John Dillon Nugent

John Dillon Nugent (1869 – 1 March 1940) was an Irish nationalist politician, insurance representative and company director. He was born at Keady, County Armagh in 1869 and educated at National Schools there. He married in 1896 and with his wife Mary had three sons and three daughters.

John Dillon Nugent
Member of Parliament
for Dublin College Green
In office
15 July 1915 – 14 December 1918
Preceded byJoseph Patrick Nannetti
Succeeded bySeán T. O'Kelly
Personal details
Born1869
Keady, County Armagh, Ireland
Died1 March 1940 (aged 70-71)
Political partyIrish Parliamentary

He was the national secretary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) from 1904 until his death.[1] Patrick Maume described him as Joseph Devlin's 'right-hand man'. Marie Coleman in the Dictionary of Irish Biography states that he used the AOH to intimidate the Irish Party's opponents, and that he orchestrated the attacks on William O'Brien at the infamous United Irish League ‘baton convention’ of 1909.

Nugent was a member of Dublin Corporation from 1912 and a Poor Law Guardian 1908–20. He was elected as MP for the constituency of Dublin College Green at the by-election of 11 June 1915 following the death of Joseph Patrick Nannetti, defeating the Labour candidate Thomas Farren, who stood on a separatist programme, by 2445 votes to 1816. He was defeated at the 1918 general election by Michael Staines of Sinn Féin contesting Dublin St Michan's.[2]

At the 1921 Northern Ireland general election, Nugent was elected as a Nationalist in the Armagh seat. He was defeated at the 1925 general election. Following this defeat he concentrated on his insurance and other business interests.

Notes
  1. "Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  2. "General Election: 14 December 1918 – Dublin St Michan's". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 December 2008.

Publications

The AOH and its Critics, Dublin, pr. Curtis, 1911

gollark: Furnaces 0 and 1, ACTIVATE (conversion of clay to brick)
gollark: Mines 0 to 3, ACTIVATE (activate fuel production)
gollark: Furnaces 1 and 0: 1 clay to brick (each)
gollark: Looks like I can mine fuel in mines 0 through 3. So I'll do that.
gollark: Furnace: convert 1 clay to 1 brick; soundofspouting: give me 1000 iron ore.

References
  • Dictionary of Irish Biography (online)
  • Patrick Maume, The Long Gestation: Irish Nationalist Life 1891–1918, New York, St Martin's Press, 1999
  • Brian Walker (ed.), Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 1978
  • Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Dillon Nugent Warning: As of June 2011, the listing of Nugent's Parliamentary contributions given by online Hansard on this webpage was severely defective, implying that he only spoke in a single debate. It will hopefully be corrected in due course.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Joseph Nannetti
(Irish Parliamentary)		 Member of Parliament for Dublin College Green
1915–1918		 Succeeded by
Seán T. O'Kelly
(Sinn Féin)
Parliament of Northern Ireland
New parliament Member of Parliament for Armagh
1921–1925
With: Michael Collins
David Graham Shillington
Richard Best		 Succeeded by
John Henry Collins
John Clarke Davison
David Graham Shillington
Eamon Donnelly


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