William Redmond

William Archer Redmond DSO (16 October 1886 – 17 April 1932) was an Irish nationalist politician. He served as an MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as well as a Teachta Dála (TD) of Dáil Éireann. He was one of the few people to have served in both the House of Commons and in the Oireachtas.

During World War I, he served in the British Army as an officer with an Irish regiment on the Western Front. Redmond was educated at Clongowes Wood College and Trinity College Dublin. On 18 November 1930, he married Bridget Mallick of the Curragh, County Kildare. They had no children.

Dáil career Following independence, Redmond was elected as an Independent Nationalist deputy in the 4th Dáil for Waterford at the 1923 general election. In 1926, he co-founded the National League Party, appealing to former supporters of the Irish Parliamentary Party, ex-servicemen, and others, including Unionists, alienated by the policies of the Cumann na nGaedheal government. The new party won eight seats at the June 1927 general election.

However Redmond alarmed his supporters by supporting a motion of no confidence placed by Labour Party and Fianna Fáil to bring down the Cumann na nGaedheal government, and replace it with a minority Labour Party–National League administration supported from outside by Fianna Fáil. The attempt failed and in the ensuing general election in September 1927, the party won only two seats, including Redmond. The following year the National League was dissolved and in 1931 Redmond joined Cumann na nGaedheal. He died suddenly in April 1932. No by-election was held for the vacancy. His wife Bridget Redmond was elected as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD for Waterford at the 1933 general election.