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Andrew Commins

1829 – 1916

Irish lawyer and politician

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About Andrew Commins

Lived 1829 – 1916 (aged 86–87). Andrew Commins was a politician, lawyer and barrister.

Dr Andrew Commins (1829 – 7 January 1916) was an Irish lawyer and politician.

Andrew Commins was born in Ballybeg, County Carlow and educated at St. Patrick's College, Carlow and Queen's College, Cork where he was awarded an MA in 1854. In 1858, he was awarded an LLD degree from the University of London. He became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1860, working on the Northern Circuit.

In 1876, he was elected as an Irish Home Rule Councillor to Liverpool Town Council to represent the Vauxhall ward which he continued to represent until 1892, when he was elected as an alderman, a post he continued to hold until his resignation in 1913.

In 1880, he was elected to parliament for Roscommon representing the Home Rule League, then the Irish Parliamentary Party. From 1885 he sat for the new constituency of South Roscommon. In the Parnell split of 1891, he was a member of the majority Anti-Parnellite group, and in the general election of 1892 lost his seat to a Parnellite candidate. In a June 1893 by-election he was returned for South East Cork, and sat as MP for the constituency until the general election of 1900.

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Important facts

Born
1829
Birth century
Education
University College Cork
Positions held
Member of the 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 25th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 24th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 23rd Parliament of the United Kingdom

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Andrew Commins's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Andrew Commins?

Irish lawyer and politician

When was Andrew Commins born?

Andrew Commins was born in 1829.

When did Andrew Commins die?

Andrew Commins died on 7 January 1916.

What was Andrew Commins's occupation?

Andrew Commins was a politician, lawyer and barrister.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Andrew Commins

· Wikidata: Q16059143

· DBpedia: Andrew Commins

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