Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh

Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh PC (14 January 1856 – 18 July 1922)^[1]^[2] was a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Carlow County, from 1908 to 1910. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.^[2]

He married Helen Louisa Howard, daughter of Colonel John Stanley Howard, on 1 February 1887.

His candidature for the by-election caused by the death of John Hammond, was endorsed by the Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Dr. Patrick Foley (former president of Carlow College), due to Kavanagh's support for a Catholic University of Ireland. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wexford in 1893.

Kavanagh had been a member of the Reform Association who advocated a limited devolution for Ireland. He supported the more independent Nationalist Party and Home Rule.

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
^ ^a ^b "KAVANAGH, Rt. Hon. Walter MacMurrough". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U198682. Retrieved 2011-04-02.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Hammond	Member of Parliament for Carlow County 1908–January 1910	Succeeded by Michael Molloy

Persondata
Name	Kavanagh, Walter MacMurrough
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	14 January 1856
Place of birth
Date of death	18 July 1922
Place of death