John Vance (died 21 September 1875) was a Conservative MP for Dublin City from 1852 until his defeat in 1865. He was later elected unopposed for Armagh City[1] and represented the constituency from 30 June 1867 until his death.
In the 1847 General Election Vance was unsuccessful in his attempts to be elected for Canterbury. In 1853 the Canterbury Bribery Commission found his agent guilty of bribery.[2]
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The Times reports Vance's address to the electors as all that the Protestant Party could reasonably or unreasonably desire. The Dublin Orange Lodges pronounce for him.[3] He is against the Maynooth Grant.[3]
On Vance's defeat the Cork Examiner stated that Pim typified Dublin's reformation from unlightened and unadorned Orangeism.[4]
Vance coined the phrase "Home Rule is Rome Rule", meaning that the efforts to secure Irish Home Rule would result in a state dominated by the Roman Catholic Church. In a debate on an Irish Bill on 12 July 1871 he said: "He was speaking to the question raised by the hon. Member for Westmeath, and his own opinion was that "home rule" in Ireland would prove to be "Rome rule"."[5] The slogan became widely popular with those opposed to the first Irish Home Rule Bill 1886 a decade after Vance's death.
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| Preceded by Sir Edward Grogan John Reynolds |
Member of Parliament for Dublin with Sir Edward Grogan 1852–1865 |
Succeeded by Jonathan Pim Benjamin Guinness |
| Preceded by Stearne Ball Miller |
Member of Parliament for Armagh City 1867–1875 |
Succeeded by George Beresford |