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John James Bodkin

John James Bodkin

Irish Whig politician (died 1882)

John James Bodkin (c. 1801 – January 1882)[1] was an Irish Whig politician.[2][3][4]

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for County Galway, Preceded by ...

Bodkin was first elected Whig MP for Galway Borough at the 1831 general election, but stepped down at the next election in 1832. In 1835, he was returned for County Galway and then held this seat until 1847, when he did not seek re-election.[2][5]

He lived at Kilclooney, County Galway, and was a justice of the peace and a deputy lieutenant.

His elder daughter Eliza Mary Bodkin (d.1902) was married to Lewis George Dive, of Milwich, Staffordshire.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Rayment, Leigh (29 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "D"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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    Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 228. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  3. [3]
    Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 143. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  4. [4]
    The Irish Franchise and Registration Question. London: Ridgway. 1841. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  5. [5]
    Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  6. [6]
    "Deaths". The Times. No. 36920. London. 8 November 1902. p. 1.
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