About Edward Ruthven
Lived 1796 – 1865 (aged 68–69). Edward Ruthven was a British politician.
Edward Ruthven (born 1796 ) was an Irish politician.
The son of Edward Southwell Ruthven, a Member of Parliament for Dublin City, Ruthven lived at Ballyfan House in County Kildare, and became a magistrate for both counties Down and Kildare.
At the 1832 UK general election, Ruthven stood in County Kildare for the Repeal Association, and won the seat. In Parliament, he argued for the confiscation of land belonging to the Church of Ireland, and for the revenue on the land to support the poor.
Ruthven was re-elected in 1835, but lost his seat at the 1837 UK general election.
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Edward Ruthven was born in 1796.
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Edward Ruthven died on 4 May 1865.
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