About Crofton Vandeleur
Lived 1808 – 1881 (aged 72–73). Crofton Vandeleur was a British politician.
Colonel Crofton Moore Vandeleur (1809 – 8 November 1881) was an Irish landowner and Conservative Party politician from Kilrush in County Clare. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1859 to 1874 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Clare.
Early life
He was the oldest son of John Ormsby Vandeleur of Kilrush, who had been an MP in both the pre-union Parliament of Ireland and then in the union parliament. His mother was Lady Frances Moore, daughter of Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, and Lady Anne Seymour-Conway.
He stood unsuccessfully in the Clare constituency at the 1835, 1841 and 1852 general elections.
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Irish politician, 1808-1881
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Crofton Vandeleur died in 1881.
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Crofton Vandeleur was a politician.
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Crofton Vandeleur was British.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Crofton Vandeleur
· DBpedia: Crofton Moore Vandeleur
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