Robert Henry Metge

Robert Henry Metge
MP JP
Member of Parliament
for Meath
In office
31 March 1880 – 21 February 1884
Preceded byCharles Stewart Parnell
Nicholas Ennis
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born1850
Athlumney, Co Meath, Ireland
Died19 September 1900(1900-09-19) (aged 49–50)
Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), Co Dublin, Ireland
Political partyHome Rule
Spouse(s)
Lilian Margaret Grubb
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(m. 1892)​

Frances Thomasina Virginia Lambart
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(m. 1874)​
Children15
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin[1]

Robert Henry Metge JP (1850 – 19 September 1900)[2][3] was an Irish Home Rule League politician. He was born in Athlumney, Co Meath, the son of John Charles Metge and Eliza Ibbetson Cole of Navan, Co Meath.

A barrister, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Meath in 1880, but resigned the seat on 30 July 1883.[4]

His first marriage was in 1874 to Frances Thomasine Virginia Lambart, with whom he had thirteen children; his second wife Lillian Margaret Metge was a leading suffragette, with whom he had two daughters. After his premature death, she was arrested for causing an explosion, damaging the Cathedral in Lisburn.

Robert Metge died in Kingstown, Co Dublin on 19 September 1900.

References

  1. ^ "Metge Family". Navan & District Historical Society. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
  3. ^ "Captain Robert Henry Metge". The Peerage. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  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 Member of Parliament for Meath
1880 – 1883
With: Edward Sheil (April 1882 – 1884)
Michael Davitt (February 1882 – April 1882)
Alexander Martin Sullivan (May 1880 – February 1882)
Charles Stewart Parnell (1880 – May 1880) 		Constituency abolished


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