Stephen de Vere

Stephen De Vere
High Sheriff of County Limerick
In office
1870
Preceded byEdward William O'Brien of Cahermoyle
Succeeded byDesmond John Edmund FitzGerald, 26th Knight of Glin
Member of Parliament
for County Limerick
In office
1854–1859
Preceded byWyndham Goold
Succeeded bySamuel Auchmuty Dickson
Personal details
Born26 July 1812
Died10 November 1904
Foynes, County Limerick, Ireland
Resting placeFoynes, County Limerick, Ireland
Political partyWhig
Relations
Parents

Sir Stephen Edward De Vere, 4th Baronet (26 July 1812 – 10 November 1904)[1] was an Anglo-Irish, Whig Party, Member of Parliament for County Limerick, who in the Famine year 1847 bore personal witness to the conditions aboard the "coffin ships" that carried Irish emigrants to North America, and who converted to Roman Catholicism.

  1. ^ "Sir Stephen Edward de Vere, Poet/Politician, 1812-1904" (PDF). Limerick City and County Council. pp. 18–19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2016.