James Haughton | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:James_Haughton_(cropped).jpg) Daguerreotype of James Haughton c. 1846 | |
| Born | 5 May 1795 Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland |
| Died | 20 February 1873 (aged 77) Dublin, Ireland |
| Resting place | Mount Jerome Cemetery |
| Other names | Vegetable Haughton |
| Occupation(s) | Social reformer, activist |
| Known for | Vegetarianism activism |
| Title | President of the Vegetarian Society |
| Term | 1870–1873 |
| Predecessor | William Harvey |
| Successor | Francis William Newman |
| Relatives | Samuel Haughton (nephew) |
James Haughton (5 May 1795 – 20 February 1873), nicknamed Vegetable Haughton,[1] was an Irish social reformer, temperance and vegetarianism activist. He served as President of the Vegetarian Society from 1870 to 1873.
- ^ Burke's Irish Family Records (1976, pp. xxiii and 563).