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Charles Henry Meldon, LL.D., QC (1841 – 15 May 1892) was an Irish barrister and nationalist politician who took his seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kildare from 1874 to 1885.[1]

Career

A Dublin-based barrister[2] with an address in Rutland Square (now Parnell Square),[3][4] Meldon was a Queen's Counsel and a Justice of the Peace for counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath, and Westmeath.[4] He was a member of the Royal Commission established in 1878 to enquire into the Registration of Deeds, which reported in 1879 and 1880.[5]

He was first elected to Parliament at the 1874 general election, as a Home Rule League candidate, when he defeated the sitting Liberal MP Lord Otho FitzGerald.[6] He was re-elected as a Home Ruler in 1880,[7] and joined the new Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) when it was created in 1882. When the Kildare constituency was divided at the 1885 general election, he did not stand for re-election.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "K", part 1". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  2. ^ MacDonagh, Michael. The Home Rule Movement. p. 31. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  3. ^ "County of DUBLIN-Alphabetical List of Landowners in 1870s - Names & Addresses Only - M". Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Part 4: County Establishment: Justices of the Peace". Guy's Directory, 1893. Clare County Library. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  5. ^ "List of commissions and officials: 1870-1879 (nos. 1-37)". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 10: Officials of Royal Commissions of Inquiry 1870-1939 (1995). pp. 1–13. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  6. ^ Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 117. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.
  7. ^ Walker, op. cit., page 125
  8. ^ Walker, op. cit., page 133
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kildare
1874 – 1885
With: William Cogan to 1880
James Leahy from 1880 		Constituency divided


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