Robert Henry Metge

Robert Henry Metge JP (1850 – 19 September 1900)[2][3] was an Irish Home Rule League politician.

Robert Henry Metge

Member of Parliament
for Meath
In office
31 March 1880  21 February 1884
Serving with Edward Sheil (April 18821884)
Michael Davitt (February 1882April 1882)
Alexander Martin Sullivan (May 1880February 1882)
Charles Stewart Parnell (1880May 1880)
Preceded byCharles Stewart Parnell
Nicholas Ennis
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born1850
Died19 September 1900(1900-09-19) (aged 49–50)
NationalityIrish
Political partyHome Rule
Spouse(s)
Lilian Margaret Grubb
(m. 1892)

Frances Thomasina Virgina Lambart
(m. 1874)
Children15
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin[1]

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Meath in 1880, but resigned the seat on 30 July 1883.[4]

His second wife Lillian Margaret Metge was a leading suffragette. After his premature death, she was arrested for causing an explosion, damaging the Cathedral in Lisburn.

References

  1. "Metge Family". Navan & District Historical Society. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
  3. "Captain Robert Henry Metge". The Peerage. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Stewart Parnell
Nicholas Ennis
Member of Parliament for Meath
1880 – 1883
With: Edward Sheil (April 18821884)
Michael Davitt (February 1882April 1882)
Alexander Martin Sullivan (May 1880February 1882)
Charles Stewart Parnell (1880May 1880)
Constituency abolished


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