Thomas Bartholomew Curran
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Thomas Bartholomew Curran (1870 – 1929) was an Irish
barrister and an Anti-Parnellite/Irish National Federation
politician who served in the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament
(MP) for the constituencies of Kilkenny City
(1892–1895) and North Donegal
(1895–1900).
He was the son of Thomas Curran
, MP for South Sligo
from 1892 to 1900 and Mary Coll (born 1847) of Derryfad, Creeslough
, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Thomas Bartholomew and his father owed their election to the Irish National Federation
to whom Thomas senior made an unsecured loan of £10,000 to fund their campaign in the 1892 general election
. According to Tim Healy
:
He was succeeded as MP for Kilkenny City by Pat O'Brien
.
His photographic portrait taken on 22 September 1897 by Sir (John) Benjamin Stone, is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
It seems he went back to Australia and stood as a Progressive candidate in the constituency of Paddington, New South Wales in the 1904 elections. he was defeated on that occasion, winning 36% of the vote compared to 64% for the incumbent Liberal Party member, Charles William Oakes.
Irish people
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barrister and an Anti-Parnellite/Irish National Federation
Irish National Federation
The Irish National Federation was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded in March 1891 by former members of the Irish National League who had left the Irish Parliamentary Party in protest when Charles Stewart Parnell refused to resign the party leadership as a result of his...
politician who served in the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for the constituencies of Kilkenny City
Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)
Kilkenny City was an Irish Borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament...
(1892–1895) and North Donegal
North Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)
North Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Donegal constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament....
(1895–1900).
He was the son of Thomas Curran
Thomas Curran (South Sligo MP)
Thomas Curran was an Irish nationalist politician from County Donegal who served as an anti-Parnellite Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons....
, MP for South Sligo
South Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)
South Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922....
from 1892 to 1900 and Mary Coll (born 1847) of Derryfad, Creeslough
Creeslough
Creeslough is a village in County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Ireland. It lies 12 km south of Dunfanaghy on the N56 road, 54 m above sea level and overlooking an arm of Sheephaven Bay...
, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Thomas Bartholomew and his father owed their election to the Irish National Federation
Irish National Federation
The Irish National Federation was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded in March 1891 by former members of the Irish National League who had left the Irish Parliamentary Party in protest when Charles Stewart Parnell refused to resign the party leadership as a result of his...
to whom Thomas senior made an unsecured loan of £10,000 to fund their campaign in the 1892 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1892
The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...
. According to Tim Healy
Timothy Michael Healy
Timothy Michael Healy, KC , also known as Tim Healy, was an Irish nationalist politician, journalist, author, barrister and one of the most controversial Irish Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
:
Thomas Curran, an hotel-keeper in Sydney (New South Wales), came to our rescue by lending £10,000 without security. Although he was repaid, his generosity deserves remembrance. He was a man by no means sentimentally moulded. When I learnt to know him I thought him of the type least likely to make a sacrifice. We put his son (then a law student in London) up for the City of Kilkenny, and himself for Sligo, and both were elected.
He was succeeded as MP for Kilkenny City by Pat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien (Irish politician)
Patrick O'Brien , generally known as Pat, was Irish Nationalist MP in the House Of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented North Monaghan and Kilkenny City . He was Chief Whip of the Irish Party from 1907 until his...
.
His photographic portrait taken on 22 September 1897 by Sir (John) Benjamin Stone, is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
It seems he went back to Australia and stood as a Progressive candidate in the constituency of Paddington, New South Wales in the 1904 elections. he was defeated on that occasion, winning 36% of the vote compared to 64% for the incumbent Liberal Party member, Charles William Oakes.