William Kenny (Irish politician)

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William Kenny PC QC (14 January 1846-4 February 1921), was an Irish lawyer and Liberal Unionist politician.

Kenny was returned to Parliament for Dublin St Stephen's Green in the 1892 general election and served as Solicitor-General for Ireland from 1895 to 1898 in the Unionist administration of Lord Salisbury. In 1898 he was appointed a Judge of the High Court and resigned as Solicitor-General and from his seat in the House of Commons. In 1902 he was sworn of the Irish Privy Council.

Kenny died in February 1921, aged 75.

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• The New York Times article on the 1898 bye-election

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Alexander Dickson	Member of Parliament for Dublin St Stephen's Green 1892–1898	Succeeded by James Campbell
Legal offices
Preceded by Charles Hemphill	Solicitor-General for Ireland 1895–1898	Succeeded by Sir Dunbar Plunket Barton