William Henry Magan

William Henry Magan (1820 – c. September 1861)[1] was an Irish Whig, Independent Irish Party and Repeal Association politician.[2][3][4]

William Henry Magan
Member of Parliament
for Westmeath
In office
10 August 1847 – 10 May 1859
Preceded byHugh Morgan Tuite
Benjamin Chapman
Succeeded byWilliam Pollard-Urquhart
Richard Levinge
Personal details
Born1820
Diedc. September 1861
NationalityIrish
Political partyWhig
Other political
affiliations		Independent Irish Party
Repeal Association

Magan was elected a Repeal Association Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmeath at the 1847 general election and, becoming an Independent Irish Party MP in 1852 and then a Whig again in 1857, held the seat until 1859 when he did not seek re-election.[2]

References
  1. Rayment, Leigh (11 October 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 320. ISBN 978-0901714121.
  3. "The New Parliament". Lincolnshire Gazette. 20 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Dublin Weekly Nation". 21 March 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Hugh Morgan Tuite
Benjamin Chapman		 Member of Parliament for Westmeath
1847–1859
With: Richard Levinge (1857–1859)
William Pollard-Urquhart (1852–1857)
Percy Nugent (1847–1852)		 Succeeded by
William Pollard-Urquhart
Richard Levinge


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