Charles Stewart Parnell (27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish

Ireland

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 landowner, nationalist

Irish nationalism

Irish nationalism manifests itself in political and social movements and in sentiment inspired by a love for Irish culture, language and history, and as a sense of pride in Ireland and in the Irish people...

 political leader

Politician

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, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party

Irish Parliamentary Party

The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...

. He was one of the most important figures in 19th century Ireland and Great Britain

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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, and was described by Prime Minister William Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone

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 as the most remarkable person he had ever met.

Parnell led the Irish Parliamentary Party as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) through the period of Parliamentary nationalism in Ireland between 1875 and his death in 1891.