Caleb Powell

Caleb Powell (1793 – 24 February 1881)[1] was an Irish Repeal Association and Whig politician.[2][3]

Caleb Powell
Member of Parliament
for County Limerick
In office
10 July 1841  14 August 1847
Preceded byWilliam Smith O'Brien
Richard FitzGibbon
Succeeded byWilliam Smith O'Brien
William Monsell
Personal details
Born1793
Died21 February 1881(1881-02-21) (aged 87–88)
NationalityIrish
Political partyRepeal Association
Other political
affiliations
Whig
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin

Powell was first elected Whig MP for County Limerick at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847 when, standing as a Repeal Association candidate, he was defeated.[2][3][4]

References

  1. Rayment, Leigh (30 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. "Caleb Powell". Members of Parliament after 1832. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 232. Retrieved 5 October 2018 via Google Books.
  4. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Smith O'Brien
Richard FitzGibbon
Member of Parliament for County Limerick
18411847
With: William Smith O'Brien
Succeeded by
William Smith O'Brien
William Monsell


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