About Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh
Lived 1856 – 1922 (aged 66). Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh was a politician.
The Rt. Hon. Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh, PC (14 January 1856 – 18 July 1922), was a Member of Parliament (MP) who represented County Carlow from 1908 to 1910.
He was the son of Mary Frances and Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh who also served as MP for Carlow. His paternal grandmother Lady Harriet Kavanagh is thought to be the first Irish woman to travel in Egypt and insisted on his father, who was born with vestigial limbs, being raised to have the same opportunities as any other child.
He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He went on to hold a commission in the 5th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles before leaving the Army to concentrate on the management of his estate at Borris House in County Carlow.
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British politician (1856–1922)
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Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh was born on 14 January 1856.
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Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh died on 18 July 1922.
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Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh was a politician.
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