Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet

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Sir Osmond Thomas Grattan Esmonde, 12th Baronet (4 April 1896 – 22 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 general election, and again at the 1933 general election.

After his death on 22 July 1936, the by-election for his seat in Dáil Éireann was held on 17 August, and won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Denis Allen. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his uncle Laurence Esmonde.

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

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