samuel Hill, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India, later killed in action (d.1863).
• Patrick McHale, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (d.1866).
• Richard Smyth, Presbyterian minister, academic and politician (d.1878).
• Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons, physician and politician (d.1886).
• Alexander Wright, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea (d.1858).

[edit] Deaths

• 9 October - Michael Kelly, actor, singer and composer (b.1762).

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• Judge Fulton, judge, surveyor, politician, and founder of the village of Bass River, Nova Scotia (b.1739).

[edit] References