Henry Greer (politician)

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Captain Sir Joseph Henry Greer (1 February 1855 – 25 August 1933) was an Irish soldier, politician, and racing horse owner and breeder. He was born in County Tyrone, was educated at Wellington and joined the 7th Highlanders after military college.^[1] He was appointed as Director of the Irish National Stud in 1915.^[2] He also became the Aga Khan III's first stud manager. He received a knighthood in 1925.

He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1922 to 1928.^[3] He was nominated to the Seanad by the President of the Executive Council in 1922 for 6 years.^[4] He did not contest the 1928 Seanad election.^[3]

References

↑ "Person Profile: Captain Joseph Greer". Horseracing History Online. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
↑ "About The Stud & Horse Stud Farm". Irish National Stud. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mr. Henry Greer". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
↑ "President's nominees for Seanad". Houses of the Oireachtas. 6 December 1922. Retrieved 25 March 2013.

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Cathaoirleach James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy (Ind)
Leader of the Seanad name (party)

Elected in 1925

6 years	John Counihan (CnaG)

9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)

12 years	Henry Barniville (CnaG) Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Baronet (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (FP) Michael Fanning (CnaG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Bernard Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (FP) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (FP) Stephen O'Mara (CnaG) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Elected in 1922

9 years	William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (CnaG) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (Ind) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William O'Sullivan (CnaG)

Nominated by the President in 1922

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Henry Givens Burgess (Ind) James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy (Ind) Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet (Ind) Edmund W. Eyre (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) James Perry Goodbody (Ind) Henry Greer (Ind) Benjamin Haughton (Ind) Ralph Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow (Ind) Arthur Jackson (Ind) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Sir Bryan Mahon (Ind) Geoffrey Taylour, 4th Marquess of Headfort (Ind) W. B. Yeats (Ind)

12 years	Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo (Ind) Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (Ind) Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet (Ind) Martin Fitzgerald (Ind) Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne (Ind) Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected or appointed later

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Jan. 1927 P. J. Brady (Ind)
Mar. 1927 Patrick Hooper (Ind)
Mar. 1928 Sir Walter Nugent, 4th Baronet (Ind)

« 1922 Seanad « Members of the 1922 Seanad Éireann (1922–1925) » 1925 Seanad »

Cathaoirleach James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy (Ind)
Leader of the Seanad name (party)

Elected in 1922

3 years	Henry Barniville (CnaG) Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Richard A. Butler (Ind) John Counihan (Ind) Peter de Loughry (CnaG) Cornelius Irwin (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (FP) Joseph Clayton Love (CnaG) Edward MacEvoy (CnaG) Edward MacLysaght (Ind) Eamonn Mansfield (Ind) George Nesbitt (Ind) Michael O'Dea (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) James Parkinson (CnaG)

9 years	William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (CnaG) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (Ind) Thomas MacPartlin (Lab) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William O'Sullivan (CnaG)

Nominated by the President

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Henry Givens Burgess (Ind) James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy (Ind) Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet (Ind) Edmund W. Eyre (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) James Perry Goodbody (Ind) Henry Greer (Ind) Benjamin Haughton (Ind) Ralph Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow (Ind) Arthur Jackson (Ind) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Sir Bryan Mahon (Ind) Geoffrey Taylour, 4th Marquess of Headfort (Ind) W. B. Yeats (Ind)

12 years	Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo (Ind) Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (Ind) Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet (Ind) Martin Fitzgerald (Ind) Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne (Ind) Sir Horace Plunkett (Ind) Sir Hutcheson Poë, 1st Baronet (Ind) George Sigerson (Ind) Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected or appointed later

Feb. 1923 William Cummins (Lab)
Nov. 1923 Thomas Foran (Lab)
Dec. 1923 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
1925 Douglas Hyde (Ind)
John O'Neill (CnaG)

Persondata
Name	Greer, Henry
Alternative names
Short description	Irish soldier, politician, and racing horse owner and breeder
Date of birth	1 February 1855
Place of birth
Date of death	25 August 1933
Place of death

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