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Percy Nugent

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Sir Percy Fitzgerald Nugent, 1st Baronet (29 September 1797 – 25 June 1874), was an Irish politician.

He was made a baronet on 30 September 1831, of Donore in the County of Westmeath.[1] He was pricked High Sheriff of Longford for 1836.[2] He was commissioned as a Captain in the disembodied Westmeath Militia on 29 June 1840.[3]

Nugent was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Westmeath in 1847, and held the seat until 1852.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 18851". The London Gazette. 16 September 1831. pp. 1897–1898.
  2. ^ Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack. 1837. p. 215.
  3. ^ * Arthur Sleigh, The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List, April 1850, London: British Army Despatch Press, 1850/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-84342-410-9, p. 153.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Westmeath
18471852
With: William Magan
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by
R. W. Cooper
High Sheriff of Westmeath Succeeded by
William Chapman
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Donore)
1832–1874
Succeeded by
Walter George Nugent